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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU
New Challenger enters semis,RCC Srinagar in QFs
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12:Outplaying their respectiverivals convincingly today, NewChallenger Cricket Club(NCCC), Jammu qualified forthe semi-finals and RainawariCricket Club (RCC), Srinagarsealed berth in the quarterfinalsof the ongoing 3rd Jammu TawiPremier T20 CricketTournament, being played atGGM Science College Hostelground, here.
Earlier, in the quarterfinal,New Challenger Cricket Clubdefeated Krishna Cricket Clubby 9 wickets in an easy contest.
Batting first, Krishna Clubscored a modest total of 103runs in the stipulated 20 overs.Sunny Saini top scored with 33runs, while Bhanu and Bablucontributed 17 and 11 runs to thetotal respectively. Deepak took 3wickets, while Soumay Jainbagged 2 wickets for NewChallenger. Sumit and Sahil also
claimed one wicket each.In reply, New Challenger
scored the required runs in 14.3overs by losing one wicket andwon the match by 9 wickets.Vimarsh Kaw top scored withunbeaten 44 runs, while GouravKhajuria scored valuable 30runs. Bansi Lal was the onlywicket to fall at his individualscore of 8 runs. For his brilliantknock of 44 runs, Vimarsh Kawwas adjudged as man of thematch.
In the pre-quarterfinal, RCCSrinagar thrashed Rising StarCricket Club by 54 runs. Battingfirst, RCC scored a decent totalof 161 runs in the allotted 20overs by losing 5 wickets. SatishKumar played a brilliant inningsof 55 runs, while Rakesh Kouland Puneet Kumar contributedvaluable 42 and 41 runs to thetotal respectively. Yogesh Sikkatook 2 wickets for Rising Star,while Surjeet and Paras claimedone wicket each.
In reply, Rising Star man-aged to score 107 runs in 20overs, thus lost the match by abig margin of 54 runs. Guggutop scored with 34 runs, whileMohit contributed 20 runs to thetotal. Sachin and Lokeshchipped in with 12 and 11 runsrespectively. Akash Choudharytook 2 wickets for RCC, whileRakesh Koul, Kuldeep Kumar,Dilbag Singh and Puneet Kumarclaimed one wicket each.Rakesh Koul and Satish Kumarwere jointly adjudged as men ofthe match.
The matches were officiatedby Saleem-ur-Rehman, SadiqHussain Malik, Rajinder Singh,Sandeep Manchanda and VinodKandyara.
Australia win as Rohit’sheroics trumped by Smith
PERTH, Jan 12:
Rohit Sharma's scintillatingunbeaten 171 went in vain asAustralia rode on skipper SteveSmith's fluent 149 to script acomfortable five-wicket victoryin a high-scoring first cricketone-dayer here today.
On one of the flattest WACAtracks in recent times, Indiascored a commanding 309 forthree courtesy Rohit's brilliantstrokeplay but the target seemedinsufficient against the hosts,who relied on centuries by Smithand George Bailey (112) to over-haul the target in 49.2 overs.
Rohit's 163-ball knock wasthe best by an Indian todaywhile vice-captain Virat Kohlialso impressed with a 91-runeffort as the duo added 207 runsfor the second wicket.
But India's poor bowlingallowed the Australians to clincha 1-0 lead in the five-match
series. Smith, who faced 163balls, added a staggering 242runs for the third wicket withanother former captain Bailey=as the home team knocked off
the runs with ease.While it was another heart-
breaking end to a Rohit centurythat ended in a losing cause (hisT20 hundred and ODI hundred
against SA were scored indefeats), Australian skipperSmith again turned out to beIndia's nemesis pacing hisinnings to perfection.
Smith's sequence of scoresagainst the 'Men In Blue' acrossformats reads: 162 not out, 52not out, 133, 28, 192, 14, 117,
71, 47, 105.It also turned out to be the
highest successful run-chase atthe WACA and the third highestin an ODI in Australia.
The Indian bowling attacklooked completely out of depthas the Smith-Bailey duo neverdid anything extraordinary butstill managed to hammer UmeshYadav and co with monotonicregularity.
For India, debutant BarinderSran (3/56) managed to createan impression with early break-throughs but the other bowlersfailed to join the party.
Especially disappointing wereIndia's spin twins RavichandranAshwin (2/68 in 9 overs) andRavindra Jadeja (0/61 in 9 overs)looked far from penetrative.
They could hardly extractany turn and were played withconsummate ease by the Aussiecaptain, whose footwork wasexemplary.
The two teams will nowtravel to Brisbane for the secondODI on Friday.
Smith hit 11 fours and 2sixes en route his fifth ODI tonwhile Bailey's third hundred hadseven fours and two sixes.
While Australia were 21 fortwo in the fifth over, thingscould have taken a different turnas Bailey looked to have glovedthe first delivery he facedbowled by Sran. (PTI)
The students of Banyan International School, who won 13gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals in the 4th Roller AthleticSkating Carnival held at Shiva Roller Skating Institute, Peer-Kho. The medal winners included Jasleen Kour, Nishchal,Harsh Harinder, Amash, Srishti, Udhay Narayan, Khushwant,Shehreet, Sabjot Singh, Surya, Prableen, Harideep Jojra, Ishya,Ritvik, Shreya, Zaibibni, Taran and Garima. School Principal,Ramesh TR lauded the efforts of the students for this achieve-ment.
India’s Rohit Sharma (L) and Australian Steve Smith duringtheir big knocks in Ist ODI at Perth on Tuesday.
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12: 4th Eid-Diwali Christmas T20 CricketChampionship for college stu-dents and youths of the Statewill be held from January 16,2016 at Parade ground, here.
The Championship will beorganized jointly by ChristianSports Organization, JK Police,Simula Sports and Atman SportsClub
This was decided in a meet-ing chaired by Fr. Kuriakose inthe office of Christian SportsOrganization Jammu, today.
According to a handoutissued here the Slogan of thetournament will be “KheloKhushi Sey-Par Nasha MatKaro”.
The meeting among otherswas attended by Hilal RatherMD Simula, Sanjay MahajanMD Atman group, Rajesh GillFormer Ranji Player, VijaySaberwal President Parade
Sports Association, Victor SotraVice President, Asif Gill JointSecretary and David Mattoo,Sports Secretary.
Former Ranji Trophy player,Rajesh Gill, the organizing sec-retary of the tournamentinformed that the teams whichhave confirmed their participa-tion included Shastri Club,Sarveshwar Club, Tawi CricketClub, Khalsa Club, KC SportsClub, Jammu Stars Eleven,Tanishta Club, ICC Jammu,Jammu Police Eleven, SaiCricket Club, GurunanakCricket Club, Simula CricketEleven, Christian Sports XI,Allied Club, RCC Srinagar,Mayank Academy, BatindhiClub, Dogra Club, ShenshahClub, Bahufort Club and J&KWarriors.
The organizers have invitedall the team captains to contactMr Gill for further informationregarding fixture and alliedthings.
NSS Unit of MIER celebratesNational Youth Day
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12: The NSSUnit of MIER College ofEducation celebrated NationalYouth Day to commemorate theBirth Anniversary of SwamiVivekananda, here today.
Dr Renu Gupta, DirectorMIER was the chief guest on theoccasion, while HoDs of variousdepartments along with the fac-ulty and students of the Collegeattended the programme.
Dr Rohinika Sharma, NSSProgram Officer presented wel-come address and gave PowerPoint presentation.
She highlighted that SwamiVivekananda was a key figure inthe introduction of the Indianphilosophies of Vedanta andYoga to the Western world andis credited for bringing theteachings of Hinduism to thestatus of a major world religionduring the late 19th century.
Dr. Sharma also emphasizedon the role of youth in nationbuilding as propagated bySwami Vivekananda.
Four short documentaries onthe contribution and philosophyof Swami Vivekananda wereshown to the students followedby panel discussion.
Dr. Annie Koul, HoD B.EdGeneral and Poonam Soni,Assistant Professor MIERCollege chaired the panel dis-cussion session.
Dr. Renu Gupta in heraddress said that the destiny ofthe country is in the hands of theyouth who have an importantrole to play.
She called upon the youth tosit together and critically thinkabout the changes that needs tobe brought about in the gover-nance of the country.
Dr. Gupta also appreciatedthe efforts of the NSS Unit fororganizing such events.
Army officers and teachers posing for a group photographduring workshop at Sainik Colony, Nagrota on Tuesday.
Sainik School Nagrota organisesworkshop for J&K Board Teachers
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12: The sec-ond phase of orientation work-shop for teachers ofGovernment Schools underJammu & Kashmir Board ofSchool Education was organisedby Sainik School Nagrota at theSchool Auditorium, which con-cluded here today.
The objective of the work-shop was to enhance teachingskills and update the knowledgeand awareness of teachers work-ing in schools under J&K Board.55 teachers from Gandhi Nagar,Satwari, RS Pura and MiranSahib Zones participated in thisworkshop to enrich their profes-sion competence.
Colonel Kapil Dev Koushal,Principal, Sainik SchoolNagrota formally inauguratedthe 2-day workshop on January11, 2016 and delivered anenlightening presentation on thetopic 'Challenges and TeachingSkills for 21st CenturyEducators'.
The workshop covered vari-ous topics including 'StressManagement and How to be andEffective Teacher' by Lt ColDeepak Singh Thakur, VicePrincipal and "Basics of HumanBehaviour" and "SelfMotivation for Teachers" by SqnLdr Vipin Kumar Sharma,Administrative Officer of theSchool.
Representative from DIET,Jammu and AK Koul, DEPOwere also present during theworkshop.
Besides, lecture on"Effective CommunicationSkills and ClassroomManagement" were also deliv-ered by the faculty of theSchool.
Khalsa Club to face BSF, MBS totake on 20-Punjab in Hockey semis
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12: DefeatingGuru Nanak Nagar HockeyClub (GNNHC) by four goals tothree (4-3) today, MBS HockeyClub Simbal Camp became thefourth team to enter the semifi-nals of the ongoing DistrictJammu Senior HockeyTournament, being organized byHockey J&K at KK HakhuAstroturf Hockey Stadium, here.
Now, in the semifinals,Khalsa Club Gole Gujral willtake on BSF Kashmir and MBSHockey Club Simbal Camp willlock horns with 20-Punjab onJanuary 16, 2016 at the samevenue.
Earlier, MBS Hockey Clubdefeated Guru Nagar HockeyClub in a close contest by (4-3).
For MBS, Ramnik Singhscored the 1st and 4th goals in11th and 57th minutes, while theother two back to back goalswere netted by Jaspreet Singh in25th and 40th minutes of thematch.
Gagandeep Singh scored thefirst goal for Guru NanakHockey Club in 1st minute,while the second and 3rd goalswere scored by Sikander PalSingh in 13th and 37th minutesrespectively.
The matches were officiatedby Charanjeet Singh, KaranjeetSingh, Gurjeet Singh, KulwantSingh and Gurmeet Singh, whilethe Tournament is being heldunder the supervision of GSBakshi, general secretary ofHockey J&K.
Prominent among otherspresent on the occasion wereRajinder Singh, treasurerHockey India, MS Reen,Rajinder Singh, Raja Singh,Manjeet Singh and Janak Raj.
BWWA president, Pratibha Sharma being felicitated duringflagging in ceremony of Bharat Darshan tour for students atBSF Headquarters, Paloura in Jammu.
BSF sponsored BharatDarshan tour flagged in
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12: BharatDarshan tour for the studentsbelonging to remote areas ofJammu region in the age groupof 14-16 years, ended with theflagged in ceremony held atBSF Frontier headquarterPaloura here last evening.
The function in this connec-tion was presided over by RamAvtar, (DIG) PSO, FrontierJammu. Pratibha Sharma, pres-ident BWWA (BSF WivesWelfare Association) also partic-ipated in the closing ceremony.She was presented a colorfulbouquet by the children.
During the ceremony thechildren shared their experi-ences and about the visit tomany historical places of thecountry with the BSF officersand BWWA members. Theyspoke very high of the love theyreceived from BSF and otheragencies during the BharatDarshan tour.
DIG BSF gave an inspira-tional and motivational speechto the children. The ceremonyended with group dance by thestudents on the tune of BSF song'Bharat ke har prant se bahaduro
ka dal , Hum hai Seema SurkshaBal, Hum hai Seema SurkshaBal.
The Bharat Darshan tour wasstarted on Dec 25, 2015, when39 students (19 girls and 20boys) belonging to remoteregion of Jammu left forAhmedabad to attend theNational Integration Camp inRajkot from Dec 27 to Jan 3,2016. The camp was addressedby many intellectuals of worldfame and the children were ben-efited from these lectures. Afterthe camp the students visitedDelhi, Agra and Amritsar also.The students got a chance ofinteraction with AnandibenPatel, Chief Minister of Gujaratand Kiren Rijju the UnionMinister of State for HomeAffairs.
The students also visitedScience City, AkshardhamTemple, Sabarmati Ashram, RedFort, Nehru Planetarium, QutubMinar, Taj Mahal, FatehpurSikri, Jalianwala Bagh andGolden Temple. The studentswere overwhelmed during theirride in Delhi Metro. Studentswere also delighted to see thecolourful 'beating the retreat'ceremony at Wagah Border.
SCOREBOARDIndia innings:Rohit Sharma not out 171Shikhar Dhawan c Marsh b Hazlewood 9Virat Kohli c Finch b Faulkner 91MS Dhoni c Boland b Faulkner 18Ravindra Jadeja not out 10Extras (LB-6, W-4) 10Total (3 wickets; 50 overs) 309Bowling: Josh Hazlewood 10-0-41-1, Joel Paris 8-0-53-0,Mitchell Marsh 9-0-53-0, Scott Boland 10-0-74-0, JamesFaulkner10-0-60-2, Glenn Maxwell 3-0-22-0.Australia innings:Finch c & b Sran 8Warner c Kohli b Sran 5Smith c Kohli b Sran 149Bailey c Kumar b Ashwin 112Maxwell c Dhawan b Ashwin 6Marsh not out 12Faulkner not out 1Extras: (LB-5, W-12) 17Total: (for 5 wickets in 49.2 overs) 310Bowling: Sran 9.2-0-56-3, Bhuvneshwar 9-0-42-0, Rohit 1-0-11-0, Yadav 10-0-54-0, Jadeja 9-0-61-0, Ashwin 9-0-68-2, Kohli 2-0-13-0.
4th Eid-Diwali Christmas T20Championship from Jan 16
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U-16 Boys Cricket Tournament at MGCARaghav’s 71 goes in vain as Satyabrat,
Sanat help DPS to script big winExcelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12: RaghavSharma’s splendid innings of 77runs went in vain as SanatAnand and Satyabrat helpedDelhi Public School (DPS) todrub Little Flower School by amargin of 60 runs in the ongoingUnder-16 Boys CricketTournament, being held underthe supervision of cricket coach,Sunil Kumar at MayankGoswami Cricket Academy(MGCA), here.
Earlier, batting first, DPSscored a mammoth total of 213runs in the stipulated 20 overs.Satyabrat top scored with
unbeaten 54 runs, while RajPartap, Sarthak Peshin andAryan Gandral contributed 46,39 and 28 runs to the totalrespectively. For Little FlowerSchool, Raghav Sharma was thetop scorer with 77 runs, whileVinayak and Shah Tallah con-tributed 18 and 17 runs to thetotal respectively. Sanat Anandwas the pick of the bowlers forDPS, who took 4 importantwickets, while Anmol Manhascaptured 2 wickets. Shreyansand Satyabrat claimed one wick-et each. Sanat and Sayabrat wereadjudged joint winners of theman of the match award.
Khour Club trouncesYCC by 5 wkts in New
Year CupExcelsior Sports Correspondent
AKHNOOR, Jan 12: KhourCricket Club defeated YCC by5 wickets in New Year Cup T20Cricket Tournament, beingorganized by Singh CricketClub, Akhnoor at GovernmentHigher Secondary Schoolground, here.
Batting First, YCC scored apaltry total of 103 runs in 20overs. Mrinal, Shotu and Ishancontributed 17, 15 and 13 runsto the total respectively. ForKhour CC, Govind and Arvindtook 2 wickets each.
In reply, Khour Cricket Clubchased the target easily by los-ing 5 wickets, thus won thematch by 5 wickets. Abhishektop scored with 26 runs, whileVishal and Dinesh contributed23 and 22 runs to the totalrespectively. Kaka was the mostsuccessful bowler from YCC,who took 3 wickets.
GDC Billawar organizes symposiumExcelsior Sports Correspondent
BILLAWAR, Jan 12: RedRibbon Club of the GovernmentDegree College Billawar organ-ised a symposium on the eve ofNational Youth Day on the topic'Role of Youth in AIDSAwareness', here today.
Prof Sanjeev Gupta presidedover the function.
A good number of studentsparticipated in the symposium andthrew light on the various waysthe youth can contribute in dis-seminating awareness on AIDS.
The performance of the stu-dents was adjudged by the jurycomprising of Prof Joginder
Kumar, Lecturer Rupali Guptaand Lecturer Sunita on the basisof the content, pronunciationand presentation.
Arti of Semester-I wasadjudged first, Yasmine of BAPart-III and Mohd Bilal ofSemester-I stood second andthird respectively. Consolationprize was given to Manisha ofBA Part-III.
Prof Amit Kumar Sharma,in-charge Red Ribbon Clubexhorted upon the students tospread the awareness about theAIDS among the masses.
Prof Joginder Kumarannounced the result and pre-sented vote of thanks.
Educational institutions, organizationscelebrate Lohri with religious gaietyExcelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12:Educational institutions andsocial organizations celebrated‘Lohri’ with religious fervourand gaiety, here today.
Lohri the ‘bonfire festival’was celebrated with pomp andshow at Luthra Public School,Talab Tillo Jammu. .All the dig-nitaries put forth their views onthe festival and other advantagesof it for the furtherance of peaceand love across the country.They mentioned as how the fes-tival marks the end of bad deedsand hatred and ushers the broth-erhood all-over the country.
Vimal Muni College ofEducation, Vijaypur celebratedLohri Festival in the Collegepremises, today. The studentsarranged the holy log of woodsand decorated it with Rangoli.
Chairperson of the College,Anu Gupta, along with Principal,Dr Neelam Bakshi, staff mem-bers and students lit the holy fireand prayed the almighty forpeace and harmony in theSociety and ultimately in thecountry. Students sang the Lohrisongs and danced at the rhythmof doll, cultural items were alsopresented by the students.
Bawa Kailakh DevParbandhak Committee organizedLohri Milan Programme at BawaKailakh Dev Asthan Thathar.
On this occasion, Shakti DuttSharma presented ‘chunri’ and‘baint’ to MLA Sat Sharma,
Member Parliament, JugalKishore Sharma, Forest Minister,Bali Bhagat and MLC AshokKhajuria as a sign of memory.
Prominent among others pres-ent on the occasion were Trustpresident, Ram Paul Seth, VishwaHindu president Shakti DuttSharma, Omi Khajuria, Dr C MRaina, Sunil Dutt (Raka), YashSeth, Vicky Mehra, SP Rural,Sanjev Bral, Advocate PawanKhajuria and Summit Shastri.
Toady an impressive functionwas organized under the presi-dent-ship of Balbir Singh Manhas,Advocate to celebrate LohriMilan. Huge gathering of the com-munity members participated &graced the occasion and per-formed the pooja of the holy fire.Prominent among others presentwere Shamsher Singh Manhas,MP Rajya Sabha, Col. UttamSingh, Ashok Singh, Ex-Municipal Councilor, JP Singh,president Youth Wing Mahasabha,Master Kehar Singh, BalwantSingh Manhas and Baljit Singh.
Shiksha Niketan organized afunction on ‘Lohri’ with thetheme to make the studentsaware about this festival andmake an end to poverty. Thestage was beautiful decoratedaccording to the theme of the fes-tival. All the students of 1st and2nd class came in colourfuldresses. The celebration startedwith the bonfire by the PrincipalSir along with students andteachers. Principal of the School,Rameshwar Mengi blessed thestudents on the eve of Lohri andalso distributed the Lohri sweetsamong the students and teachers.
Lohri was celebrated in SantMela Singh College of Education,Digiana with great enthusiasmtoday. Chairman of the College,Prof Anmol Singh was the chiefguest on the occasion. The func-tion started with the lighting of thebonfire. Dance and Gidda wasperformed by the students on theoccasion. Speaking on the occa-sion, Principal of the College, DrKiran Luthra highlighted theimportance of Lohri and distrib-uted eatables among the students.
Students presenting scintillating cultural items during 28thAnnual Day celebration at Vir Sawarkar Higher SecondarySchool, Basohli in Kathua.
No Indo-Pak seriesscheduled in 2016:BCCI secy Thakur
NEW DELHI, Jan 12:
BCCI secretary AnuragThakur today ruled out the pos-sibility of an Indo-Pak bilateralseries stating that no suchseries is scheduled in FuturesTours & Programme (FTP) cal-ender.
"In the FTP, we had a seriesplanned in 2015 but there is noseries planned in 2016 againstPakistan. India will be playingagainst them in Asia Cup andthe World T20 since they aremultinational tournaments. AndIndia has been playing them formany years," Thakur told themedia. (PTI)