THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Formidable India take on mighty Sehwag, Rawal give KC Sports Club T20 Cricket Tournament Delhi another win in Australia in World Cup semis today Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Chander’s fifty goes in vain as SYDNEY, Mar 25: blockbuster. Not to forget NEW DELHI, Mar 25: Mitchell Starc's guile against skipper Kuldip takes RCC to finals In top form after blowing Virat Kohli's flair. Virender Sehwag's entertain- Excelsior Sports Correspondent In reply, RCC managed to away rival teams one after anoth- All eyes will be on Kohli, ing 39 and Vaibhav Rawal's scored the required runs in 19.3 er, India will face their toughest who has not got a 50 plus score whirlwind 31 not out helped JAMMU, Mar 25: Despite overs by losing 9 wickets to win test when the defending champi- after his century against Pakistan Delhi outplay Punjab by six wick- superb 53 runs and splendid the match in an exciting contest ons take on a formidable in the first game of the tourna- ets to register their second consec- fielding display by Chander of by 1 wicket. Atul Sharma top Australia in what promises to be ment. utive win in the North Zone leg of an explosive semi-final of the However, bigger the occa- Oriental Cricket Club (OCC), scored with 32 runs off 37 balls the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 RCC Srinagar’s skipper Kuldip with 5 boundaries, while Puneet ICC Cricket World Cup here sion, blade of Kohli's bat Trophy, here today. tomorrow. becomes wider. The Delhi lad Kumar, who is usually known Wattal contributed well-made 22 Chasing 160 for a win at the for wrecking havoc with his left- runs to the total. At one stage, One of international cricket's loves a good scrap and nothing Feroz Shah Kotla, the Delhi bats- fiercest rivalries will resume after better than hammering a quality arm spin bowling, today showed RCC needed 41 runs off 30 men put up a concerted effort to class, composure, guts and grit balls, with 2 wickets in hand six weeks when Mahendra Singh Australian attack on which he has achieve the target with three balls Dhoni's men will get down to feasted all summer. with his bat when it mattered the when skipper Kuldip and Honey to spare. business against Michael Clarke's A semi-final of a World Cup most, taking his side to the finals played sensibly to take their side team which will be supremely is not played on paper and there- Sehwag was the top-scorer in the ongoing KC Sports Club near to its wicket target, when Winners posing for a group photograph along with the dignitaries during concluding function competitive with some high-qual- fore there would be very little to with his 35-ball knock, including T20 Cricket Tournament at KC athletic Chander showed motor- of State Wrestling Championship in Jammu on Wednesday. ity performers in their ranks. separate the two teams when they 3 fours and 3 sixes, but was final- School ground, here. ability and plotted the dismissal While the Ashes rivalry has square off at the Sydney Cricket ly done in by a caught and bowled Earlier, winning the toss and of Honey with a magnificent history attached with it and India- Ground (SCG). effort from opposition skipper batting first, OCC scored a mod- throw from long-on. After his JKP emerges overall winners in Pakistan contests their own polit- It will be a match where cur- Harbhajan Singh (1-25). est total of 122 runs in the stipu- dismissal, RCC needing 7 runs ical flavour, the India versus rent form will be pitted against But after the two batsmen lated 20 overs, losing 8 wickets in last six balls, with last pair in Australia rivalry has been equally recent statistics which makes it a departed, Delhi were in some in the process. Chander played a the middle, which Kuldip and State Wrestling Championship intriguing in recent years where Battle Royale before the summit trouble before an unbeaten 48- brilliant knock of 53 runs off 47 the last batsman Dilbagh man- an inch won't be given without a clash against New Zealand at the run fifth wicket stand between balls, studded with 3 fours and 2 aged in the first three balls. For Excelsior Sports Correspondent president J&K Wrestling Amit, Deeraj Sharma, Rakesh, bullish fight. MCG on March 29. Milind Kumar (21 not out) and sixes, while Vineet and Varun OCC, experienced veteran, Association and Former president Sukhdev, Mulkh Raj, Ravi Expect a few battles inside the On basis of current form, Rawal (31 not out, 13 balls, 2x4s, JAMMU, Mar 25: JKP Wrestling Federation of India pre- Sharma, Om Parkash and Kulbir main battle. It could be between India with seven straight wins contributed 21 and 14 runs to the Vikas was the wrecker-in-chief, 2x6s) gave the team another four total respectively. For RCC, who scalped 4 important wick- emerged overall champion, while sented welcome address, while Singh. Ravichandran Ashwin's carrom have been the team of the tour- points. Jammu District remained runners- vote of thanks was presented by Detailed Results: 50 Kg, Anil ball against Glenn Maxwell's nament so far but when it Kuldip Kumar took 2 wickets by ets by conceding 19 runs in his 4 Punjab pace spearhead conceding 17 runs in his 4 overs, overs, while Varun and Pardeep up of the 20th Men and 6th Ajay Vaid, secretary J&K Choudhary, 2 Anil Kumar, 3 pyrotechnics. comes to playing Australia, Women J&K State Wrestling Brainder Sran, who accounted for while Satish Kumar and Sourav claimed one wicket each. Wrestling Association Rahul Kumar; 57 Kg: Lal David Warner's savage attack they have not won a single Chand and Gambhir, bagged two Championship, which concluded Prominent among others Hussain, Pritam Singh and Ajay against Mohammed Shami's match in seven encounters Chopra claimed 2 wickets each The match was officiated by wickets but could not help Punjab at Indoor Complex, M.A. present on the occasion were Bharti; 61 Kg, Lokesh Singh, probing length or Michael across two formats which also by giving away 21 and 34 runs Rajinder Singh, Dilawar and continue their winning run after Stadium, here today. Rajesh Gupta, MLA Jammu Sukhvinder Singh and Joginder Clarke's years of experience includes a warm-up game of in their 4 overs respectively. Shanker. Around 150 wrestlers from all East, S Rangil Singh, president Singh; 65 Kg: Munir Ahmad, against Ravindra Jadeja's restric- the mega event played some 43 they had beaten Haryana in their first game.(PTI) over the State took part in the J&K Olympic Association, Vicky Sharma and Bushan Mehra; tive lines also has ingredients of a days ago.(PTI) Championship and the participat- Ashwani Sharma, Ex MLA, Dr 70 Kg, Kasim Din, Pawan Kumar Paras Sharma takes New ing districts and teams included Ashutosh Sharma, secretary J&K and Pawan; 74 Kg, Rajesh Kumar, Poonch, Doda, Jammu, Srinagar, Olympic Association, Pardeep Balwan Kumar and Sadiqi Al; 86 12th Shaheed Manjeet Singh Samba, Reasi, J&K Police, Sharma, Sports secretary BJP Kg, Nisar Ahmad, Bahadur Khan Challengers to semis in Holi Cup Ramban and Udhampur. Wing, Kuldeep Magotra, H S and Haman Hussian; 97 Kg, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Bansi Lal and Manjeet Singh The closing ceremony was Gill, Abdul Qayum, Rajan Roshan Sharma, Mohd. Akaram Volleyball Tournament concludes contributed 21 and 14 runs to the attended by a galaxy of digni- Sharma, Ravi Singh, Ashok and Ishan Sharma and Open, Diler Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 25: Promising total respectively. For Khalsa taries. Singh, Satish Gupta , SP Singh, Khan, Ishaq Ahmad and Varun Earlier, Dushyant Sharma, Paras Sharma’s all-round show Club, Kallu and Vicky bagged 2 Vikas Gupta, Raju Pahalwan, Sharma. POONCH, Mar 25: Shaheed helped New Challengers Club wickets each, while Nitan Manjeet Singh Volleyball Club defeat Khalsa Cricket Club by a claimed one wicket each. Academy announces Drama Festival awards registered (3-1) sets victory narrow margin of 9 runs to qual- Khalsa Club, in reply, man- over Pinto Club Poonch in the ify for the semifinals in the aged to score 154 runs to lose final clash of Manjeet Singh ongoing Holi Cup T20 Cricket the match by a narrow margin of Dhanesh Dogra is Best Actor, memorial Volleyball Tournament at Mandal Cricket 9 runs. Nitan was the top scorer Tournament organized by ground, here today. with 53 runs, while Rommy and District Police Poonch at Sports Batting first, New Vicky contributed with 39 and Gurmeet Kour Best Actress Stadium, Poonch under Civic Challengers Club scored a 14 runs to the total respectively. Excelsior Correspondent been awarded 2nd best actor and Devdas, Neha Raj Dabia as Action Programme. decent total of 163 runs in the For New Challengers Club, actress respectively. Paro for the play The Last Nine teams of the district allotted 20 overs by losing 5 Paras Sharma and Soumay Jain JAMMU, Mar 25: Dhanesh In the consolation category Séance, Meenu Sharma as participated in the Tournament. wickets. Paras Sharma played a took 2 wickets each, while Dogra and Gurmeet Kour have Sonia Dhamir and Abhishek Bharti Nani, Rakesh Mayus as Mhadu The closing ceremony was brilliant innings of 55 runs off Deepak Singh Manhas, Manjeet been awarded as Best Actor and have been awarded in Makeup and for the play Sandhya Chhayya, attended by large number of 27 balls with the help of 5 Singh and Akash Choudhary Best Actress, respectively as direction category, respectively Dharambeer Choudhary as Prem local people and sports lovers Winners of the Volleyball Tournament being presented trophy boundaries and 3 sixes, while claimed one wicket each.