MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU

Bhullar soars high on eagle, claimsmaiden European Tour title

NATADOLA BAY (Fiji),Aug 5:

India's Gaganjeet Bhullartoday grabbed his maidenEuropean Tour title with a brilliantchip-in eagle on the 17th hole fora one-stroke win over a chargingAnthony Quayle of Australia atthe Fiji International here.

Going into the finalround, Bhullar withstoodintense pressure as heholed a monstrous chipfrom outside the greenfor an eagle-three at the17th to head into the lasthole with a one-shotadvantage over Quayle.

He calmly parred thelast hole to turn in a six-under 66 for a four-daytotal of 14-under 274,which earned him a winover Quayle, who brokethe course record with anine-under 63 at theNatadola Bay Championship GolfCourse.

It was Bhullar's first win onthe European Tour, ninth AsianTour title and 10th crown overall.He now becomes the most suc-cessful Indian player on AsianTour, overtaking the tally of eighttour wins by Arjun Atwal andJyoti Randhawa.

He is the first Indian to win onAustralasia Tour and also becamethe fifth from the country to winon European Tour after Atwal,Jeev Milkha Singh (4), SSPChawrasia (4) and Anirban Lahiri(2).

He now has an exemption onEuropean Tour, Australian Tourand Asian Tour till the end of2019, 2020 and 2021 respectively.

"I've been playing really well.It was just a matter of time and I'mglad it happened on this stage,"said Bhullar, who found the win-ning touch after 20 starts follow-ing his last title at the Macao Openlast year.

"This kind of good form wasdefinitely building up from last, Iwould say, two months, I had two

good finishes. In fact, more thantwo, but two runner up finishes onthe Asian Tour."

Besides the eagle, Bhullar alsosank five birdies against a lonebogey.

The key for Bhullar was thestart. He started superbly withthree birdies in the first four holesand kept his foot on the pedal. Hedropped a shot on Par-4 seventhbut got the back on Par-5 ninth toturn in 3-under 36.

He made a crucial par save on10th with a putt from more than20 feet and then birdied Par-313th.

He said, "I think the highlightof today's round would be the firstone hour of play. I was 3 underafter four holes and all those four

holes were really, really crucial.Had I not had a great start, any-thing could have happened."

Bhullar was 12-under when hecame to the Par-5 17th tee. At thatstage the scoreboard showedQuayle as 10-under for the dayand at 14-under for the tourna-ment.

Quayle narrowly missed abirdie chance on 18th, whileBhullar was still off thegreen with his second. Hedid have a similar chancefor a chip in the secondround.

Bhullar said, "I had a lit-tle bit of an idea that thischip is going to run a lot, butit wasn't an easy chip, Icould have easily missed upand down and would havehad to settle for second orthird. But it went and thatpretty much closed thedeal."

In the meantime, a mis-take on the scoreboard had alsobeen realised.

It transpired that the score-board had wrongly creditedQuayle with a birdie on Par-5ninth, when it was actually a par.So, his card when he turned it inwas actually 9-under and his totalwas 13-under.

The chip-in eagle took Bhullarfrom 12-under to 14-nder and pastQuayle, who was waiting for thefinish. Bhullar calmly landed hissecond shot on 18th to 10 feet andthen smartly rolled it to a tap-infor par and a one-shot win.

South Africa's four-timeMajor Championship winnerErnie Els carded 65 to finish attied third along with AustralianBen Campbell, who broughthome a card of six-under 66.

The other Indian in fray,Ajeetesh Sandhu scored 71 in thefinal round to end his campaign atthe tied 43rd spot.

Bhullar also credited coursedesigner and three-time Majorwinner Fijian legend Vijay Singhfor helping him with some adviceon the course and how to handle itthe previous night.(PTI)

Sindhu loses final yet again, settles for silver at World Championships

NANJING (CHINA), Aug 5:

P V Sindhu finished secondbest yet again in a major tourna-ment final as she went downtamely to Carolina Marin in theWorld Championships' women'ssingles title clash, adding to theIndian's tale of woes here today.

The Olympic silver medallistsettled for another white metal inthe showpiece following a 19-2110-21 loss to Olympic championMarin of Spain. Interestingly,Marin had also defeated Sindhuin the final of the Rio Olympicsin 2016.

"It is very frustrating to lossagain. Last time also I hadplayed the finals. It is quite sadand I have to come back strongerand get back to the sessions andprepare for the next tournament,"said Sindhu, who suffered herfourth final loss this season.

"Sometimes it is not yourday, ups and downs will alwaysbe there and you have to alwaysbe stronger.

"A bit sad because I wasexpecting a good one but overalla good match and I am happy Icame to the finals and winningand losing are parts of life and Ihave to take it as it is," she added.

Since 2016, it is Sindhu'seighth loss in major finals,including defeats at RioOlympics, Hong Kong Open(2017, 2018), Super Series Final(2017), India Open (2018) andThailand Open (2018).

The 23-year-old Sindhu, whohad lost an epic final to Japan'sNozomi Okuhara at Glasgowlast year, didn't have answers toMarin's blistering pace in the 45minutes that the match lasted.

The second silver meantSindhu is the only Indian to havefour world championships podi-um finishes. She had won twobronze medals at the 2013Guangzhou and 2014Copenhagen editions.

Marin became the firstwoman shuttler to win the worldchampionships thrice. She hadwon the title in 2014 and the

2015 Jakarta edition."I can't express my emotions.

I have so many emotions insideme. I have been waiting for thismoment long time. I am happy Icould believe in myself thisweek," Marin said.

Sindhu had entered the sum-mit clash with a 5-6 loss-winhead-to-head against Marin, butthe Indian ace had won the lastmeeting at the Malaysian Openin June.

"Carolina has that speed andshe is very aggressive. Sheplayed very fast and quick pacedduring the tournament. I wasprepared for her pace game,"Sindhu said.

The feisty Martin tried to putpressure on Sindhu by celebrat-ing each point with her trade-mark scream while parading thecourt.

Sindhu lagged 1-3 early onbut the Indian slowly made herway to grab a 4-3 lead after pro-ducing a brilliant drop. Sheextended it to 6-4.

With Sindhu in full flow, theleft-handed spaniard tried to putthe shot close to the line butended up committing too manyunforced errors as Sindhu led 11-8 at the break after Martin sentthe shuttle out thrice.

Sindhu extended the lead to15-11 after the breather but shefound the net twice and also hitwide to allow Marin claw back at15-15. The Spaniard thenunleashed a smash from near thenet to turn the tables.

A lucky net chord and thenMarin went wide, helpingSindhu to lead 18-17 but a weakreturn from the Indian and it wasequal again.(PTI)

SL U-19 beat India U-19 by 7 runs to lead

series by 2-1COLOMBO, Aug 5:

India U-19 team suffered abatting collapse towards the endof their run chase to lose thethird Youth ODI against SriLanka U-19 by seven runs heretoday.

Chasing 221 for a win, theIndian team was placed at 181for 5 at the end of 45 overs butthey could not score therequired 40 runs from theremaining five overs as theywere all out for 213 in 49.3overs. The last four wickets fellfor six runs. Sri Lanka U-19team leads the five-match series2-1.

India U-19 had won the firstmatch on July 30 while SriLanka U-19 had won the secondgame on August 2.

The India were 207 for 4 at48.2 needing 14 runs 10 ballsbut lost the last four wickets inthe next seven deliveries for theaddition of just six runs.

Mohit Jangra (13) andHarsh Tyagi (0) was out in con-secutive deliveries but therewas still hope for India as num-ber four batsman Pawan Shah(77 from 94 balls) was stillthere.(PTI)

Virat Kohli tops ICC Testranking for batsman

DUBAI, Aug 5:

India skipper Virat Kohlitoday topped the ICC PlayerRankings for Test Batsmen, rid-ing on his brilliant centuryagainst England in the openingTest at Edgbaston.

Kohli thus became the sev-enth India batsman and firstsince SachinTendulkar (in June2011) to be ranked thenumber one Test bats-man in the latest ICCranking releasedtoday.

Kohli scored 149and 51 in India's 31-run defeat and hasgone up by 31 points,which have helped him to endSteve Smith's 32-month reign asthe top-ranked batsman andreach the top of the summit forthe first time in his 67-Testcareer.

Kohli now leads Smith (whohad held the top spot sinceDecember 2015) by five points,but will have to maintain theform in the remaining four Teststo finish the series as the world'shighest-ranked batsman.

Tendulkar had joined SouthAfrica's Jacques Kallis in number-one position in January 2011, buthad dropped to second spot fol-lowing the Jamaica Test in June2011 after he had missed the three-Test series against the West Indies.

Apart from Kohli andTendulkar, Rahul Dravid,Gautam Gambhir, SunilGavaskar, Virender Sehwag andDilip Vengsarkar are the otherIndia batsmen to have achieved

number-one rankings duringtheir careers.

However, at 934 points,Kohli has become India's high-est-ranked batsman, 14th over-all, on the all-time tally ofpoints.

Kohli had entered theEdgbaston Test on 903 points,13 points behind Gavaskar, and

is now ahead of theICC Cricket Hall ofFamer by 18 points.

If Kohli candeliver anotherstrong performancein the second Test atLord's, then he canbreak into the top-10 by leapfroggingMatthew Hayden,

Kallis and AB de Villiers, whosehighest points tally was 935each.

Donald Bradman (961) andSteve Smith (947) are the twobatsmen sitting on top of thisexclusive list.

Kohli, who powered Indiato the ICC U19 Cricket WorldCup title in 2008 and then wonthe prestigious Sir GarfieldSobers Trophy for ICCCricketer of the Year in 2017, isthe 76th player to top the Testbatting rankings.

He is also the number-oneranked ODI batsman, but isranked 12th in T20Is, 220 pointsbehind number-one rankedAaron Finch of Australia.

However, other Indian bats-man lost ground after the firstTest with Lokesh Rahul (19th)and Ajinkya Rahane (22nd) slip-ping one and three placesrespectively.(PTI)

Qualifiers of NationalEligibility Test

Supria Gupta, D/o Nirmaland SurajPrakash Gupta,W/o RatishGupta, R/o H-No 5, KC Morh,B i s h n a h ,Jammu, who hasqualified (NET)

in Management.

Palvi Bansal, D/o RajeshBansal andMadhvi Bansal,R/o RS Pura,Jammu, whohas qualified(NET) inCommerce.

Radhika Sharma, D/o AshokKumar Sharmaand Veena Devi,R/o VillageMela, Hiran-agar, Kathua,who has quali-fied (NET) in

English.

Jyoti Jinagal Karloopia, W/oJ i m m yKarloopia, R/oBari Brahmana,who has quali-fied (NET) inH u m a nR e s o u r c e

Management (HRM).

Shubham Gupta, S/o LateP a r s h o t a mGupta andSunita Gupta,R/o TrikutaNagar, Jammu,who has quali-fied (NET) inPublic Admin-

istration.

Aastha Gupta, D/o Rajni andS u b h a s hSGupta, R/o491-P, GandhiNagar, Jammu,who has quali-fied (NET) inEnvironmental

Sciences.

Kanica Sachdev, researchscholar of theschool of CSEat SMVDU,who has quali-fied (NET) inC o m p u t e rScience and

Applications.

Harpreet Kour, D/o S.Khajan Singhand ManjeetKour, R/oBikram Nagar,G a d i g a r h ,Jammu, whohas qualified

(NET) in Commerce.

Neelam Kumari, D/o OmPrakash andSita Devi, W/oSunny Kumar,R/o JullakaM o h a l l a ,Jammu, whohas qualified

(NET) in Hindi.

ASCOMS organizes cyclerally on Road Safety

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 5: A cyclerally to commemorate NationalBone & Joint Day was organ-ized by Jammu and KashmirOrthopaedic Association in col-laboration with ASCOMS &Hospital, Sidhra, here today.

The cyclists from all overJammu region including JammuCyclist Group participated inthe event.

The rally was flagged off byDK Batra, Joint Secretary andDr Pavan Malhotra, DirectorPrincipal, ASCOMS & Hospital

from HP Petrol Pump, OppositeHotel Asia.

The rally was led by DrRajesh Gupta, Prof. & HeadOrthopaedics ASCOMS &Hospital, Sidhra.

The rally started from PetrolPump, entered Green Belt Park,via Bahu Plaza, RailwayStation, Garden Estate, MarbleMarket, and Greater Kailash

crossing and culminated atShree Toyota Complex, NarwalBye Pass.

En-route the rally, the pam-phlets depicting various aspectsof Road Safety were distributedamongst the general public tocreate awareness.

Sanjeev Verma, DivisionalCommissioner, Jammu was thechief guest on the valedictoryfunction.

Speaking on the occasion,Mr Verma appreciated theefforts of Jammu KashmirOrthopedic Association andASCOMS & Hospital, to have

effectively taken up the issue ofgreat public importance andcongratulated the organizers fortheir efforts to create awarenessamong the public.

The slogan of the rally was'Always follow traffic rules toavoid accidents'.

On the occasion, the chiefguest distributed prizes amongthe best cyclists.

Cycle rally being flagged off in Jammu on Sunday.

Udhampur WrestlerSulaman wins

Jantroon Top titleExcelsior Sports Correspondent

DODA Aug 5: 20 AnnualJantroon Top historic and megadangal was organized by JantroonTop Sub Division, Thathri heretoday.

The Championship was heldunder the overall supervision ofChairman of the Association,Fazal Alam Wani along with othermembers Nixon Chandail and AsifWani.

50 bouts were played in thethree days long Vishal Dangalwherein Wrestlers from Kathu,Jammu, Udhampur, Doda andKishtwar participated.

Tehsildar Kahara was the chiefguest on the occasion who distrib-uted cash prizes among the win-ners.

The first main bout was foughtbetween Wrestler Sulaman fromUdhampur and Wrestler VijayKumar from Jammu .

This bout which lasted for 15minutes was won by Sulemanfrom Udhampur.

The winner of the first mallibout Sulaman was awarded with acash prize of Rs 6,000 byTehsildar Kahara, while the run-ners-up Wrestler Vijay got Rs4000 from the Committee mem-bers.

Darbagh XI drubs BakuraClub to win title

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

GANDERBAL, Aug 5:Darbagh XI defeated BakuraClub in the finals of the Warpow

Cricket tournament at WarpowGanderbal, here today.

Batting first, Bakura XI made143 runs in 20 overs. Ferooz

Ahmad of Darbagh XI captured 5important wickets and wasdeclared as the man of the match.Darbagh XI chased the target inthe 17th over. Nazir Ahmad made

sensational 56 runs for DarbaghXI and was declared as the manof the series for his brilliant per-formance in the tournament.

Jubilant Darbagh XI players posing along with dignitariesafter clinching Warpow Cricket Tourney title.

DIP/J-2118-P/18Dt. 4-8-2018

GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIRDIRECTORATE OF HEALTH SERVICES KASHMIR

INTERVIEW NOTICEIn reference to the advertisement No. DIPK/J-664/18 dated: 21-04-2018 and DIPK-556/18 Dated. 25-04-2018

for the short term project titled” Develop and strengthen the institutional mechanism to implement TobaccoControl Law and NTCP (National Tobacco Control Programme)” in the State of J&K funded by the InternationalUnion against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases New Delhi and the screening test conducted on 18th July 2018,the following candidates are shortlisted for interview.State Programme Coordinator:S.No. Name Parentage Address1 Dr Saima Sultan Mohd Sultan Buchpora, Srinagar2 Dr Sumeera Jan Ghulam Qadir Jan Nowhatta, Srinagar3 Dr Shabin Ul Hassan Ghulam Hassan Hajam Naqashpora, Srinagar4 Imtiyaz Ahmad Mantoo Ghulam Qadir Mantoo Waltengoo Qazigund5 Liyaqat Ali Mir Mohammad Ibrahim Mir Gangoo, Pulwama6 Dr Mohd Naseer Mohammad Ishfaq Bisral Doda7 Dr Rameesa Rashid Abdul Rashid Bhat Hyderpora, SrinagarDivisional Programme Coordinator (Kashmir Division):S.No. Name Parentage Address1 Ashaq Ahmad Lone Ghulam Rasool Lone Khrew, Pampore, Pulwama2 Dr Saima Sultan Mohd Sultan Buchpora, Srinagar3 Dr. Sumeera Jan Ghulam Qadir Jan Nowhatta, Srinagar4 Waseem Ahmad Shiekh Ghulam Mohd Shiekh Konibal, Pampore5 Dr Shabin Ul Hassan Ghulam Hassan Hajam Naqashpora, SrinagarDivisional Programme Coordinator (Jammu Division)S.No. Name Parentage Address1 Dr Mohd Naseer Mohammad Ishfaq Bisral Doda2 Shiveta Raina Daleep Raina Talab Tiloo, Jammu3 Dr Maria Zaffar Mohd Naseer Bisral, Doda4 Dr Asra Tabasum Javaid Ahmad Ahanger KishtwarProjects AssociateS.No. Name Parentage Address1 Zakir Hussain Khan Ghulam Hassan Khan Kulgam2 Umer Rafiq Mohammad Rafiq Mir Gangoo, Pulwama3 Mohd Sadiqul Mehdi Mohammad Hussain Ganaie Onagam, Bandipora4 Fayaz Ahmad Shiekh Abdul Aziz Shiekh Illahi Bagh, Srinagar5 Sofi Umer Jan Abdul Hamid Sofi Humhama, BudgamIn addition, the below mentioned candidates are found eligible for the post of State Financial Consultant:S.No. Name Parentage Address1 Mohd Turab Qazi Qazi Abdul Majeed Buchpora, Srinagar2 Ubaid Ahmad Mir Nazir Ahmad Mir Nowshera, Srinagar3 Faheem Gani Baba Abdul Gani Baba Sangeen Darwaza, Hawal, SrinagarThe interview for all the categories mentioned above will be held on 11th August 2018 at 10.00 am at Divisionof Epidemiology and Public Health Building Barzulla Srinagar.Note:1. Candidates are requested to reach the venue at 10.00 am positively.2. Candidates are requested to bring all the original testimonials failing which they will not be allowed to

appear in the interview.3 Any candidate found to be canvassing, influencing or attempting to influence the officers/ officials of

Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir in any matter will be out-rightly disqualified.4 No TA/DA will be paid to candidates appearing for interview.DIP/J-4468 Sd/-Dt:4-8-2018 Deputy Director (HQ)

Health Services, Kashmir

Tawi Trekkers honoursNirmal Kumar

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 5: Hailingfrom Doda district of Jammuand Kashmir, Nirmal Kumar,who scaled the Everest, the

highest peak on the earth, lastyear and Kanchenjunga, thethird highest peak, this year, washonoured by Tawi Trekkers J&Kat K L Saigal Hall, today.

Nirmal Kumar was profuselygarlanded by the Patron of theclub, Ashwani Sharma, exMLA; Co- Chairman ZorawarSingh Jamwal, SecretaryGeneral Press Club, Jammu;Vice-President, Indian OlympicAssociation Prof AshutoshSharma; President of the ClubRam Khajuria, Rahul Sharma,Chairman, Sprawling BudsICSE School, Jammu and a hostof members of Tawi Trekkersand Mountaineering Associationof J&K.

While felicitating the distin-guished mountaineer for his

remarkable achievements in thefield of mountaineering RamKhajuria appreciated NirmalKumar's passion for moun-taineering as he displayed

tremendous spirit and courageto attempt and scaleKanchenjunga, the third highestand one of the most difficultpeaks in the world.

He described Kumar as atrue mountaineer and hoped thathe would establish new bench-marks in mountaineering formountaineers of the world.

Ashwani Sharma, ZorawarSingh Jamwal, and AshutoshSharma also spoke on the occa-sion and gave valuable sugges-tions besides wishing NirmalKumar all the best for his futureexpeditions.

The function was sponsoredby Sprawling Buds ICSESchool, Jammu and anchored byArti Sharma, Principal of AppleKids International Pre-School.

Ace mountaineer Nirmal Kumar being honoured in Jammuon Sunday.

Sheetal Kapoor, D/oSaudagar Kap-oor, W/o RahulGupta, R/o RSPura, Jammu,who has quali-fied (NET) inSociology.

Aussie teen De Minaur's epic fight-back books final with Zverev

WASHINGTON, Aug 5:

Australian 19-year-old Alex De Minaur saved four matchpoints and advanced to ATP Washington Open final, where he willface third-ranked defending champion Alexander Zverev.

The Aussie teen outlasted 20-year-old Russian Andrey Rublev5-7, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 after two hours and 52 minutes while 21-year-old German Zverev ousted Greek teen Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-4.

"It's one of the biggest wins of my career," De Minaur said. "Dug deep and never gave up. Couldn't be prouder of myself." De Minaur, ranked 72nd, won the last six points of the tie-

breaker to force a third set, then broke 46th-ranked Rublev in thefinal game, winning on his fourth match-point chance when theRussian double faulted.(Agencies)

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