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Ganguly to be back SHARJAH, Oct 25: Skipper Saurav Ganguly today put to rest all speculation about the batting order .......more Nav
Sahastrabdi Excelsior Sports Correspondent PATHANKOT, Oct 25: Nav Sahastrabdi Motorcycle Expedition team of 5th Battalion.........more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 25: Jammu and Kashmir Table Tennis Association is holding six-day long 22nd Jammu ...........more Jammu doc accomplishes unique feat in trekking Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 25: A doctor from Jammu has accomplished a unique feat by successfully.........more |
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Kamal wins double title; beats Sanjeev in Snooker Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 25: Double title winner in the last year State championship, the number one Kamal Rohmetra today repeated his performance when .........more Week-long
internal Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 25: A week-long internal competitions of Basketball coaching centre, Mini-Stadium, Parade organised by the Young Tigers concluded here today........more League
Football Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 25: Young Star today defeated New Bharat 3-0 in the senior division in the ongoing League Football Tournament being organised .....more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 24: Delhi registered an emphatic ten wickets victory over .....more |
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Ganguly to be back as an opener SHARJAH, Oct 25: Skipper Saurav Ganguly today put to rest all speculation about the batting order and confirmed that he himself would open the innings along with Sachin Tendulkar in tomorrow’s match against Zimbabwe in the triangular one-day series heres. "I will open," Ganguly said, drawing a pat on his back from coach Anshuman Gaekwad. "Everyone seems critical of the move to have demoted myself down the order, including Anshu Bhai (Gaekwad)... So I must pay heed to their opinion." Ganguly had promoted his deputy Rahul Dravid to open the innings in their previous game against Zimbabwe on Sunday, bringing himself at number four. Though Dravid clicked, scoring a solid 85 and playing the role of sheet anchor, the skipper himself got out for 18. With Dravid out of action for the remainder of this tournament owing to a finger injury and Ganguly back to his role as an opener, the crucial number four spot will now be taken by newcomer S Sriram, who has shown tremendous promise as a substitute fielder in the earlier games. Vinod Kambli, who was hit on his forearm against Zimbabwe by a rising delivery from trevis friend but is fit now, has a big task on his hand going in as the one-down batsman tomorrow. His captain had no suggestions for him and said he would rather leave Kambli to work out his own methods. "I have left Kambli alone to work things out for himself," Ganguly said. Ganguly’s comment on Kambli’s uneasiness while playing short-pitched deliveries and his advice to let such balls go had drawn great media attention in the last few days and today the skipper said he would like Kambli to deal with them himself. "Every batsman has his own method to work out things. I am sure the same is true with Kambli. Ganguly said Kambli might be under some pressure after being unable to come up with a big score despite batting well and ruled out dropping him from the team. "Anyone would feel the pressure. Even after 150 matches, if I fail (in) two or three innings, I would feel the pressure. No batsman likes to fail," he said. "(But) I think everyone deserves an extended run. There would always be one or two failures within the team." The Indian captain felt it didn’t really make sense to go after the bowling in the first 15 overs even if the wicket in Sharjah was docile. "At the most if you are going after the bowling, you would make around 80," said Ganguly "against Zimbabwe the other day we made 62." "So the difference is only 15-18 runs," said Ganguly. "But if you could pass the first 15 overs without loss, you are in a very sound position." (PTI) |
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Nav Sahastrabdi motorcycle expedition flagged in Excelsior Sports Correspondent PATHANKOT, Oct 25: Nav Sahastrabdi Motorcycle Expedition team of 5th Battalion of the 4th Gorkha Rifles commanded by Col SK Patyal, returned after covering 2500 kms of Garhwal, Kumaon and Shimla hills, here today. The team was flagged-in by Brig. R S Sindhu amidst a huge gathering of jawans and their families. On this occasion, Brig. R S Sindhu said that such adventure activities undertaken by Army will go a long way in reaching out to people in far flung areas and conveying to the masses the good image of the Army. The team leader Major R S Joshi said that it was a life time experience for the whole team which achieved its aim of motivating the youth of Garhwal and Kumaon hills to join this noble profession. The expedition was sponsored by Major Yogi Sachdev (Retd), Managing Director of Reliance Silicons Ltd, Bombay which led to the grand success of the expedition. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 25: Jammu and Kashmir Table Tennis Association is holding six-day long 22nd Jammu and Kashmir State and Inter-district Table Tennis Championship from October 31 to November 5 at Indoor Complex, M A Stadium, here. The interested participants have been asked to submit their entries to the officials Mrs Sunita Goel, Satish Gupta, both Table Tennis coaches and Ravish Vaid before October 30 at 6 pm, a handout issued by the organising secretary said here today. The tournament shall be played according to the TTFI rules and regulations, he added. |
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Jammu doc accomplishes unique feat in trekking Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 25: A doctor from Jammu has accomplished a unique feat by successfully trekking pilgrimage of Kailash Mansrovar. The credit goes to the J&K Mountaineering & Allied Sports Club , Jammu which organised the event. Dr Vinay Rampal, consultant medicines, Govt Medical College Jammu successfully completed the Mansrovar pilgrimage this year in the month of August-September. This is considered as the greatest and toughest pilgrimage of Hindus. It involves the trekking over a distance of 400 kms, passing through the snow- clad mountains of great Himalayas and the Plateau of Tibet. The trekking lasts for over a month and during this pilgrimage one has to cross the Lepulekh pass situated at the Indo-Tibetan border. Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva has the circumference of about 75 kms which the yatris complete in three days, passing through mountaineous terrain, glaciers and streams. This pilgrimage under the auspices of Ministry of External affairs Govt of India, starts from Delhi and passes through picturesque mountains of Nainital, Almoura, Bhageshwar, Pithoragarh and Dharchula, which is situated on Indo-Nepal border. Dr Rampal proposes to write a book on the reportage of this pilgrimage shortly. |
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Kamal wins double title; beats Sanjeev in Snooker Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 25: Double title winner in the last year State championship, the number one Kamal Rohmetra today repeated his performance when he won the Snooker final beating Sanjeev Gupta 4-2 in the best of seven frames in the 10th District Billiards and Snooker Championship which concluded at MA Stadium, here this evening. Snooker favourite Kamal, who has developed a good match temperament during the last some time, played easily against arch rival Sanjeev Gupta throughout the over three-hour match. As soon as the game began, Kamal made confident shots to sweep the table pouring in 76 points against only five by Sanjeev. Whereas, in the second frame, Sanjeev fought back and equalised the lead by taking away the frame 51-43. In the third frame, Kamal again showed his dominance and went up by 2-1. Fourth frame also went in favour of Kamal after a close fight he had with fighting Sanjeev. Sanjeev, who had started gaining command on the cue after the third frame, surprised Kamal by winning the fifth frame. But, Kamal who wanted to finish the game early, gathered quick points in the sixth frame to win it with heavy margin of 42 points and also the match. The final score: 76-5; 43-51; 61-43; 38-30; 49-64; 63-21. Messrs Surjit Singh, Shanker Dass and Raveez Ahmed were markers in the final, while Vishal Abrol, joint secretary, JKBSA acted as referee. Today’s final was witnessed by the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Billiards and Snooker Association, Mr Sidharth Sharma, besides senior players and the participants. |
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Week-long internal
competitions of Parade Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 25: A week-long internal competitions of Basketball coaching centre, Mini-Stadium, Parade organised by the Young Tigers concluded here today. Around 96 trainees of the centre, who were divided into two groups of senior and juniors had neck to neck fights in the league and super-league competitions held during the week. On the concluding day today, the team led by Vikrant emerged winners with two victories in their account, while the sides led by Rajinder and Rohit finished second and third places respectively. In the senior girls section, Pawan’s team which its both matches clinched the top position, while side led by Mousmi won one match and finished second. Third place went to the team of Richard. In the Junior boys group, Ravi Club took the first place with three wins and Ravi Club bagged second with two victories. In the girls section, the side led Dhanak won the first place winning all the three matches, while the team of Basundra finished second with two victories. The main feature of these quarterly competitions was that these were organised by the trainees themselves under the supervision of Mr Rajinder Magotra, centre incharge and SAI Basketball coach. Mr M K Verma, co-ordinator Sports Authority of India (SAI), J&K was the chief guest, who gave away prizes to the position holders. Super-league matches which took place today were witnessed by a large number of people including the parents. |
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League Football
Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 25: Young Star today defeated New Bharat 3-0 in the senior division in the ongoing League Football Tournament being organised by the Jammu wing of the J&K Football Association at Mini-Stadium, here. Noel Yusuf scored the first goal for Young Star in the 10th minutes. It was followed by two superb goal chances which came in the way of Darshan Kumar (right-half) of Young Star in the 11th and 16th minutes, but he failed to capitalise them. And the score remained 1-0 in favour of Young Star at the end of the first half. In the second half, Kitty Mattoo did a fine job when he gave a pass to Anil Kumar in the 55th minutes. Anil in a very matured manner dribbled the ball towards the net dodging the goal-keeper and scored the second goal for Young Star. Young Star forwards, who completely dominated the field and remained in the opponent’s half managed to score third goal in the 77th minutes of the match. This time substitute Brijesh Jamwal scored the goal for his team. Earlier, the Youngmen Gurah defeated Young Rovers by two goals to nil in the Junior group. The first half remained barren as both sides failed to score any goal. In the second half, Navjot Singh opened the account for Youngmen in the 45th minutes after getting a pass from Ramneek Singh, while, the second goal came just before the final whistle through Ramneek Singh. Satnam Dev Singh had given a pass to Ramneek, who kicked the ball into the net from penalty zone. Today’s matches were officiated by Messrs Passang, Bablu Gosh, A K Chakrobarty and J Roy of Border Security Force. Next matches Seniors: Vijay Club V/s NGR at 3.15 pm. Juniors: Kings Football Club V/s Vijay Young at 12.30 pm; Engineers XI V/s New Dogra at 2 pm. |
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Cooch Behar U-19
Cricket Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 24: Delhi registered an emphatic ten wickets victory over host Jammu and Kashmir in the three-day North-Zone Cooch Behar U-19 Cricket Tournament which played at MA Stadium, here. Chasing Delhi’s first innings lead of 222 runs, Jammu and Kashmir scored 227 when whole side was bowled out in the 83.2 overs in the second innings, just two minutes before the lunch break. Satyajeet Singh held tightly one end and made his all out efforts to push J&K to draw level. But, in absence of good support from other end, Satyajeet’s brilliant knock of 86 runs was of no use. He hit 13 splendid boundaries in 272 minutes play facing 185 deliveries. At one stage, there were some hopes that host state could draw the match, but fall of six wickets in a short span of 28 runs shattered all dreams. Satyajeet, who came at number four position and was playing at 43 yesterday, had good partnerships with Vimarsh Kaw (21) and Mayank Goswami (13). Remaining batsmen could not stay for long on the crease and fell victim to left hander, Vivek Khurana, who did not allow the tale-enders to reach the double figure mark. Vivek was the main architect of the Delhi’s big win. He took five wickets for 42 in 20 overs. Satya Saikia and Yogesh Sachdeva shared two wickets each, while Tarun Gupta took one. In the second innings, Delhi took just seven balls to score the required six runs for the victory after lunch. Gautam Gambir made six, while Dhruv Mohan hit the winning single. Dr M S Mahal of Punjab Cricket Association and Sarbhjeet Singh of Haryana Cricket Association were the umpires, while Ashwani Sharma maintained score book. |
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