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Selectors include Sriram in ODI squad against Pakistan MUMBAI, Nov 6: The national cricket selectors today recalled Yuvraj Singh and included Sridharan Sriram in the 15-member strong India squad, to be captained by Sourav Ganguly, to take on Pakistan in the Platinum Jubilee.............more India
beat Kuwait in NEW DELHI, Nov 6: India defeated Kuwait 3-2 in an international friendly football match in Kuwait city yesterday. The match was tied 2-2 till the 70th minute before Abhishek Yadav scored . ............more Gilchrist’s philanthropic gesture for Mumbai boy NEW DELHI, Nov 6: Following in the footsteps of his former skipper Steve Waugh who is the driving force behind an orphanage in suburban Kolkata, Australia vice-captain ..........more Uniformed spikers from two nations play in true spirit Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: The first-ever sports interaction between the Indian Army and the Chinese Army after the 1962 conflict concluded at the historic Chushul Airfield today. Volleyball match............more |
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Sanjeev Suri wins first fencing gold for J&K Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Young fencer, Sanjeev Suri has become first from Jammu and Kashmir to win individual gold medal in fencing at the national level. He won the medal in the recently held junior ..........more J&K Police enters into semi-finals Excelsior Sports Correspondent KATHUA, Nov 6: Jammu and Kashmir Police today sailed into the semi-finals of ongoing 5th Young Heros .........more Challenger wins ; Aryan-RCC match ends in dispute Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Challenger Cricket Club registered an impressive six wicket win over Nagrota Cricket Club (NCC) while the .....more Akhtar guides Kishtwar’s 3-wkt win Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Degree College Kishtwar today registered a three wickets win over Jammu Institute of Ayurveda and .........more |
Selectors include Sriram in ODI squad against Pakistan MUMBAI, Nov 6: The national cricket selectors today recalled Yuvraj Singh and included Sridharan Sriram in the 15-member strong India squad, to be captained by Sourav Ganguly, to take on Pakistan in the Platinum Jubilee one-day international to be played at Kolkata on November 13. Announcing the team after a lengthy meeting that lasted more than three hours, convenor Ratnakar Shetty said that Ganguly has written a letter to the cricket board (BCCI) that he will be fit for the match, but will be subjected to a fitness Test prior to the match on November 10. Ganguly did not (not) play in the last two Test matches of the four-Test series against Australia, which concluded here yesterday, because of a thigh strain. Young ‘keeper Dinesh Kaarthick, who made his Test debut against Australia in the final Test here, also gained a berth, but the notable omission was left-arm spinner Murali Kartik, who got the man of the match award in the Test won here so sensationally by India by 13 runs inside three days. "The selectors felt that it was hard on Kartik but he had to be left out as only two spinners can be accommodated in the ODI squad and Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble are the top two spinners in the country," shetty said. The selectors also chose the Board President’s XI squad to take on South Africa in the three-day tour opener at Jaipur commencing on November 14. Left arm paceman Irfan Pathan, who missed the last two Tests against Australia like Ganguly because of a side strain, has regained full fitness and started bowling in the nets in his home town Baroda, Shetty said. "Pathan will not be subjected any fitness Test. His progress is being monitored by Indian team physiotherapist Andrew Leipus in consultation with the local physio under whose care he’s in Baroda," Shetty said. "Pathan will also play a couple of local one-day matches before reaching Kolkata," Shetty added. Yuvraj expectedly regained his place in the team after being left out of the last Test squad due to his poor run in the series. Sriram, the Tamil Nadu left-hander, has taken the place of Rohan Gavaskar who was in the squad for the Champions Trophy in England, the last one-day tournament played by India, as a replacement for the tennis-elbow afflicted Sachin Tendulkar. The teams were read out to BCCI secretary, S K Nair, Shetty informed. Today’s meeting was attended by Rahul Dravid, who has been named as the vice-captain and who led India in the last two Tests in Ganguly’s absence, coach John Wright and Leipus. "The first 45 minutes before choosing the Indian team was taken up with discussing about the fitness problems with Leipus," Shetty told PTI after the press conference. Asked why Ganguly, who had sent a letter to the board saying he will be fit, could not attend the meeting, Shetty said, "we could not contact him. There was also no need to contact him for this particular meeting." "Dravid, who was here and who was the Indian captain in the Mumbai Test, was invited to attend the meeting," Shetty added. Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, who missed the Champions Trophy and the two preceding one-day events - the challenger series against England and the Holland tri-series due to injury, has also expectedly made a comeback into the one-day squad. Ajit Agarkar, dropped from the 14 for the Mumbai Test after failing to taste success in the preceding Nagpur match against Australia, has regained his place in the one-day squad with a decent limited over past record to stand him in good stead. The full squad: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid (vice-capt), Venkatasai Laxman, Sourav Ganguly (Capt), Yuvraj Singh, Mohd Kaif, Sridharan Sriram, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra, Ajit Agarkar and Dinesh Kaarthick. (PTI) |
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India beat Kuwait in friendly football match NEW DELHI, Nov 6: India defeated Kuwait 3-2 in an international friendly football match in Kuwait city yesterday. The match was tied 2-2 till the 70th minute before Abhishek Yadav scored the winner for India, according to information received here. Tomba Singh and Zehry Jirsanga were the other two goal scorers. India were to return home before departing to Oman for their last and meaningless world Cup qualifier on November 17. India went out of the reckoning after losing to Oman and Japan at home. They were also beaten in their away matches to Japan and Singapore. India’s only win came against Singapore at home. (PTI) |
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Gilchrist’s philanthropic gesture for Mumbai boy NEW DELHI, Nov 6: Following in the footsteps of his former skipper Steve Waugh who is the driving force behind an orphanage in suburban Kolkata, Australia vice-captain Adam Gilchrist came forward to help a six-year-old slum boy in Mumbai. The swashbuckling batsman-cum-wicketkeeper, who endorses World Vision’s child sponsorship programme, gifted Mangesh Ashok Kumar a bicycle and promised to bear the cost of his education till he turns 18. In presence of his father and brother, Gilchrist also handed over his jersy and cap to Mangesh. "This is the jersy and the cap I use while playing one-day matches. They are important to me and I am giving these to you as a special gift because you are important to me," said the Australian. He also hoped for a bright future for the Mumbai boy. (UNI) |
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Uniformed spikers from two nations play in true spirit Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: The first-ever sports interaction between the Indian Army and the Chinese Army after the 1962 conflict concluded at the historic Chushul Airfield today. Volleyball match played between two teams was in true spirit of sportsmanship, winning or losing mattered less. According to reports reaching here, the Chinese side under the leadership of Col. Yeng Pal was represented by four officers and other rank players. Indian side was led by Col. D P Pandey alongwith four officers and volleyball players. Earlier, the proceedings began with a grand reception of the Chinese delegation at the Line of Actual Control in the morning, which was followed by hoisting of the National flags of India and China. The Chinese delegation enjoyed the games and the cultural programme organised for them. The prize distribution was also organised. It may be recalled that the on October 20 last, a border personnel meeting between Chinese and Indian delegation was also held at Chushul. The aim of such friendly interaction is to strengthen bonds of friendships, mutual trust and confidence between the two borders forces. In the recent years, both the countries have made significant strides towards resolution of disputed and improvement of bilateral relations between them. The volleyball match was held in a friendly and cordial atmosphere. With this as a curtain-raiser more sporting, social and cultural interaction between the border troops of both countries is inevitable. The process of exchanging greetings on days of national importance such as PLA Day, PRC National Day, Indian Independence Day and the Republic Day has facilitated mutual participation in adventure and sports activities between the two armies which has consequently been instrumental in promoting and strengthening friendship, mutual trust and confidence between the two Armies. Through these interactions the border representatives of both the Armies have been able to understand each other better and are able to resolve local issues related to border management better. |
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Sanjeev Suri wins first fencing gold for J&K Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Young fencer, Sanjeev Suri has become first from Jammu and Kashmir to win individual gold medal in fencing at the national level. He won the medal in the recently held junior national (under-21) fencing championship at Aurangabad. Sanjeev, who alongwith other team members returned on November 2nd at Jammu, defeated his opponent from Manipur in Epee final. Besides individual gold, J&K also won a bronze medal in boys team Sabre team championship. Sabre team was represented by Ujwal, Shashi, Maninder and Haneet Singh. The 18-member J&K team (10 boys and 8 girls) participated in this championship under the banner of J&K Amateur Fencing Association. Team was accompanied by Rajeev Sharma as manager while Shotu Lal and Rachna Jamwal were coaches. Suri, a talented fencer, has already represented the country in world championship in Cuba and Asian championship held at Bangkok (Thailand) during 2003. Meanwhile, the Fencing Association in a function held here today conveyed their congratulations to Sanjeev Suri and his coaches. |
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J&K Police enters into semi-finals Excelsior Sports Correspondent KATHUA, Nov 6: Jammu and Kashmir Police today sailed into the semi-finals of ongoing 5th Young Heros memorial inter-state hockey tournament giving a severe thrash 9-1 to J&K Hockey Association(JKHA) XI at sports stadium, Hiranagar, near here. Forward Surinder Singh scored for first blood for the Police netting the ball in 24th minute. It was followed by the second goal scored by Gurjeet Singh in the last minute of first 35-minute half thereby bringing the score to 2-0 when the first half hooter was sounded. After the drinks break, Gurjeet Singh again struck in the 37th minute making it a 3-0 lead for J&K Police. Finding policemen not in a mood to stop from adding goals to their tally, JKFA forward line showed some resistance and finally managed to reduce the margin sounding the board through Manjit Singh. To take revenue of a beautiful goal scored by Manjit, policemen fired on all cylinders and added one goal after another. S P Singh made three goals while Jatinder Singh, Gurjeet Singh and Omkar Singh added one each thus bringing the total score to 9-1 at the end of the match. In the second scheduled match, Amritsar Hockey Club outplayed Samba Hockey Club-B 12-3. The guests dominated the field right from the beginning and scored first four goals within 20 minutes of the game through Jagbir Singh (5th), Harpreet Singh (10th), Parvinder Singh (12th) and Jagir Singh (19th). In the 21st minute, Narinder Sharma made first goal for Samba Club, but by then Amritsarians had made up mind to cause more damage to Samba Club. Jagbir Singh added two consecutive goals bringing the score to 6-1 at the end of first half. The second half saw Samba Club conceding more goals. Yudhvir Singh and Narinder Sharma added one goal each in 61st and 68th minute for Samba but it was too late to fight back because by then guests had already brought the score on board to 12-3. Main scorers from Amritsar XI were Jagbir with five goals while Jagbir added three. Today’s matches were officiated by Narinder Sharma, Kanwar Singh, Jagjit Singh, Raju, Jaipal Singh, Shashi Bhushan and Sunil Dutt. |
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Challenger wins ; Aryan-RCC match ends in dispute Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Challenger Cricket Club registered an impressive six wicket win over Nagrota Cricket Club (NCC) while the match between Aryan Cricket Club and RCC ended in a dispute in the cricket tournament being played at Science College ground. Following the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) rules, the organising committee has referred the dispute to protest committee headed by ex-Ranji cricketer, Nirmal Singh for inappropriate decision. The dispute aroused after RCC Satwari lost the match by five runs to ACC. Soon after the match completed, losers alleged that ACC had used the services of bowler out of the first eleven member team submitted before start of the match. After verifying the records, organising committee was convinced with ACC and subsequently referred the matter to the protest committee. Batting first, ACC had scored 145 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the stipulated 25 overs, which, in reply, RCC Satwari failed to chase the target and lost all their wickets for 140 runs in 24.4 overs. Earlier, in the first match, Challenger Club defeated Nagrota Cricket Club by six wickets. Batting first, Nagrota bowled out for 109 in 22.1 overs of the 25 overs match. In reply, Challenger reached the required target in 16 overs with six wickets in hand. Next matches: Kathua Stadium XI to take on Shastri Cricket Club at 10.30 am tomorrow. |
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Akhtar guides Kishtwar’s 3-wkt win Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Degree College Kishtwar today registered a three wickets win over Jammu Institute of Ayurveda and Research (JIAR) to enter the second round of inter-college cricket tournament at University ground, here. It was Akhtar’s brilliant knock of 67 runs with the help of ten boundaries that put Kishtwar in a winning position. Earlier, batting first after winning the toss, JIAR could made 180 runs losing all their wickets in 38.5 overs of the 40 overs match. In reply, Kishtwar chased 181 runs for seven in 34 overs. Jahangir and Rahul were main scorers from JIAR with 32 (3x4) and 21 (3x4) runs respectively. From Kishtwar, Salim bagged four wickets for 28 runs while Mustafa took two for 14 in eight overs each they bowled. Batting second, Kishtwar made a confident start and they slowly and gradually proceeded towards their target achieving it in 34 overs. Akhtar played excellent innings of 67 runs followed by two valuable contributions from Salim (25, 4x4) and Pratap (22 3x4). Vikas was most successful bowler from Ayurveda Institute with four for 24 in seven overs. JAMMU: Degree College Udhampur outplayed New Age Degree College Phinter in straight sets in the inter-college volleyball (men) tournament started today at University ground, here. Udhampur boys won the first set easily but underwent difficult movements in the extended second set 29-27. The score: 25-12, 29-27, 25-14. Other two scheduled matches ended in walkovers. Bhargwa Degree College Samba got walkover ASCOMS and Government Medical College Jammu got walkover Degree College Kishtwar. Volleyball competitions are being held under the supervision of Ramesh Sharma. Mamta Bhat D/o Mr B K Bhat of Rajouri, who has qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) for lecturership conducted by UGC in Environment Sciences. |
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