WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2014 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MGCA, Wave CC log resounding victories J&K better placed for first Unmukt ton puts Delhi Aditya, Rituparna move into Jr Natl Excelsior Sports Correspondent and 18 runs respectively. Gagan with 38 runs, while Summet Pal innings lead despite Wakaskar ton took 3 wickets, while KD Singh contributed 19 runs to the total. in drivers seat Badminton final JAMMU, Dec 23: Mayank and Sunil Sehgal claimed 2 wick- For Wave Club, KD Singh took 4 VADODARA, Dec 23: stumps on the penultimate day. PATNA, Dec 23: Goswami Cricket Academy ets each. Gagan was declared wickets, while Aman claimed 2 Wakaskar took the hosts NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Bisht (16) also managed an Saurabh Wakaskar hit a closer to the J&K total with 172 (MGCA) and Wave Cricket Club man of the match. wickets. unbeaten 75-run seventh- fighting century hundred for off 286 balls. But the home Unmukt Chand hit a domi- Holder Aditya Joshi of Air registered resounding wins over Earlier, yesterday, in the first The matches were officiated wicket stand to help Delhi take Baroda but Jammu and team has a task at hand at get- nant 146 to put Delhi in the India in boys U-19 and Rituparna their rivals to advance in the match, Rommy Club defeated by Sandeep Manchanda, Sohail command. Kashmir were better placed to ting another 127 runs to match drivers seat against a strug- Das Of Telengana in girls U-19 ongoing 2nd Jammu Tawi Strikers XI by 7 wickets in an Yousuf, Narseh Kumar, Rajinder The Gautam Gambhir-led take the crucial first innings J&K's total. gling Rajasthan on Day 3 of sailed into the finals of the 39th Premier T20 Cricket easy contest. Singh, Sant Baksh and Surinder. side's good batting show lead on day three of the Ranji Brief scores: Jammu and the Group B Ranji Trophy Junior National Badminton Tournament, being organized by Earlier, batting first, Strikers The Tournament is being Trophy Group A match here comes after a great start pro- Kashmir 470. Baroda 370/7 cricket match, here today. Championship at the Patliputra Jammu Tawi Cricket Club at XI scored a modest total of 98 organized under the supervision today. vided by Virender Sehwag (Saurabh Wakaskar 172; Umar Responding to Rajasthan's Sports Complex here today. GGM Science College Hostel runs for the loss of 9 wickets in of Shashi Paul, organizing secre- In response to J&K's 497, Nazir 2/92, Samiullah Beigh (64) on the second day when first-innings score of 141, the Siril Varma and Chirag Sen ground, here. the stipulated 20 overs. Amit tary of the Tournament. Baroda were 370 for seven by 2/66). (PTI) the dashing batsman managed Gautam Gambhir-led side and Vrushali G and Shriyanshi In the first match, MGCA Rathi top scored with 51 runs, a 128-run third-wicket part- declared their innings on 380 Pardeshi moved into the U-17 prevailed over YCC Bhaderwah while Sachin contributed 16 runs nership with Unmukt. Institutions, organizations celebrate for six in a bid to bundle out boys and girls finals respectively. by 11 runs in a close contest. to the total. For Rommy Club, Sharing the new ball with the opposition once again. Aditya Joshi (AI) defeated Batting first, MGCA scored 131 Akash was the pick of the Chahar, Aniket Choudhary After two fog-hit days, Koushik M (AI) 21-18, 21-13 runs, with Sahil Lotra, Sahil bowlers, who bagged 4 important picked up three wickets while Christmas with religious gaiety bright sunshine welcomed the and Harshil Dhani (AI) beat Mahotra and Surya scoring 29, wickets by conceding 8 runs in Gehlot bagged two. Delhi batsmen at the Feroz Chirag Sen 21-18, 21-16 in the 27 and 15 runs to the total his 4 overs, while Raman Dutta Excelsior Correspondent Sotra won first place, while Disha The children participated in Getting behind a 239-run Shah Kotla as Unmukt took U-19 boys semi-finals here respectively. Shahroz Malik and claimed 2 wickets and Bansi Lal Sotra claimed second and Jene games and sports and gifts were trail to avoid an innings JAMMU, Dec 23: Various centerstage to register his fifth today. Aaqib Malik took 2 wickets each one. Gill got third place, while the con- distributed among them. defeat, Rajasthan were 78 for institutions and organizations cel- first-class century, stitching a Ruthvika Shavani pipped for YCC. In reply, Rommy Club solation prize was given to Fizza Importance of secularism was two at stumps with Siddharth ebrated Christmas with religious 93-run fourth-wicket partner- team-mate G Vrushali 21-16, In reply, YCC managed to reached the target easily in 12.4 Mooman. stressed upon along with the Saraf (42 not out) and Menaria fervour and gaiety here today. ship with Mithun Manhas 21-13 while Rituparna Das beat score 120 runs to lose the match overs by losing 3 wickets, thus DPS Udhampur celebrated teachings of Lord Jesus. (12 not out) battling on. To celebrate Christmas, Jesus (53). Sri Krishna Priya 21-9, 21-10. by 11 runs. Eahul top scored with won the match by 7 wickets. Christmas in a very colourful and The little angels along with Pace spearhead Sumit Motivated Group organized Unmukt's 235-ball stay In the Boys (U-17) semi- 43 runs, while Shahroz Malik Jaswinder and Puneet Kumar impressive way. The students pre- staff from Astrokids Playway Narwal's new-ball partner Declamation and Speech was laced with 19 fours and a final, Siril Varma of Telengana and Mudassir Sheikh contributed contributed 29 runs each, while sented Christmas Carole, one act and Primary School Sainik Navdeep Saini got opener Competition for the school stu- six while Manhas also main- defeated M Kanishq of Air India 23 and 13 runs respectively. Ajay Gurjinder chipped in with 15 play depicting the message of Colony Jammu today celebrated Vineet Saxena (1) caught dents of Christian Community at tained a good strike-rate after 21-10, 21-14 while in second took 4 wickets, while Surya runs. For Strikers XI, Sanjay, "Lord Jesus". Christmas by visiting Garrison St. Peter's Catholic Church Parish hitting nine boundaries. behind early but Saraf, who semi-final Chirag Sen of Air claimed 3 wickets for MGCA. Amit and Rohit claimed one The programme was also Church Gandhi Nagar. Hall, Prem Nagar, here. Unmukt's departure did not batted with a positive intent by India was lucky to move into Ajay was named man of the wicket each. Akash Choudhary coordinated with Union Church Decoration of X-Mas stockings, The competition was con- make things easy for the hitting 6 fours and a six so far, final when Lakshya Sen of match for his superb bowling was adjudged man of the match. who preached about celebration making tree with ice cream ducted in two categories of junior Ashok Menaria-led Rajasthan and Robin Bist (17) stuck Uttarakhand retired hurt in the performance. In another match, Wave Club of Christmas. On behalf of Bishop sticks, Santa masks and snowman and senior, wherein 63 students as Manhas stuck around with around for a while. first set at 11-7. In another match, Wave Club got better of Union Cricket Club Dr. Santosh Thomas, Mr. Rajan decoration and allied activities of different schools participated. Rajat Bhatia (24) to not only Narwal then broke a 43-run G Vrushali of Telengana and scripted a thrilling 2-run win by 52 runs. blessed everyone on the beautiful marked celebrations at the cam- MSGR Ivan Pereira, the put runs on board but also second-wicket partnership by Shriyanshi Pardeshi of Air India over Kings XI in an exciting con- Batting first, Wave Club occasion. pus. Bishop of J&K Diocese was the maintain a decent run-rate. getting Bist caught behind and defeated Shikha Gautam of test. Wave Club scored 123 runs. scored a modest total of 130 runs. chief guest on the occasion, who Chairman (LMC) of the New Jyoti Higher Deepak Chahar cleaned up dim Rajasthan's hopes of sav- Karnataka and Kanika Kanwal Aman scored 25 runs, while Gagan, Rimple and Kamalpreet later on distributed the prizes School Dr J C Gupta also spoke Secondary School organized Manhas and Shailender Gehlot ing the match. of Delhi 21-15, 21-18 and 21-9, Simran and Deepu contributed contributed 28, 25 and 24 runs to among winners and runners-up on the occasion. poem recitation competition on bowled Bhatia only to see Brief Scores: 21-14 respectively in the girls 19 and 18 runs respectively. the total respectively. For Union teams/players. Principal of the School the eve of Christmas Day, today. another partnership prosper Rajasthan 141 and 78/2 in (U-17) semi-final matches Rawat too 3 and Yogesh 2 wick- CC, Rohit and Ripudaman Fr Virkey, Incharge Priest of Sanjeev Pradhan and Vice School Principal and other digni- and frustrate the Rajasthan 31 overs (Siddharth Saraf 42 today. ets for Kings XI. bagged 26 wickets each, while the Church was the guest of hon- Principal Sucheta Gupta were taries distributed prizes among bowlers. not out; Sumit Narwal 1-11) Saurabh Sharma (Har) and D Kings XI scored 121 runs, Chandan, Ankul and Sumeet Pal our, while Anil Gill was the spe- present on the occasion. the winners of the competition. Sumit Narwal (59) and Delhi 380/6 declared Pooja (AP) will clash with thus fell short of just 2 runs from claimed one wicket each. cial guest. Raj Verma, Principal Apple Kids International Speakers threw light on the teach- Pre- School, Bantalab celebrated wicketkeeper-batsman Puneet (Unmukt Chand 146, Virender Chirag Shetty (Maha) and K P the victory target.