SPORTS REPORTER
JAMMU: Department of Economics in women and The Law School in men section won the badminton finals of the annual inter-department sports meet of University of Jammu being held on the campus grounds, here on Thursday.
In the women’s final, Economics outplayed Department of Geography 2-0. The Results: Prabhjyot Kour beat Shagufta Saleem 21-10 while the duo of Prabhjyot and Sugandhi defeated the pair of Shagufta and Sayed Fakhara 21-09.
The men’s badminton title went to The Law School, who trounced Department of Physical Education 2-0 in the final. The Results: Chander Dev Singh outplayed Abhishek Sharma 21-13. Doubles: Chanderdev and Akeel Shah trounced Abhishek and Manmohan 23-21.
Today’s finals were officiated by the technical panel comprising Ravish Vaid, Gagan Kumar, Ankit, Nishla and Pushap.
CRICKET: Meanwhile, in the ongoing inter-department cricket tournament, Department of Geology defeated Department of English by a margin of 17 runs.
Earlier, batting first, after English won the toss and opted to field, Department of Geology made 112 runs for two wickets in allotted 12 overs. Sunil made 35-ball 54 runs while Ajay contributed 31 runs. For English, Varun took two wickets.
In reply, Department of English could not achieve the target and exhausted their 12 overs quota for 95 runs losing eight wickets. Dev Raj and Rafat were main contributors to the total with 23 and 19 runs respectively. For Geology, Dalip and Aatish took two wickets each while Ranbir, Raul and Vishal shared apiece each.
The match was officiated by Saleem-ur-Rehman, Sadiq Hussain, Raj Kumar Bakshi and Satpal.
