Sports Reporter
JAMMU, Apr 18: Wrestler Benia of J&K Police lifted the 30th Salora Kesari dangal title defeating Pamma of Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab in a neck of neck contest that lasted for 25 minutes at Salora, here.
Dangal was organized by Salora Dangal Committee in association with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association under the over all supervision of president of the Association, Shiv Kumar Sharma and Chuni Lal Ramotra.
National Conference leader, Choudhary Noor Ali Dansalia was chief guest, who distributed cash prizes among the winners and runners-up wrestlers. Shiv Kumar Sharma presided over the function while Som Dutt Khajuria and Hardeep Singh were guests of honour.
The chief guest presented Benia with cash prize of Rs 20,000 in addition to Salora Kesari Patta and Maa Ki Chunni while runners-up, Pamma got Rs 15,000.
Prominent among others present were Station House Officer Tikri, OP Chib, Madan Mohan Dubey, Rehmat Ali, Jagdish Kumar, Bansi Lal, Mohd Sadiq, Angrej Singh and Naresh Kumar (Pappu Lakri).
In all, record 107 bouts decided in this dangal. The second main bout won by Kaka of RS Pura beating Rahil of Amritsar. In another second bout for second prize, Gurmail of BSF defeated Sukha of Rajasthan. Winners and runners-up of these bouts presented with cash prizes worth Rs 12,000 and Rs 9,000 respectively.
Third main bout clinched by Roshan Lal Sharma of Muthi outplaying Happy of Dera Baba Nanak. In another bout for third prize, Jakker of Sarore defeated Bagh of Dera Baba Nanak.
Salora Dangal Committee member and technical officials who helped in conduct of this one day long Wrestling event included Chuni lal Ramotra, Rajinder Kumar Ramotra, Ashok Kumar, Om Parkash, Ajit Kumar, Surinder Kumar, Choudhary Ahmed Din (Gogi), Soni Sharma, Kaka Ram Dubey, Sarpanch Bansi Lal,, Mohd. Fareed, Vijay Singh (Vijju) Raj Singh, Om Parkash Verma, and Murli Dhar (Munna).
Other Results: Fiza of Billawar beat Mukha of Ajnala, lallu of Bajrangi Akhara Jammu beat Sonu of Ajnala, Narinder of BSF of Chandigarh beat Rohit of Amritsar, Qasim Deen (Billu) of J&K Police beat Baljeet of Dera Baba Nanak, Akram of Bajrangi Akhara beat Parveen of Pathankot, Murad Ali of Domana Akhara beat Suresh of Pathankot, Major of Dera Baba Nanak beat Bobri of Sarore, Ballu of Dera Baba Nanak beat Akram of Chouadi Jammu, Baljeet of Punjab beat Nisar of Doda, Gurmail of Chandigarh beat Kalu of Bishnah, Rajesh of Jindrah beat Nakki of Jallandhar, Amir Khan of Bajarangi Akhara Jammu beat Manna of Dera Baba Nanak, Vijay of Bai- Bajalta beat Gopi of Gurdaspur, Balwan Singh of Mahore beat Kala of Rajasthan, Onkar of Dera Baba Nanak beat Sujjat of Udhampur, Lucky of Pathankot beat Parvez of Chandigarh, Sonu of Haryana beat Prittan Singh of Reasi, Salman of Chopra Shop beat Rajinder of Chandigarh, Domana Akhara and bout between Arjun of Amritsar V/s Maan Hussain of Domana Akhara ended in a draw.
Jammu golfers take part
in Toyota meet
Sports Reporter
JAMMU, Apr 18: Four Jammu golfers Bhisham Batra, Umar Majid, Dhruv Malhotra and Surya Jain took part in the Toyota IGU NHS National Club Challenge held at ITC Classic Golf Resort Gurgaon.
Amateur golfers Bhisham Batra and Umar Majid participated in the finale after playing the opening round in Noida Golf Course while other two participants, Surya Jain and Dhruv Malhotra also were there in the finale on invitation from Toyota. All the four golfers played their best and finished at Net PAR thus brought laurels to the state.
Maxwell, Miller orchestrate clinical chase of 205
Agencies
Abu Dhabi, Apr 18: A successful chase of a target in excess of 200 is normally furious, full of power and towering shots. Glenn Maxwell and David Miller did it differently for Punjab. They hit only five sixes - three of those after the 15th over, by which time Punjab were firm favourites - and turned the game during a 115-run stand that was driven by Maxwell's surgical placement and Miller's calm supporting act. Chennai were overtaken with seven balls to spare.
There were only four notable performers in the game and all of them were overseas players. Maxwell and Miller's clinical middle-order partnership came after Chennai's new openers batted as though powered by rocket-fuel. Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith also scored half-centuries and ransacked 123 in 12.4 overs, but their fierce partnership was not the best batting effort on a scorching Abu Dhabi afternoon.
Chasing 205, Punjab had slipped to 52 for 3 in 5.1 overs. Three Indian batsmen had been dismissed - Virender Sehwag, Cheteshwar Pujara and Akshar Patel - and the game hinged on how Maxwell, Miller and George Bailey would fare. Not one to waste time, Maxwell countered R Ashwin's wide-outside-leg line from round the wicket by reverse-swatting his first ball to the point boundary. That set the tone for an innings filled not only by such unorthodoxy - there were several more reverse swats pulls - but also with textbook drives and perfectly-timed pushes between mid-off and cover.
Maxwell's placement was impeccable. Most of his airborne shots were into gaps in the outfield, but two were not and Chennai failed to catch them. On 37, Maxwell reverse-swept Ravindra Jadeja but the top edge was fluffed by Ashish Nehra at short third man, and on 77 the substitute Samuel Badree put down a chance at deep square leg. Miller also had a let-off - on 17, two balls after Maxwell's first reprieve - but it was a much tougher chance that Faf du Plesiss put down at short cover.
Around the time Maxwell passed fifty off his 25th delivery, Miller had scored only a run-a-ball 21. He wasn't struggling, though. He was playing an excellent second fiddle, turning the strike over and ensuring the pressure didn't mount though the asking-rate was approaching two a ball.
Punjab needed 113 off 60 balls and took 23 runs off the next two overs. The 13th over from spinner Pawan Negi was the turning point, when Maxell found the legside boundary three times and the cover boundary once to take 22 runs off it. The equation had been hacked to 68 off 42 balls, and Chennai suffered a crippling blow in the next over when Dwayne Bravo dived to try and catch a Maxwell reverse-pull - in vain - and went off the field to nurse an injured right shoulder. MS Dhoni had lost a key death bowler. After Maxwell was bowled for 95, Miller stepped up, carting Ravindra Jadeja for two consecutive sixes in the 17th over to ensure Punjab did not trip close to victory.
While Chennai were left to rue their poor catching and bowling, they were buoyed by how seamlessly their new openers settled in. In seasons past, the Chennai method has been for the openers to bat within themselves in the first half of the innings, setting up a platform for the power-hitters to launch from. But McCullum and Smith are the power-hitters. Smith played second fiddle - hitting his first six off his 24th delivery in the 10th over - as McCullum ran riot before and after Bailey dropped him on 22. McCullum did not discriminate, treating the less-known Parvinder Awana and the reputed Mitchell Johnson with the same aggression. The ball disappeared into the stands between deep square leg and long-on frequently as Chennai brought up their best Powerplay score in seven seasons - 70 for 0 in six overs.
McCullum got to 50 off 30 balls, Chennai reached 100 off 9.3 overs and Smith brought up his half-century off 37 deliveries. McCullum did slow down after his half-century, scoring only 14 off his next 15 balls before his dismissal, and Chennai lost a bit of momentum during this period. Dhoni remedied that soon enough, and when he walked off for 26 off 11 balls, Chennai were favourites. But nobody told Maxwell and Miller. |
