Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 10: Stylishmiddle-order batsman, PranavGupta slammed classical centuryagainst formidable Hyderabad,

the second tonof the season ina drawn matchof the CKNayudu Under-23 CricketTournament atH y d e r a b a d ,today.

Pranav played a marathoninnings of 232 balls to score 102runs, keeping one-end intact.The match ended in a tame drawwith J&K scoring 230 runs forfour wickets in 94.5 overs.

According to the reportsreaching here Pranav was insublime touch in an inningswhich was amalgam of offenceand defence. He was rock solidin his defence and displayed flu-idity, grace and balance in hisdrives, cuts and pulls. JatinWadhwan, who is in good form

also contributed brisk 46 runs,including 8 fours and two sixes,while Umar Nisar and Musaibscored valuable 44 and 40 runsrespectively.

Earlier, Hyderabad in theirfirst innings set a mammoth totalof 626 runs for the loss of 5 wick-ets in their first innings, therebyexposing J&K bowling line upcompletely. For J&K, Amir Sofitook 3 wickets, while Abhinavand Tahir claimed one wicketeach. In reply, J&K were bundledout for 181 runs in 82.4 overs tofollow-on. Umar Nisar was thestar performer, scoring splendid70 runs and none of the otherbatsmen could manage to occupythe crease for a long time.

Following on, it was PranavGupta alongwith the trio of Jatin,Umar and Musaif, who savedJ&K from possible defeat bring-ing the total to 230 runs.

The team is being accompa-ined by former Ranji trophy play-er, Sarbjeet Singh as coach, whileBCCI trainer Pawan Kumar is thetrainer.

7th Pawn Memorial T20 Cricket Tournament Little Flower Akhnoor

outplays NCC by 5 wktsExcelsior Sports Correspondent

AKHNOOR, Nov 10: LittleFlower School Akhnoor defeatedNCC Akhnoor by 5 wickets tomove into the next round of theongoing 7th Pawan MemorialT20 Cricket Tournament, beingorganized by Singh CricketClub, under the supervision ofSham Singh Langeh its presidentat Govt Higher SecondarySchool, here.

Earlier, batting first, NCCAkhnoor scored a decent total of182 runs in the stipulated 20overs, losing 6 wickets in theprocess. Arush and Rinku scordmagnificent half-centuries, scor-ing 54 and 50 runs respectively,

while Ballu and Tannu con-tributed 24 and 17 runs to thetotal respectively. For LittleFlower, Rajinder took 2 wickets,while Rahul, Nadeem and Vinayclaimed one wicket each.

In reply, Little Flower scored183 runs easily by losing 5 wick-ets, thus won the match by 5wickets. Nadeem was the topscorer with 50 runs, while Rahul,Vinay and Sagar contributedvaluable 44, 34 and 25 runs tothe total respectively. For NCCAkhnoor, Tannu took 2 wickets,while Rinku claimed one.

The match was officiated byDayal Singh and Sham SinghLangeh as umpires, while AshuMangotra was the scorer.

Cricket All Stars ready to showcase in HoustonHOUSTON, Nov 10:

Having enjoyed a successful first game in New York, the CricketAll Stars Spectacle, featuring Sachin's Blasters and Warne's Warriors,is set to woo thousands of cricket fans here tomorrow.

After the first T20 witnessed 25000 fans at New York's Citi Fields,mostly expats, the cricket stars are ready to face each other again atHouston's baseball ground, Minute Maid Park, on Diwali night.

It will be the first time when cricket will be played in this famedbase ball stadium.

Sachin Tendulkar's Blasters will look to even things after ShaneWarne's side pocketed the opening game.

Warne's side won the first of the three T20 clashes by six wicketsin New York, with Ricky Ponting's unbeaten 48 being the crucialknock as the Warriors chased down the 141-run target. (PTI)

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 10: Outpla-ying their rivals convincingly inthe quarterfinals, cueists SohailKhalid and Vidit Gowri sealedberth in the semifinals of theSenior Snooker Championship,which is as part of the ongoing23rd Jammu District Junior andSenior Billiards and SnookerChampionship, being organizedby J&K Billiards and SnookerAssociation at MA Stadium,here.

The other quarterfinal match-es were in progress till the lastreports came in.

Earlier, in the quarterfinalsmatches played today, ViditGowri defeated JaideepMonocha (3-0) by (44-06, 78-55,65-32), while Sohail Khalid,who represents Jammu and

Kashmir Forest Department alsooutplayed Nikhil Kapahi (3-1)by (74-45, 38-50, 54-42, 56-42).

In other matches played ear-lier, Satyjeet beat Nikhil Verma(3-0) by (58-13, 47-10, 40-20),Abhi Gupta got better ofShubneer Sharma (3-0) by (50-27, 40-37, 56-25), Rahul DevSingh prevailed over JaswinderSingh (3-1) by (19-69, 51-39,60-55, 54-19) and Nikhil Kapahidefeated Aman Sharma (3-2) by(43-55, 67-28, 74-15, 30-43, 47-33).

Meanwhile, in DistrictSrinagar Junior, Aamir Hussainoutplayed Basit Wani by (71-16,54-09), Fahas Idrees defeatedKamran Shah by (63-46, 36-74,63-29), Tahleel Zameer beatMuneer Mir by (72-29, 60-02)and Faisal Ali trounced AdnanWani (55-34, 09-49, 50-39).

KARACHI, Nov 10:

A threat by Pakistan spinnerSaeed Ajmal to burn his cricketkit and equipment has paid offas he has been allowed by theUniversity of Agriculture in hishometown Faisalabad to contin-ue his academy inside its cam-pus.

Ajmal has threatened toburn his cricket gear if he wasforced to close down his acade-my and vacate the varsity landon the campus by the ViceChancellor of the universityIqrar Ahmed.

But with the media high-lighting his plight the chief min-ister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharifstepped in today and a compro-mise was reached between the

two warring parties."Everything is settled now

and I am very happy. A properMOU will be signed in a fewdays and there will be a man-agement committee constitutedto look after all financial affairsof the academy," Ajmal toldreporters after meeting with theVC and DCO of Faisalabad.

The university had yester-day issued a notice to Ajmal tovacate the premises withinthree days.

The VC later said on GeoSuper channel that they fearedthat there was financial mis-management at the academyand Ajmal was using it for com-mercial gain which was againstthe agreement between the twoparties. (PTI)

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 10:

Swapnil Kusale shot his wayto a gold in the 50m rifle 3 posi-tion event for junior men as Indiaadded four more medals to theirkitty on the penultimate day ofthe 13th Asian Shooting

Championship here today.Swapnil struck gold by shoot-

ing 453.3 in the finals. Hereached the eight-man final in4th position after shooting 1151in the qualification round. CeWang of China won the silverwhile Mohammed Karimi of Iranwon the bronze.

Swapnil, Akhil Sheoran andIshan Goel also won the team sil-ver with a combined score of3390, finishing behind Chinawho shot a score of 3450. Koreawon the bronze with a score of3383.

In 25m rapid fire pistol juniormen, the Indian team of ShivamShukla, Rushiraj Barot and ArjunDas won the silver with a com-bined score of 1647. Korea wonthe gold with a score of 1698while the Thai team bagged thebronze shooting 1616.

In 25m men's rapid fire pistol,Neeraj reached the six- man finalbut ended sixth.

Vijay Kumar, Neeraj Kumarand Akshay Ashtaputre won theteam bronze with a combinedscore of 1712. China won thegold with a combined total of1740 while Korea won thebronze with a total score of 1732.(PTI)

DUBAI, Nov 10:

Riding on his good showingin India's win in the first Testagainst South Africa, openerMurali Vijay rose eight places tobe the best-ranked Indian bats-men at number eleven in the ICCbatting rankings that were toppedby South Africa's AB de Villiers.

Vijay's 75 and 47 in the firstand second innings respectivelymade his presence felt in the bat-ting chart that has no Indians inthe top-10.

Cheteshwar Pujara has gainedfive places following his contri-bution of 31 and 77 but he is twoplaces behind Vijay in 13th spot.Test skipper Virat Kohli, whoscored 1 and 29 in first and sec-ond innings respectively, droppedfive places to be at 16th position.

Star Proteas batsman deVillers, who top-scored with agutsy 63 in the first innings of theopening game that ended in underthree days, displaced Australia'sSteven Smith from the top spot

with a single point separating thetwo batsmen.

In the bowling list, premieroff-spinner RavichandranAshwin, who returned withimpressive match-figures of 8-90in Mohali, jumped three places tobe on fifth spot and be the onlyIndian bowler in the top-10.

Man of the Match atI.S.Bindra Stadium, RavindraJadeja, who bagged a fifer in thefinal innings to bundle the visitorsfor 109, gained 10 places to be on21.

South African speedster DaleSteyn, who did not bowl in thesecond innings of the match dueto a groin strain, maintained hisposition at the top.

In the all-rounders listBangaldesh's Shakib Al Hasanretained the top position withAshwin (2) and Vernon Philander(3) behind him.

India's position in the teamchart has improved to four, whileSouth Africa remained the topTest side of the world. (PTI)

JAMSHEDPUR, Nov 10:

Ian Dev Singh (126) struck afighting century, his ninth infirst class, and Mithun Manhas(50 not out) scored his secondfifty in a row to help Jammu andKashmir salvage a draw againstJharkhand in their Ranji TrophyGroup C match, here today.

At the top, ShubhamKhajuria also scored a valiant77, helping the side's cause, fol-lowing on.

J&K batsmen batted with

lot of resolve to get at least onepoint from the contest afterconceding a huge first inningslead. They ended their secondinnings at 265 for four, losingonly two wickets in the finalday.

Ian Dev Singh's 126 cameoff 177 balls with 21 fours andtwo shots over the fence.

Brief Scores:Jharkhand 1st innings:

551/8 declared. Jammu andKashmir 309 and 265 for 4 in81.2 overs. (PTI)

Diwali Cup T20Cricket Tourney

from todayExcelsior Sports Correspondent

SIMBAL, Nov 10: DiamondCricket Club Simbal Camp willbe organizing Diwali Cup T20Cricket Tournament atGovernment Boys High School,here from tomorrow.

According to a handoutissued here, the organizers haveasked the teams desirous to takepart in this Tournament to con-tact Gurdev Singh on mobileno: 9906189890.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 10: ThePrincipal Commissioner ofIncome Tax, Sangeeta Guptafelicitated NSS volunteers ofGovernment College for

Women, Gandhi Nagar,Jammu, for promotingGandhian ideology in a brieffunction held at Income Tax

office. Sangeeta felicitated

Deepanjli Slathia, RuqiyaQazi and Sabha Sarwar Mir,the winners who bagged allthree 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes inan inter-college symposium on

Gandhian Ideology of Peaceand Non-violence organized byGandhi Global Family (GGF),recently.

While felicitating NSSVolunteers with a Medaldepicting UN-GGF logos and asymbolic spinning wheel espe-cially brought from Sabarmati

Ashrum. Mr Gupta said that

Gandhian ideology promotespeace and harmony. Sheexpressed her hopes that youthand students can serve as trueambassadors of peace and har-mony in society while comply-ing the ideals of Gandhian ide-ology of peace and non-vio-lence which is becoming so rel-evant by every passing day.

President of Gandhi GlobalFamily, J&K, Padamashri SPVarma, while speaking onoccasion upheld the youngGandhians for promoting ide-ology of peace, non-violence,greater tolerance, harmony,mutual respect and understand-ing among communities for abetter India and better world atlarge.

Mr Varma also presented arare photo of Mahatma Gandhion communal harmony takenon January 18, 1948 to theCommissioner.

Principal of College, DrKiran Bakshi congratulated thewinners and said that Gandhainideology is solution for peacein world and students andyouth can be real changemakers in this direction.

NSS Programme OfficersProf Amitpal Kour, ProfNeelam Bhagat and Dr AshaqMalik also appreciated the stu-dents for bringing laurels to thecollege.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU

Students MHAC Nagbani, who excelled in inter-district statelevel fencing competition, organized by Department of YouthServices and Sports at Reasi, recently. In this competition, all thedistricts of the State participated. Medha of class 12th and Nitikaof class 11th got bronze medals in Under-19 category, whileRudra Pratap Singh of class 10th and Saksham Gupta of class9th won gold medals in U-17 category. Kritarthi Kotwal of class7th bagged gold medal, Lakshay Sharma of class 7th won bronzeand Pragun Pratap Singh of class 7th also won bronze medal inU-14 category. School Principal, Alok Betab lauded the efforts ofthe students for this achievement.

NSS Volunteers posing for a group photograph alongwithSangeeta Gupta, Principal Commissioner Income Tax in Jammuon Tuesday.

Gandhian Ideology promotes peace, harmony: Sangeeta Gupta

BCCI passing through turbulent times: Manohar

MUMBAI, Nov 10:

BCCI president ShashankManohar had made a ferventappeal to the Board's membersahead of its 86th AGM to lendtheir support to a few decisionswhich, according to him, wereneeded to protect the autonomyof the Board during its difficulttimes.

"My second term as thePresident is more challenging asthe Board is passing through tur-bulent times. It is necessary forall the members to support cer-tain decisions which are requiredto be taken to protect the interestof the Board in maintaining itsautonomy," Manohar wrote in itsannual report.

He also referred to the diffi-cult times the BCCI was passingthrough, apparently referring tothe 2013 IPL spot-fix scandalthat resulted in the SupremeCourt forming the JusticeMudgal panel to probe it fol-lowed by the Justice Lodhapanel which decided on quan-tum of punishment to those

found guilty by the formerpanel.

"The BCCI needs to improveits efficiency and transparencyin governance and a great dealof accountability is requiredfrom the members as to how theBCCI funds are used," he wrote.

He has mentioned that as afirst step in this cleaning upoperation to signal more trans-parency the Board "has startedsharing all information regard-ing rules and regulations on theBCCI website."

Making a strong pitch forframing conflict of interestrules, all of which were subse-quently passed by the generalbody unanimously as heannounced after the AGM yes-terday, he felt these were neces-sary to restore the cricket lovers'faith.

"I seek your support to bringabout certain amendments in therules and regulations, framerules of conflict of interest,frame rules for accreditation forPlayer Managers. I have torequest you to make best

endeavours to work towardseradicating corruption from thegame of cricket at the state leveland assist the BCCI in its effortsto restore the faith of the cricketloving public in cricket,"Manohar wrote.

BCCI secretary, AnuragThakur, also touched upon thefact that the Board had gonethrough tough phases with theprevious year's AGM havingbeen put off "several times"before it was held on March 2,2015 in his annual report. (PTI)

Kids Planet celebrates 2nd Annual DayExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 10: Kids PlanetPlay Way School, PamposhColony, Janipur celebrated its 2ndAnnual Day with pomp and showat Govt Polytechnic, VikramChowk, here.

Kavinder Gupta, SpeakerLegislative Assembly was thechief guest on the occasion.

The programme began withthe lighting of the traditional lampby the chief guest and the other

dignitaries which was followed bythe cultural items, enthralling theentire audience.

There was a festive atmos-phere and the children enjoyed theactivities during celebration of theday.

The chief guest appreciated thechildren for displaying a fabulousshow.

Earlier, Principal of theSchool, Sunita Turki presentedwelcome address, who also pre-sented vote of thanks later-on.

Swapnil Kusale wins gold asIndia add four more medals

Ajmal's threat to burncricket kit works

Cueists Nikhil Kapahi and Sohail Khalid in action during a quar-terfinal match of Jammu District Senior Snooker Championship atMA Stadium in Jammu on Tuesday. —Excelsior/Rakesh

Vidit, Sohail in SeniorSnooker semis

CK Nayudu U-23 TrophyPranav Gupta slams

marathon unbeaten century

Power House HC winsPoonch Hockey title

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

POONCH, Nov 10: DefeatingGDC Poonch by five goals tofour (5-4) in the summit clash,Power House Hockey Club liftedthe title trophy of District PoonchGirls Hockey Tournament, organ-ized by Hockey Poonch at SportsStadium, here.

For Power House HockeyClub, Ishita scored two goals in21st and 57th minutes respective-ly, while Ahilove pelted a goal in27th minute, Anamika netted it in47th minute and Mahima in 55thminute. For GDC Poonch,Manpreet scored three goasl in18th, 57th and 59th minutes

respectively, while Ruksana net-ted one in 21st minute of thematch.

The match was officiated byMohd Shokat, Saval Ahmed andMukesh Kumar.

District DevelopmentCommissioner Poonch, HaroonMalik was the chief guest on thevaledictory function, while PremPrakash Luthra, Narinder Singhand Nirdosh Kumar In-chargeSports Stadium, Poonch werepresent on the occasion.

The tournament was heldunder the overall supervision ofSham Lal Sharma, retired SAIHockey coach and vice president,Hockey J&K.

Vijay top-ranked Indian batsman at No 11 in ICC chart

Ian slams cracking tonJ&K top order respondsto SOS call, eke out draw