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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Shubam, Imran and bowlers 4th Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup Football Tournament Yuvraj, Karthik big winners at IPL auction JKSRTC, Vijay Club BANGALORE, Feb 12: back into auction tomorrow. Yuvraj, a cancer survivor, guide JKCA Green to easy win register resounding wins Flamboyant all-rounder fetching such a huge price tag Excelsior Sports Correspondent 20th and 69th minutes respec- Yuvraj Singh was the surprise came as a massive surprise since Excelsior Sports Correspondent Javed Ahmad Mir contributed Pratap Singh behind stumps. tively. recipient of a windfall at the IPL the left-hander is no longer in the sedate 25 runs off 51 balls with In reply, JKCA Green chased JAMMU, Feb 12: JKSRTC The matches were officiat- players' auction, fetching a record ODI team due to poor form JAMMU, Feb 12: Brilliant the help of 4 boundaries. Hilal the target easily in 27.4 overs by and Vijay Club registered ed by Suresh Kumar Gupta, bid of Rs 14 crore from the Royal though he was picked in the squad half-centuries by Shubam Ahmed (21), Parminder Singh losing 2 wickets, thus won the resounding victories over their Moon Stephen, Kushey Kumar, Challengers Bangalore while for the World Twenty20 Khajuria and Imran Haroon (17) and Obaid Haroon (11) match by 8 wickets. Imran rivals to advance in the ongo- Rohit Gupta, Rakesh Kumar, Dinesh Karthik also clinched a Championship in Bangladesh. helped JKCA Green to trounce were the other contributors. Haroon remained unbeaten on ing 4th Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup Rickey Kumar, Harneel Singh mind-boggling Rs 12.5 crore exception, it will be grander and "The team is looking stronger JKCA Blue by 8 wickets in the For JKCA Green, left-arm 62 runs off 64 balls, while Football Tournament, being and Koushal Kumar. purse from Delhi Daredevils here more entertaining for fans and with him," said RCB co-owner match of the Quadrangular 50- spinner Raman Dutta and speed- Shubam Khajuria contributed organized by Narinder Gupta, Prominent among others today. franchises," IPL Chairman Ranjib Vijay Mallya even though he Over Cricket Series, organized ster Rahil Singh took 3 wickets 52 off 63 balls, studded with 6 Senior Congress Leader and who witnessed today's matches Both Yuvraj and Karthik, who Biswal said before the start of the admitted that he ended up paying by Jammu and Kashmir Cricket each by conceding 19 and 30 boundaries and one six. Arshad Member J&K State Sports were Sheilh Mehmood, SM are not even regular members of star-studded auction where Rs 4 crore more than what he had Association (JKCA) to pick the runs in 8 overs each respective- Khawaja scored power-packed Council, here today. Gill, Mohan Lal, Kuldeep the Indian team, triggered stun- Bollywood actors and business planned. team for forthcoming Vijay ly, while paceman Abid Nabi 25 off 16 balls with the help of 3 21 teams from within and Singh, Rakesh Khanna, Yousuf ning bidding wars among the tycoons were present. Similar was the case of Hazare Trophy at GGM Science bagged 2 wickets by giving massive sixes and a boundary, outside the State are participat- Don, Harbans Lal and Charan franchises to set a new record in Actress Preity Zinta, co- Karthik, who does not figure in College Hostel ground, here away 23 runs in his 8 overs and while Amrit Pal Singh remained ing in the Tournament. Dass. earnings in the cash-rich league. owner of Kings XI Punjab, Juhi the Indian team, but generated today. young wrist spinner Shubam unbeaten on 6 runs off 13 balls Earlier, in the first match, JK Bank Academy will take They surpassed the Rs 11.04 crore Chawla, co-owner of Kolkata immense interest among the fran- Earlier, JKCA Green skipper Pundir bagged 2 wickets by con- including one boundary. For JKSRTC defeated Young Star on Engineers XI at 1 pm, that was bid on Gautam Gambhir Knight Riders, businessman Vijay chises. Hardeep Singh won the toss and ceding 33 runs in his quota of 7 JKCA Blue, left-arm spinner Football Club by three goals to Sainik Colony will lock horns in 2011, the highest till now. Mallya, Nita Ambani (Mumbai At a base price of Rs 2 crore, elected to field first, on what overs. The highlight of the Amir Aziz took 2 wickets by nil (3-0). Raman Sharma, with Musa Club at 3 pm tomor- Controversial batsman Kevin Indians), cricketers Rahul Dravid there was a bidding war between looked to be a bowling friendly innings was superb display of giving away 25 runs off his 7 Furkan and Rahul Sharma row. Pietersen, whose England career (Rajasthan Royals), Anil Kumble Delhi and Hyderabad for him track. wicket-keeping skills by wicket- overs. scored the goals in 33rd, 54th came to an abrupt end after a dis- (Mumbai Indians) were among before KKR also jumped into the Put into bat, JKCA Blue keeper Raman Thaploo, who The match was officiated by and 70th minutes respectively Jatin, Puneet, Mohit help astrous Ashes campaign earlier the celebrities present at the auc- fray. But Delhi seemed persistent bundled-out for a paltry total of superbly plotted two dismissals BCCI Level-1 umpires Sudhir In another match played this month, fetched a huge Rs 9 tion which was beamed live. and in the end, outbid the other 145 runs in 39.2 overs. Skipper to add to his team’s winning Singh and Amit Gupta, while today, Vijay Club defeated Simula thrash Challenger crore purse, bought by Delhi Former Sri Lankan captain two contenders. Ramdayal was the top scorer cause by stumping opener the scorebook was maintained Young Rovers by two goals to Excelsior Sports Correspondent Daredevils, the franchise he Mahela Jayawardene, former The 33-year-old Pietersen was with 27 runs off 29 balls, stud- Parminder Singh and catching by BCCI scorer Ashwani nil (2-0). Both the goals were played for last season. New Zealand skipper Ross always expected to be a hot pick ded with 5 boundaries, while middle-order batsman Aditya Kumar. scored by Dushyant Sharma in JAMMU, Feb 12: Power- Upcoming New Zealand all- Taylor, Australian T20 specialist given that he would be available packed knocks by explosive rounder Corey Anderson, who Cameron White, who captained all through the season post his Puneet Kumar, Jatin Wadhawan scored the fastest ODI century SRH for a while last season, West forced retirement from interna- Education key to prosperity: Bhalla and Shashi Kumar, coupled with smashing a 36-ball ton to breach Indian Marlon Samuels, pacer tional cricket. Excelsior Sports Correspondent lenges of the competitive world. brilliant bowling display by Mohit the record set by Shahid Afridi in Daniel Christian and England So it came as no surprise that He asked the students to put in Puri helped Simula Cricket Club JAMMU, Feb 12: Minister 1996, expectedly got a decent batsman Ian Bell surprisingly his name triggered a three-way sincere and dedicated efforts to thrash Challenger Cricket Club by for Housing, Horticulture and package of Rs 4.5 crore with the found no buyers. bidding between CSK, KXIP and achieve their desired goals. He a huge margin of 140 runs in the Culture Raman Bhalla has Mumbai Indians though there was Australian wicketkeeper Delhi. The player eventually also emphasized the importance T20 Cricket Tournament at Flain stressed that education is the key strong buzz of him emerging as Matthew Wade, batsman David went to Delhi, who exercised the of imparting moral education in Mandal ground, here today. to prosperity and development the highest paid from this auction. Hussey and retired pacer Brett 'Right to Match' provision to the schools. Earlier, batting first, Simula of a nation and this sector has Australian pacer Mitchell Lee also suffered a similar fate but grab him being his former The Minister applauded the Club scored a mammoth total of Johnson (Rs 6.5 crore, Kings XI been accorded high priority by efforts of the Management, staff all the unsold players can come employers.(PTI) the Government. 205 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Punjab), all-rounder Glenn and students of the school for Puneet Kumar scored 15-ball 50 Maxwell (Rs 6 crore, Kings XI The Minister was speaking the splendid show and said that at the annual day function of runs with 4 fours and 6 sixes, Punjab), Indian opener Murali such events provide an apt plat- while Jatin contributed 59 off 35 Vijay (Rs 5 crore, Delhi Dignitaries displaying Certificate of Honour and Special Wazir Janki Nath Memorial form to the students to exhibit Higher Secondary School, Rani balls with 11 boundaries and one Daredevils), South African all- Prize received by MV International School, Jammu. their talent and also to highlight six and Shashi made unbeaten 46 rounder Jacques Kallis (Rs 5.5 Bagh, Satwari, here today. the rich culture and heritage of Mr Bhalla said that teacher's off 34 balls, studded with 5 bound- crore, Kolkata Knight Riders), MV International School excels the State. aries and a six. For Challenger Robin Uthappa (Rs 5 crore, role is vital in nurturing the per- Later, the Minister distrib- sonality of the students and Club, Rahul took 3 wickets. KKR), West Indian batsman in National Essay Competition uted mementos among the par- In reply, Challenger Club bun- Dwayne Smith (Rs 4.5 crore, preparing them to face the chal- ticipants of cultural programme. Excelsior Correspondent who stood 10th in the order of dled out for 65 runs in 14 overs. Chennai Super Kings), Amit merit out of 4200 participants Rahul (16) and Chotu (13) were Mishra (Rs 4.25 crore, Sunrisers JAMMU, Feb 12: MV representing more than 300 the main contributors.