THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Debutant Pranav scores gritty fifty India capitulate for 215 J&K wins 3 medals in Ian slams cracking ton, Manhas before hitting back on Day 1 Speedball Nationals Excelsior Sports Correspondent clinched bronze medals in the unbeaten on 95 as J&K scores 325/5 NAGPUR, Nov 25: Cheteshwar Pujara (21) and skip- his third low score in the series doubles event. Excelsior Sports Correspondent men Ian Dev Singh and Pranav Ian continued in the company of per Virat Kohli (22) got decent after bagging a pair in the opening JAMMU, Nov 25: Jammu J&K got overall third place Gupta put on 100 runs together Mithun Manhas and the pair Indian batsmen capitulated starts only to throw them away. Test at Mohali followed by an and Kashmir won 3 medals with in the Championship. JAMMU, Nov 25: Ian Dev for the third wicket. shared a crucial 156-run stand meekly against both pace and spin For South Africa the early unbeaten 45 in the rained out sec- 2 gold and one silver in 61st The Director General Youth Singh scored magnificent centu- While Ian, after resuming on for the fourth wicket to take the to be shot out for 215 before hit- damage was done by lanky pacer ond game at Bengaluru. National School Games in the Services and Sports, Jahangir ry (115), while skipper Mithun 13, scored a 184-ball 115 that team past 250-run mark. ting back at South Africa with two Morkel, who grabbed a superb 3 South Africa, then, hit back discipline of Speedball Under-19 Mir has lauded the efforts of the Manhas was unbeaten on 95 runs included 20 hits to the fence, At stumps, Manhas was early scalps on Day one of the for 35 in three spells before limp- strongly through Morkel in the boys and girls at Rajnandgaon in players and the coaches and to help Jammu & Kashmir reach debutant Pranav scored a quick- unbeaten on 95, studded with 12 third and penultimate Test here ing off the field after bowling the first hour post lunch. Chhatisgarh, yesterday. managers accompanying them. 325 for five on the third and fire 56 off 60 balls with the help boundaries and one six and giv- today. first ball of his fourth. His wicket- The loss of both the batsmen The State team was spon- The Tournament was held penultimate day of their Group C of 11 delectable boundaries. ing him company was Aamir The home team, leading 1-0 in taking spells, the second and third, in the second hour before lunch sored by the Department of from November 20 to November Ranji Trophy cricket match Both the batsmen were in awe- Aziz on unbeaten 12. the rubber, once again fell back on read 4-2-8-1 and 4-2-8-2. followed by a dramatic post-lunch Youth Services and Sports, J&K. 24, 2015, wherein majority of against Goa at GGM Science some touch, hitting the ball with Brief scores: their spin force to dismiss opener Off spinner Simon Harmer, middle-order collapse undid the The gold medal was bagged States across the county partici- College ground, here today. fluid grace and utter brilliance. Goa 1st innings: 552 for five Stiaan van Zyl for a duck and dropped from the team in the initial good work. by Gurmanjeet Singh in singles pated and vied for the top hon- J&K still needs 227 more Pranav held his nerves in the declared Imran Tahir (4), who came in as a drawn Bengaluru Test after play- The batsmen dismissed, most- event, while Ankit and Suryansh ours. runs with five wickets in hand to first match of his First Class J&K 1st innings: 325 for 5 in nightwatchman, before the visi- ing in the series opener at Mohali, ly to poor shots, were Pujara (21), surpass the visitors' massive first career and send the bowlers on a 77 overs (Ian Dev Singh 115, tors ended the day at 11 for two supported him with a fine haul of skipper Virat Kohli (22), Ajinkya innings total of 552/5 declared. leather hunt, hitting series of Mithun Manhas batting 95, after 9 overs at the VCA ground at 4 for 78, by getting good purchase Rahane (13) and Rohit Sharma, Resuming from an overnight boundaries. Pranav Gupta 56; Shadab Jakati Jamtha. off the turning track. who did not play in the first two score of 43/2, the overnight bats- Even after Pranav got out, 2/76). Openers Dean Elgar (7) and Young fast bowler Kagiso Tests. captain Hashim Amla (0) were at Rabada and spinners Elgar and In the space of 15 overs after the crease to face Indian spinners Tahir accounted for the other lunch India lost four wickets for Ravichandran Ashwin and wickets. the addition of only 31 runs after Ravindra Jadeja, who tasted early There were only two signifi- being 95 for two -- Morkel and blood by plucking a wicket apiece cant partnerships in the Indian Harmer doing the damage. to threaten mayhem on a spinning innings -- 50 between openers Morkel, who got rid of Vijay track tomorrow. Vijay and Dhawan and 48 in the first session, added the Earlier, on a pitch that offered between Saha and Jadeja. wickets of Kohli and Rahane to plenty of turn to the spinners and The Indian innings got off to a his kitty in a fiery third spell of 4- reverse swing to fast bowler fine start when Vijay, who struck 2-8-2. Morne Morkel, the home team a six and 3 fours in his 84-ball Pujara was taken out by off batsmen came a cropper after opt- knock, and Dhawan (12) put on spinner Simon Harmer who- ing to bat first and were gasping at their second successive half cen- trapped him leg before and later 125 for 6 before the tail wagged tury stand of the series. got rid of a struggling Rohit Selected Power Lifters posing alongwith Dr Pawan Kotwal, and took the total past the 200- An opening stand on 50 runs Sharama (2) as India slumped to Divisional Commissioner, Jammu on Wednesday. mark. set the innings in the morning 125 for 6 from 50 for no loss in This is the third time that India before losing Vijay and Dhawan 32.2 overs on either side of lunch have been dismissed in the vicini- in the second hour to adjourn to and then made a recovery of sorts. State Bench Press, Power ty of 200 in the series, having fall- the interval at 85 for 2. Wicketkeeper Saha (32) and en for 201 and 200 in the opening Dhawan, denied strike for Jadeja (34) then repaired the Test they won at Mohali to take a long, was lured out by Elgar soon damage with a stand of 48 in 106 Lifting team selected 1-0 lead. after the 50 was raised in 13.4 balls. Excelsior Sports Correspondent in presence of Rakesh Jain, pres- In-form opener Murali Vijay overs and spooned a drive back to Jadeja played some attacking ident, Jeevan Batta (member), Medal winners of Taekwondo Championship posing for a group photograph alongwith digni- top scored with an innings of 40, the left arm slow bowler who shots against the spinners before JAMMU, Nov 25: Jammu Shambhu Gupta (member) and taries on Wednesday. while wicketkeeper batsman accepted a return catch to his he threw away his wicket by try- and Kashmir State (M&W) Narinder Pal Singh, media secre- Wriddhiman Saha (32) and right. ing a wild heave off Rabada after Bench-Press, Deadlift and Power tary. Ravindra Jadeja (34) revived the The left hander's 12 came off a brisk 73-minute knock that con- Lifting team has been selected Dr Pawan Kotwal, Divisional 1st State ITF Taekwondo C’ship concludes tottering innings briefly. 23 balls and 68 minutes and was tained 6 fours. (PTI) for Subrata Classic International Commissioner, Jammu was pres- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Dakshit, Vivek Sharma, Penuika Sharma, Anushka, Aditi Parihar, Releases Rs 5 lakh for Hr Sec School Nadiwala Deadlift, Bench-Press and ent on the occasion. Sharma, Ichcha Bhat, Tanish Mansi, Avantika Basotra, Anita Powerlifting Championship to be In men category selected SAMBA, Nov 25: 1st State Katwal, Arushi Sharma, Shranya Gupta, Vasundhara Khajuria, held at Milanee Hall Jamshedpur, players included Vijay ITF Taekwondo Championship, Khajuria, Jessica, Kamakshi Divya Sharma, Muskaan, Govt committed to all round Jharkhand from January 4 to Chaudhary senior 93 kg category, organized by Taekwon-Do Dutt, Palak Chalotra, Priyanka, Mehak, Aniya Parihar, Tavishi January 9, 2016. Tarun Dev Singh, junior 66 kg Sports Association of J&K (ITF) Khushi, Simran Sharma, Amla, Samya, Shivani, Earlier, J&K Sports Power category, Pankaj Verma, senior concluded at Hotel Jyoti Place Priyanka Jogdand, Liza Kulwinder Singh, Sohan Pal, Lifting Association organized a 93 kg category, Rohit Singh Railway Road, Vijaypur, here. Karloopia, Suhani, Sumit,Vishal Pritpal Singh, Daksh Jeet Singh, development of State: Priya State (M&W) Bench-Press, Jamwal (senior 66kg category), Around 200 players partici- Sharma, Aryan Gupta, Shivam, Nikhil, Jyoteer Aditya, Abhinay Excelsior Correspondent MLA, Akhnoor Rajeev demands of education infra- Deadlift and Power Lifting trial Sandeep Kumar (senior 93 kg pated in the Championship, out Sayam, Surjeet, Hrithik Koul, Sharma, Sumit Sharma, Amitaj Sharma was also present at the structure in the town, the at RKM Gym, Upper Gummat, category), Narinder Pal Singh of which 94 were presented with Nikhil Sharma, Kashish Thapa, Singh, Anubhav Majotra,Nitish JAMMU, Nov 25: camp.