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NEW DELHI, Sept 10:

The fast bowling duo of UmeshYadav and Mohammed Shamitoday returned to a 16-memberIndia squad for the first three gamesof the five-match ODI seriesagainst Australia.

The selectors have chosen torest leading spinnersRavichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja, as per the BCCI'srotation policy, for the first threegames of the series, startingSeptember 17 in Chennai.

The only change in the ViratKohli-led squad was the omissionof pacer Shardul Thakur. Yadav andShami, who were rested after theSri Lanka Test series, have beenrecalled after a break.

India have named a 16-membersquad instead of 15 for the firstthree games. Mumbai pacer Thakurwill now go back to India A seriesfor New Zealand.

Selection committee chairmanMSK Prasad said players such asYuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patelhave been given an extended rundue to their impressive showingson the tour of Sri Lanka, whereIndia won all their matches.

"The team for the three ODIsagainst Australia has been selected

in line with the rotation policy ofthe Board and accordingly RAshwin and Ravindra Jadeja havebeen rested," Prasad said.

The former India stumperadded, "The team's performanceduring the Sri Lanka tour was out-standing and players like Axar Pateland Yuzvendra Chahal, who per-formed very well are being givenan extended run and this will in turnsupplement our approach, to build astrong reserve strength, as we pre-pare for forthcoming tours."

Ashwin is playing county crick-et in England while left- arm spin-ner Jadeja has been rested since theTest series in Sri Lanka last month.As per his four-match contract,Ashwin has two more home gamesleft for Worcestershire.

As expected there were notmuch changes from the squad thatthrashed Sri Lanka in the ODIseries recently.

The squad: Virat Kohli (cap-tain), Rohit Sharma (vice- captain),Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul,Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav,Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (wk),Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel,Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal,Jasprit Bumrah, BhuvneshwarKumar, Umesh Yadav, MohammedShami. (PTI)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

LEH, Sept 10: The 6th edi-tion of Ladakh Marathon con-cluded successfully with 6000participants from 27 differentcountries taking part in four dif-ferent categories.

The Ladakh annual megasport event organized by a localtour operators Rimo Expeditionwith the support of J&KTourism, Hill DevelopmentCouncil and Bisleri, recognizedby Association of InternationalMarathon and Distant Races(AIMS). The two days eventwitnesses great success withparticipants enthusiastically par-ticipating in four different cate-gories Khardungla Challenge(71.2 km, Full Marathon (41.1km), Half Marathon (21.1 km)and 7 km Run for Fun. LadakhMarathon has already helpedmany young Ladakhi youth to

get job in the Indian Army. In the Khardungla Challenge

(71.2 km Ultra Marathon overthe mighty 17,680 feet highKhardung La Pass considered asworld's highest motorable road)held on 9th September ShabirHussain with BIT number 105stood first with timing06:23:50:26 followed by RigzinNurboo with 104 stood secondposition with timing06:25:29:32 and TseringStobgyas BIT No 9106 with06:34:14:18 stood third and allthree top position holders werefrom Ladakh Scouts. Winner,runners-up and third positionholder of Khardongla Challengewere awarded with cash price of

Rs.50,000, Rs.30,000 and Rs20,000 respectively.

Khardungla Challenge win-ner Shabir Hussain said thatLadakh Marathon has helpedLadakh region to getInternational recognition and hehad broke his own past recordtiming this time.

Expressing his delight oversuccessful conduct of 6thMarathon Rimo ExpeditionDirector Tsewang Motup Motupsaid that nearly 6000 partici-pants from 27 different countriesparticipated without any prob-lems and he expressed his grati-tude to all stakeholders for theirsupport for successful conductof mega event.

LUCKNOW, Sept 10:

Leg spinner Karn Sharmaended with a career-best 10-wicket haul to lead India Red to a170-run win over India Greendespite a valiant hundred fromKarun Nair on day four of theDuleep Trophy here.

India Green, resuming theday at 98 for two and chasing animprobable 474-run target, weredismissed for 303 in their secondinnings with Sharma taking sixfor 94 to take his match tally to10 for 133, his best figures in firstclass cricket.

The remaining four wicketsin the Indian Green innings weretaken by pacer Siddarth Kaul.

The impressive bowling per-formance from India Red came aday after captain Dinesh Karthik

and Priyank Kirit Panchalslammed centuries to put theirteam in a strong position.

India Red declared their sec-ond innings at 307 for two yester-day. They had made 323 in theirfirst innings before India Greenresponded with a paltry 157.

On the fourth and final day,India Green did put up a muchimproved showing with the batbut it was not enough to get evenclose to the victory target.

Nair was their stand out bats-man with 120 off 203 balls buthis dismissal ended India Green'sresistance.

The Karnataka batsman, whodid not have the best of timesduring the recent India A tour ofSouth Africa, was dogged in hisapproach.

His gritty knock, comprising13 fours, eventually ended in the81st over, leaving India Green at275 for six. What followed was alower-order collapse with IndiaGreen losing their last five wick-ets for just 28 runs.(PTI)

MOSCOW, Sept 10:

India finished fifth in themedals tally with one gold andtwo silver medals at theMoscow Shotgun WorldChampionship, which endedhere today.

On the concluding day, Indiahad two teams in the mixedteam skeet event but bothreturned empty handed.

While the pair of Angad VirSingh Bajwa and MaheshwariChauhan finished 17th in quali-fication round with a combinedscore of 92, Mairaj AhmadKhan and Radhmmi Rathoreended 25th out of 41 teams witha score of 90.

USA and Italy won silverand bronze medals respectivelyas the Russian pair of NikolayTeplyy and NadezdaKonovalova emerged victori-

ous.Only 16 of the 76 participat-

ing nations got amongst themedals and Italy topped thetally with nine gold medals for atotal of 17 medals in all.

Both their Olympic skeetchampions Gabrielle Rossettiand Diana Bacosi were alsocrowned world champions inthe process.

USA was the other dominantforce with five gold medals fora total of 12, making the twocountries account for 29 of the66 medals on offer.

Hosts Russia were third inthe overall tally with two goldsfor a total of eight.

The ISSF bandwagon nowmoves for its final stop in NewDelhi for the ISSF World Cupfinals combined for rifle, pistoland shotgun, scheduled for endof October. (PTI)

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Sept 10:Mahindra Hockey Club defeatedBudgam Hockey Club by threegoals to one (3-1) in the DistrictSrinagar Senior HockeyChampionship, being organizedby Hockey J&K and sponsored byJ&K State Sports Council at Pologround, here.

In the 2nd match played today,CMS Bisco School team defeated

National Hockey Club 2-1.The officials of the match

included Rafiq Baba, GurdeepSingh Sangral , Mohd Ameen ,Avtar Singh Sameer Ahmed,RGN Wani and Gurdial Singh.

In tomorrow's fixture, the1stmatch will be played betweenBarhamshsh Hockey ClubAnantnag and CMS Bisco, whilethe 2nd match will be heldbetween Shupian Hockey Cluband Mohindra Hockey Club.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 10: SambaClub and Cantt Cricket ClubSatwari registered convincingwins against their rivals andentered in the next stage ofongoing State Cricket Academy(SCA) T20 Championship,being played at MA Stadium,here.

Earlier, in the first matchSamba Club defeated KrishnaClub by 12 runs .

Batting first, Samba Clubscored 122 runs for the loss of 8wickets in 16 overs , withShubam (34) ,Sunil (33) andArun (18) being the main scor-ers.

From Krishna Club Chandertook 3 wickets, Deepak took 2wickets, while Binny, Arush andSunny shared 1 wicket.

Krishna Club, in reply couldnot achieve the target and made109 runs in the stipulated 16overs for the loss of 7 wickets,thus lost the match by 12 runs.Chandan 37 , Sunil 28 and Rohit

19 were the main scorers.From bowling side, Sunil

took 4 wickets, Rohit, Sandeepand Neeraj took 1 wicket each.Sunil was adjudged man of thematch with cash prize of Rs 500.

In second match, CanttSatwari Club got the better ofBhalwal CC by 2 runs.

Batting first, Cantt Satwariscored 160 runs for the loss of 7wicket in 20 overs , withNiranjan(51), Dheeraj(39) andRaj Kumar (24) being the mainscorers.

From Bhalwal Club, Dineshand Devansh took 2 wicketseach, Devasher,Sunil andsandeep took 1 wicket each .

In reply, Bhalwal Club fellshort of just 2 runs. Sandeep topscored with 53 runs, whileDevansh made 52 runs.

From Cantt Club, Parshotamtook 3 wickets, while Sanchittook 2 wickets and Dheeraj andRajkumar claimed 1 wicketeach. Niranjan of Satwari Canttwas declared as man of thematch.

Karan Nayyar appointed Physioof India Green team

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 10: JammuDoctor, Karan Nayyar, son of for-mer Ranji trophy player,Harsh Nayyar has beenappointed Physio of IndiaGreen team in DuleepTrophy 2017-18 by theBoard of Control forCricket in India (BCCI).

The prestigiousdomestic tournament isbeing held from September 7, toSeptember 29, 2017 at Lucknow

and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.The prominent faces in India

Green team are Parthiv Patel(captain) , Murli Vijay, Karun

Nair, Parvez Rasool andShahbaz Nadeem.

He is the youngestPhysio in Duleep Trophy.It is a proud moment forJammu and KashmirCricket Association andthe J&K State as well thata man from here has been

appointed Physio in such a bigtournament .

District Jammu WushuChampionship concludes

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 10: The 3-day District Jammu WushuChampionship concluded atMA Stadium, here today.

Around 400 players fromdifferent schools and clubsparticipated in the champi-onship.

Today junior and seniorboys and girls fought for theyellow metal.

The overall trophy went toAcademy of Wushu and therunners-up and 2nd runners-up

trophy was bagged by FightClub and Jodhamal PublicSchool respectively.

Ranjeet Karla, vice chair-man District Jammu SportsCouncil was the chief guest,while Divisional SportsOfficer Ravi Singh, DeepakHanda and manager IndoorStadium, Satish Kumar werethe special guests.

The speakers on the occa-sion lauded the efforts of theAssociation for holding suchevents and promoting sports inthe State.

Abhishek Pathania to face ViditGawri in Senior Snooker final

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 10:Outplaying their rivals convinc-ingly in the semifinals,Abhishek Pathania and ViditGawri sealed berth in the finalstoday and will lock horns witheach other in the summit clashof the ongoing District JammuSenior Snooker Championship,being organized by the Jammuand Kashmir Billiards and

Snooker Association atBilliards Hall, MA Stadium,here.

Earlier, in the semifinals,Abhishek defeated InderpalSingh by 4-2, while Vidit gotbetter of Nikhil Kapahi 4-1.

Meanwhile, in the SubJunior Snooker final, AnshChopra will take on AnanyaMahajan, while in JuniorBilliards title clash, ManikSharma will face Ansh Sharma.

Ravinder Khajuria memorial basketballSTC Warriors, J&K Policescript convincing victories

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 10: HostsSTC Warriors and J&K Policeregistered convincing victoriesin their respective pools in theongoing Ravinder Khajuriamemorial basketball tourna-ment, being organized at MAStadium here.

While JKP defeated 26Rajput by 73-29, STC Warriorsbeat Jammu district 73-50, withSTC bench on the floor for mostpart of the second half.

In other matches of the day,STC Terriers beat 14 Punjab 48-

19, Jammu district beat 21 Jatregiment 55-27, BSF Kashmirfrontier bt 88 Armed regiment35-22 and STC Terriers in theirsecond outing of the day beat 51Unicorn 59-37.

The matches were officiatedby national referees Mohd.Shafi, Manoj Kumar, HarpreetSingh and state referees RajeshBandral, Vaneet Pangotra, SumitDogra, Vinod Dogra, AbhiskekMahajan and Kannav Gupta.

The tournament is beingorganized by STC Warriors,under the aegis of J&KBasketball Association.

Players in action during a match of Ravinder KhajuriaMemorial basketball tournament in Jammu.

Sunil Sharma felicitates winners of State Level Karate C’ship

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Sept 10:Minister of State for Transport,Youth Services and Sports SunilKumar Sharma who is alsoPresident of Karate Association,today felicitated players whowon medals at State LevelKarate Championship held atKargil from 6th to 8th Septemberorganized by Youth Services andSports department at his officialresidence Srinagar today.

In an interactive session, theMinister assured the players thatinfrastructure and all other facil-ities for promoting the game ofKarate are being developed at

Moulana Azad Stadium Jammuand other parts of the State.

The Minister congratulatedthe players who brought laurelsto their institutions, parents andto the whole State and said theGovt is committed to organizesuch events so that hidden talentof the students is explored atNational and internationalPlatforms.

The players included GarimaParihar, Rakshit Mehta andVasuvardhan Singh all of themGold Medalists and MumukshuPratap Singh Silver Medalist,accompanied by the CoachAbhijeet Singh Chib, Black Belt-II DAN were felicitated.

Minister of State for Sports, Sunil Sharma posing for photo-graph after felicitating winners of Karate Championship.

Athletes sweating-it-out during Ladakh Marathon in Leh. -Excelsior/ Morup Stanzin

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Samba Club, Cantt Satwariscript wins in SCA T20 C’ship

Ladakh Scouts jawans winKhardungla Challenge Marathon

Mahindra Hockey Club drubsBudgam Club in Senior Hockey

2nd KPL Pink Ball Cricket TournamentLions, Dream, YWCC, Gopinath Club win ties

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 10: LionsCricket Club, Dream CricketClub, Yes We Can Cricket Club(YWCC) and Gopinath CricketClub defeated their rivals in theongoing 2nd Pink Ball CricketTournament, being played at KCSports Club ground, here.

In the first match playedtoday, YWCC defeated SurinderCricket Club by 5 wickets. SCC

scored 138 runs in 20 overs,with Suman and Deepak con-tributing 54 and 21 runs respec-tively. Rahul took 3 wikets,while Ayush and Akash claimed2 wickets for YWCC.

In reply, YWCC chased thetarget in 19.2 overs, with Ayush,Vishu and Rahul scoring 42, 35and 23 runs to the total respec-tively. Provin and Rajeshclaimed one wicket each. Ayush

was declared as man of thematch.

In another match, GopinathCricket Club defeated ShardhaCricket Club by a narrow mar-gin of 5 runs. Gopinath Clubscored 129 runs, while ShardhaClub managed to score 124 runsto lose the match by 5 runs. Alokwho scored 16 runs and took 3wickets was adjudged as theman of the match.

In yet another match playedon day-1 of the tournament yes-terday, Lions Cricket Clubthrashed Adarsh Cricket Club by8 wickets.

Adarsh Cricket Club whilebatting first bundled out for apaltry total of 79 runs. FormerRanji Trophy player, RakeshKoul was pick of the bowlers,who took 3 important wicketsfor Lions Cricket Club. Ridingon Sarthak Peshin's unbeaten 57and valuable 17 runs by RakeshKoul, Lions Club chased the tar-get easily in 9.3 overs. SarthakPeshin was declared as the manof the match.

In the 2nd match played onday-1, Dream Cricket Club out-played Magnum Cricket Club bya big margin of 68 runs. Battingfirst, Dream Cricket Club scoreda decent total of 174 runs.Chander top scored with 67runs, while Vishal Kanth con-tributed 46 runs to the total.

In reply, Magnum collapsedat 116 runs, thus lostthe matchby 68 runs. Sanam (32) andSonu (22) were the main con-tributors. For Dream CricketClub, Sunny Bhan and SahilDhar took 3 wickets each, whileVicky bagged 2 wickets.

Umesh, Shami return for firstthree ODIs against Australia

India finish 5th in Moscow ShotgunWorld Championship

Wajid Club wins Army’s BanihalChampions League final

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

BANIHAL, Sept 10: Thefinal match of the BanihalChampions League 2017 atBanihal was played today inwhich Wajid Cricket ClubChareel Banihal defeated ShahAsrar Cricket Club KaskootBanihal by 38 runs.

More than 64 teams of

Ramban district participated inthe tournament.

Earlier, Wajid Club scored165 runs in 20 overs and in thereply Shah Asrar could make128 runs only.

More than two thousandlocal cricket lovers witnessed

the final match at HSS Banihalwith enthusiasm.

Many prizes were awardedto leading wicket takers, man ofthe match, leading run scorerand player of the tournament.

Winners Wajid Cricket Clubwas given trophy and Rs 75000cash prize, while runners- upteam was given trophy and Rs50000 by the officers from

Army on the occasion.Amir Wani got most of the

awards in the tournamentincluding man of the tourna-ment.

The locals were very happywith the conduct of such a bigevent in Banihal.

Winner of the man of the match award being honoured byArmy Officers at Banihal.

Karn Sharma spins India Red tobig win in Duleep Trophy

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

POONCH, Sept 10: PoonchRoyal club won the T20 trophyin the ongoing Police Sports

Festival 2017 which is beingorganized under Civic ActionProgramme of JKP.

DySP Shaheed Nayeem wasthe chief guest in today's events.

Prominent others presentincluded Tariq Khan andOfficials from Sports Counciland District youth n sportsdepartment Poonch.

Poonch Royal won the crick-et tournament by defeatingShaheed Manjit Singh MemorialClub in the final.

After winning the toss,Poonch Royal Club scored 139in allotted overs, while in reply,Manjit Singh club failed toachieve the target.

Poonch Royal won the matchby 19 runs.

Meanwhile, in Kabaddi,Police Line Mohalla Clubentered into the semifinal.

In the first match, Banpatdefeated Ajote by 32:28, Kalaioutplayed Malik Club by 35:17,Police Line defeated GujjarHostel by 28:17, Police Lineoutplayed Bhataduria by 25:21.

In Tug of War, Police Linegot the better of Gujjar Hostel toenter into the semifinal.

Chief guest interacting with players during Police SportsFestival in Poonch.

Poonch Royal Club wins T20 Tourney