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Ganguly: 3 seamers SHARJAH, Oct 23: Indian cricket captain Saurav Ganguly today said playing three fast bowlers in his team gave him greater flexibility and he ......more Zaheer to add more SHARJAH, Oct 23: India’s latest pace sensation Zaheer Khan, riding confident after tucking in the man-of-the match award in yesterday, says he........more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 23: The final of the Jammu Open Squash Championship between Krishan Sharma and Arshad Khan.........more Parents,
Judokas Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 23: In a first of its kind incident in the sports arena of J&K, the parents and senior Judo players today roughed-up the.......more |
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Jammu Distt Billiard and Snooker
Champ K K Khanna, Kamal reach Billiards final, clash for title today Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 23: K K Khanna and Kamal Rohmetra today sailed into the finals of the Billiards in the 10th Jammu District Billiards and Snooker Championship. Now, they will clash for the title on tomorrow at 5 pm.......more Cooch
Behar U-19 Cricket Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 23: An unbeaten ton by Dilip TT and unbeaten half century by Salil Oberoi today helped Delhi to make a strong grip over the tie on the second day against.......more Junior
New Dogra, Nagrota Club tie ends in a draw Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 23: The title holder, Young Heros today won their opening match against NGR Club 3-0 in the Senior and Junior League Football Tournament which.....more From today onwards for the coming two months the Soccer fans will enjoy their favourite game in the City of Temples. The Jammu and Kashmir Football Association.....more |
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Ganguly: 3 seamers must for effective attack SHARJAH, Oct 23: Indian cricket captain Saurav Ganguly today said playing three fast bowlers in his team gave him greater flexibility and he would continue with them even at the cost of leaving out one specialist spinner. "We play three seamers that’s why we are winning," Ganguly told PTI today. "Suppose you have two seamers. They would bowl six overs each in the first spell, then you can’t bring them back in the middle," he said. Ganguly said on flat wickets like the one here in Sharjah, bowling a spinner in the slog overs can prove costly though a bowler of the quality of Muthiah Muralitharan can be successful on any surface. "But on these wickets, a spinner might bowl three good balls and yet the batsman can come down and smash him for sixes," he said, defending his decision not to include left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi in the earlier matches. Joshi did not get a single match in the ICC Knock-Out Tournament in Nairobi and played his first match here yesterday against Zimbabwe after Anil Kumble was ruled out due to a sore shoulder. Ganguly conceded it was not Joshi’s fault that he was not being included in the playing eleven, but said he had to balance the team in a proper way and could not pack it with bowlers. "As it is we have at least eight bowling options these days. If I am to have a spin option, I will any day prefer a batsman like Sachin Tendulkar who can bowl five overs of spin." Ganguly said the fact that all three of his seamers -Venkatesh Prasad, Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan - were bowling very well had given him a lot of options. "Prasad has a great slower ball. Agarkar has greater pace and has the ability to get the ball in the blockhole. "And Zaheer has been outstanding. He is my man under pressure. Every time I feel the heat, I throw the ball at him, and he has delivered," he said. Asked about the prospects of Vinod Kambli, the skipper said he felt Kambli was playing well but getting out while trying too hard to prove that he can pull a short ball. "Vinod had a problem with short balls before. There was a lot of criticism about his ability to play short-pitched deliveries. Now he looks only to be waiting to pull a short ball... Which is wrong. "If you can’t pull a short ball, don’t pull. What matters at the end of the day is how much you have scored," he said. "Fortunately everyone in this team is willing to learn. As a captain, that’s most satisfying for me." About Yuvraj Singh, Ganguly said he prefers to leave the flamboyant Punjab batsman alone. "He is a fantastic talent and doesn’t need to be told everytime what has to be done." The left-hander said the good performance of the tailenders yesterday against Zimbabwe gave a lot of confidence to the top order batsmen too. (PTI) |
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Zaheer to add more pace to his bowling SHARJAH, Oct 23: India’s latest pace sensation Zaheer Khan, riding confident after tucking in the man-of-the match award in yesterday, says he would like to add more pace to his bowling. The 21-year-old left-arm-paceman downplayed the idea of cutting down his pace and asked "if you can beat a batsman with pace, why should you need to cut down on it?" "I would like to add more pace to my bowling. I think as I play more international cricket and my body gets stronger, I should be able to increase on my pace. Over the next five years, I can concentrate on it," the South-PAW from Baroda told PTI today. Zaheer Khan has been troubling batsman throughout the series with his swinging deliveries and yorkers. His efforts paid off last night when he bottled up the Zimbabweans with his 3 for 37 from 10 overs. The bowler, already a celebrity back home, feels his confidence got a major boost when his captain Saurav Ganguly gave him the ball to bowl the opening over against Kenya in Nairobi. To which, Ganguly remarked, he is good enough. That’s why he is getting it." Zaheer said he rated the wicket of Steve Waugh in the quarter-final of ICC Knock-Out Tournament against Australia at a crucial moment as the most satisfying. On the phenomenal control he displayed against the likes of Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten, Zaheer Khan says, "my captain just asks me to bowl with pace. His instruction is not to sacrifice it." Ganguly nods in agreement and says, "I asked him to bowl a short ball to heath streak (yesterday) but he bowled a yorker! Zaheer Khan, who used to read Dennis Lillee’s "art of fast bowling" as a schoolboy, also admires Wasim Akram for" his ability to swing the ball and bowl yorkers". The otherspeaker, Zaheer bowled a surprise when he said he was sure he would start his career on a good note. "Frankly yes. I was sure I would have a good start to my career." The recently-acquired celebrity-status does not seem to have affected the bowler much. He shrugs it off with a modest reply, "my hard work has begun to pay off, that’s all." (PTI) |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 23: The final of the Jammu Open Squash Championship between Krishan Sharma and Arshad Khan will be played tomorrow at 4.45 pm at sports complex, Jammu Club, here. While as for the third position, Nitin Wazir will meet Lt. Vishal in the hardliner at 4.15 pm tomorrow. In the finals, which will be followed by the prize distribution function, The Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mr Chaman Lal Gupta has consented to be the chief guest. |
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Parents, Judokas rough-up Jt Secy Sports Council Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 23: In a first of its kind incident in the sports arena of J&K, the parents and senior Judo players today roughed-up the Joint Secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council, Mr Ashutosh Sharma outside the Indoor Sports Complex, M A Stadium, here. The angry parents and players also made an attempt to overturn the Maruti Zen of Mr Sharma, but were stopped by the officials of the State Sports Council from doing the ‘unlawful act’. As per the eye witness account, the mob had an heated exchange of words and also roughed-up Mr Sharma for his association with the Jammu and Kashmir Judo Association. Mr Ashutosh Sharma is joint secretary of the J&K Judo Association. It may be recalled that both parents and players are a frustrated lot and have raised the voice on many occasions against the Judo Association for their failure in promotion of the game by organising district and State level competitions in time. This time, the cause of the resentment was non participation of the State teams in the Sub-Junior Judo Nationals which were held in Kerala this week. It was alleged that even after completing all the formalities of organising coaching camp, selection trials and screening, the Association failed to take away the team for the participation at the last moment. Mr Ashutosh Sharma tried to pacify the aggrieved parents that it was not his duty to send the team for the participation, but the latter were not ready to listen to him, the sources informed. The parents also lambasted Mr S S Ali, Additional Director General of Prisons for his little interest in the game as a president. They also abused Mr R C Thakur, (Physical Director, MAM College) general secretary for spoiling the career of the budding talent. Earlier, parents and senior players held a joint press conference and told their tale of woes to the mediapersons. |
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Jammu Distt Billiard
and Snooker Champ Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 23: K K Khanna and Kamal Rohmetra today sailed into the finals of the Billiards in the 10th Jammu District Billiards and Snooker Championship. Now, they will clash for the title on tomorrow at 5 pm. Kamal Rohmetra has also found berth in the finals of the senior Snooker wherein he will take on Sanjeev Gupta to defend his title. In the second semi-finals today, Kamal outplayed fighting Vishal Abrol 358-296 in a one and half hour game. In the first one hour play Vishal never allowed Kamal to take much lead, but as and when the first hour play was over, Kamal set his eyes on the ball and brought his score to an unbeatable position within the 20 minutes. Seeing Kamal in an aggressive mood, Vishal lost all hopes and finished the game at a score of 358-296. Khanna, who had maintained a good lead right from the beginning faced some difficult moments when an experienced Gautam Lakra covered the lead and went ahead of him. But, a crucial 36 points break once again turned the match in favour of Khanna, who thereafter never looked back and continued superior play. At the end of the match, Khanna had a sufficient lead of 48 points with score on board 369-321. Meanwhile, the general secretary of the J&K Billiards and Snooker Association, Mr Sanjeev Gupta informed that the finals of the Junior Billiards and Snooker will be held tomorrow at 3 pm. In the Junior Snooker final, Nitin Puri will meet Nishant Azad, while in Billiards, Sohail Khalid will take on Jyoti Anand. Whereas, in the senior group, Billiards final will be played tomorrow at 5 pm and Snooker final on October 25 between Kamal Rohmetra and Sanjeev Gupta, he further informed. |
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Cooch Behar U-19
Cricket Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 23: An unbeaten ton by Dilip TT and unbeaten half century by Salil Oberoi today helped Delhi to make a strong grip over the tie on the second day against Jammu and Kashmir at MA Stadium grounds, here. Delhi, which started its innings yesterday just after lunch was playing at 161 for two at the end of the day. Today they added 185 more runs to their total of 346 by losing just one wicket and declared their innings after lunch after the completion of the 48th over. The only wicket taken today by Pranav was of Rajeev Uniyal, who contributed quick 39 runs with seven hits to the fence. When Delhi declared its innings, Dilip was playing at 100 (13x4, 1x6) and Salil Oberoi at 58 (7x4). Extras contributed 22 runs. Playing in the second innings, J&K somehow improved their performance and at the end of the day were playing at a score of 148 for four. Satyajeet, who came at number four position is playing confidently at a score of 43 with the help of five boundaries. He has been joined by Mayank Goswami, who has yet to open his account. Earlier, Mudassar, who faced the first delivery of the second innings was trapped LBW by Satya Saikia at a score of five. While’s, his opening partner, Asif Jalini and Imraj Thakur did a fine job and both added 52 runs to score for the second wicket partnership. Asif scored 30 valuable runs with the help of three fours while Imraj also contributed equal runs hitting six boundaries. Vimarsh Kaw was caught by Sonal Bidwani off Satya Saikia at 21. Taking into account the prevailing situation, the Jammu and Kashmir is in difficult time and may not be able to face the quick bowlers of Delhi to play for the complete day and declare the tie. While, on the other hand, Delhi coach is confident of bowling out the host before the lunch to win the match by an inning. |
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Junior New Dogra,
Nagrota Club tie ends in a draw Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 23: The title holder, Young Heros today won their opening match against NGR Club 3-0 in the Senior and Junior League Football Tournament which is being organised by the Jammu wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Football Association at Mini-Stadium, Parade, here. Although, NGR fought every move by the Young Heros, but could not stop them from scoring goals, especially in the second half which was completely dominated by the latter. The first goal came in the 20th minutes, when Rajinder Abrol gave a pass to Rajesh, who took little time in sending the ball to the net from left flank. After the first goal, Young Heros well maintained their upper hand in the field. In the second half, Rajesh played as right winger and made a calculated attempt within the first five minutes play. However, the power-packed shot targetting the net was well stopped by the goal-keeper Kamal Kishore. It was followed by the total dominance over the field by the Young Heros, who remained in the opponent goal area and made move after move. Ultimately, they got success in the 50th minutes when Tonny scored a field goal helping his side to go up by two goals. In the 55th minutes another goal was added to the tally by Tonny on a deflector. The goal was outcome of the confusion which prevailed inside the circle. Goal-keeper Kamal Kishore was unable to send the ball out when he pushed the incoming ball with right hand and ball again fell within the circle, resulting into an easy hit by Suresh Kumar into the net. Rajesh again made an goal attempt in the dying minutes and succeeded in netting the ball, but lineman came to the rescue of NGR Club and declared Rajesh as off side. Earlier, in a Junior division match, New Dogra Club had an goal-less draw against Nagrota Club. Comparatively New Dogra Club display better show, but failed to capitalised the chances they got. Mr Ajit Singh Wazir, Sports Officer, Jammu was the special invitee in the second match and was also introduced with both the sides. Tomorrow’s fixture: Senior division: International V/s Churchill Brothers at 3.15 pm Junior division: Pallanwalla V/s Cantt Star at 12.30 pm; Christain Star V/s National Club at 2 pm. |
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From today onwards for the coming two months the Soccer fans will enjoy their favourite game in the City of Temples. The Jammu and Kashmir Football Association (JKFA) has a number of Provincial and National level tournaments in hand said Mr Shiv Pal Sharma, resident secretary of the Jammu wing of JKFA. He said soon after the end of the ongoing Senior and Junior League Tournament on November 14, the Sher-e-Kashmir People’s Association will hold Sher-e-Kashmir gold Cup. Afterwards Senior Knock out Tournament by the Jammu wing of JKFA will be held which will be followed by the Sher-e-Kashmir Cup by Jammu Olympics Association Club. As and when the Sher-e-Kashmir Cup will be over, the Jammu wing of the JKFA will hold Sadiq Memorial Football Tournament, he maintained. |
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