PATIALA, Oct 20: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) were in a woeful situation, when they were restricted by Punjab for 15 for 5 in their first innings at the draw of stumps on the first day of the three day North Zone Inter State Coach Behar cricket tournament at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium, here today.Chasing a formidable total of 375 for three compiled by Punjab, visitors inept batting saw them crumbling to 15 for 5.Brief scores: (first innings): Punjab 375 for 3 (Munish Sharma 173, Ravneet Rickey 109, Yuvraj Singh 51, Gaganinder Garry 26 n.o., Sohail Songhoi 2 for for 63); J&K (first innings): 15 for 5 (Amit Uniyal 3 for 7, Gagandeep Singh 2 for 8).Khalsa XI in semisKhalsa Club beat Government Girls High School by two goals to nil and Sanjay Public School Club blanked Dev Samaj College-45 (A) 3-0 to move into the last four stage of the ongoing Chandigarh State women football championship at the Sector 17 Football Stadium today.In the match between Khalsa XI and GGHS, the former had more experienced players which enabled them to gain the upper hand in the 15 minute of play when Gurpreet Kaur put the ball across the rival goalkeeper. Khalsa XI led 1-0 at the break.Vidushi consolidated the lead in the later part of the second session (2-0) to give her team a semifinal berth.Khalsa XI will play Yadavindra Public School Club (Blue) in the semifinal tomorrow.SPS Club also moved into the last four stage by beating Dev Samaj School (A) 3-0, and will take on Dev Samaj School (B) in their semifinal encounter tomorrow.Rajiv winRajiv Bhardwaj outplayed Gagandeep 52-16, 50-11, 32-46, 79-1 in the open snooker event in the prize money snooker and pool tournament at the Asia Billiards Club in Sector 34, today.In the amateur snooker event, Sunil Bagga beat Jinny 58-15, 42-39 and Aman Bhasin got the better of Vikas Mohan 67-23, 56-34.Rajiv Bhardwaj also scored 4-0 win over Tariq in pool event.
