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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2016 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Maruti Suzuki Nagrota Premier League Sher-e-Kashmir Khanpur Tigers, Ashwin weaves spin magic Kattalbatal Kings outplay opponents as India clinch series 2-1 Excelsior Sports Correspondent runs. VISAKHAPATNAM, Feb 14: they play the hosts on February 24 the board. In reply, Baba Phed in the tournament-opener in In his third over, Ashwin got Off-spinner Ravichandran BAJALTA Feb 14: Sher-e- Kattalbatal Kings chased the tar- Mirpur. rid of debutant Asela Gunaratne Ashwin weaved his magic with a Kashmir Khanpur Tigers and get in 9 overs losing 5 wickets, Earlier opting to field, India and soon the Lankans were gasp- career-best four-wicket haul as Baba Phed Kattalbatal Kings thus won the match by 5 wick- skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni ing at 21 for five with left-arm India trounced Sri Lanka by nine outplayed their rivals convinc- ets. Vishal for scoring valuable handed out the new ball to Ashwin paceman Ashish Nehra taking the wickets in the deciding third and ingly in the ongoing Maruti 24 runs and taking 4 important and he responded with two wick- fifth wicket final Twenty20 International to Suzuki Nagrota Premier League wickets was declared as man of ets in the first over of the match. Such was the dominance of clinch the three-match series 2-1, T20 Cricket Championship, an the match. Ashwin had Niroshan the Indian bowlers that only six here today. initiative of MLA Devender The matches were officiated Dickwella (1) stumped when the shots to the fence were played in Ashwin scalped two wickets Singh Rana at sprawling Bajalta by Pankaj Sasun and Suresh batsman charged down the track seven overs. It was only in the in the very first over and then Playfield, here. Singh from the Department of but was was completely beaten eighth over that Sri Lanka found retruend with dream figures of 4- The first match was played Youth Services & Sports, J&K. and the Indian captain had an easy two sixes through Dasun Shanaka 1-8-4 as the hosts bundled out Sri between Krishanpur Jaguars and Meanwhile International stumping to do. (19), who whacked Yuvraj Singh Lanka for 82, their lowest ever Sher-e-Kashmir Khanpur cricketer,Parvez Rasool, who In the last ball of the over, twice. West Indies U-19 Cricket team holding trophy while posing for a group photograph after beat- score in T20 cricket. Ashwin trapped Tillakaratne However Shanaka lost his ing India in World Cup Final at Mirpur on Sunday. Before this, Sri Lanka's lowest Dilshan (1) and when he retuned partner Prasanna in the same over total was 87 against Australia in for his second over, he had Dinesh through a run out, which was Let down by batsmen, India lose 2010 at Bridgetown. Chandimal caught by Hardik result of excellent field work by Ashwin was simply Pandya as the rival skipper tried to Ravindra Jadeja and Sri Lanka unplayable for the Sri Lankans on cut loose but miscued a shot. were tottering at 48 for six. U-19 WC trophy to West Indies a pitch, which offered help to the Sri Lankan innings was in At half-way mark, the visi- spinners and took four wickets in MIRPUR, Feb 14: However, left-arm spinner The Ishan Kishan-led Indians complete shambles losing the first tors had managed to put on board his magical three-over opening Mayank Dagar gave India the were looking to win their first three wickets with only 12 runs on only 54 runs.(PTI) spell. The Indian under-19 cricket much-needed breakthrough when World Cup since 2012. Besides, Ashwin, Suresh team's quest for an unprecedented he got Hetmyer caught at long on Earlier, the Indian batsmen fal- Raina also shone with the ball by fourth World Cup title ended in by Armaan Jaffer. tered when it mattered the most as scalping two batsmen and giving disaster today as the West Indies Next man in was Shamar the three-time champions were away just six runs in his two overs. out-witted the Rahul Dravid - Springer (3), the West Indies' most bowled out for 145. The series win also helped coached side by five wickets in a successful batsman of the tourna- The same batsmen, who India retain its numero uno posi- tense summit clash to clinch the ment with 282 runs prior to today. helped India stay unbeaten earlier tion in the ICC T20 rankings. coveted trophy for the first time But the right-hander could not in the competition, failed to apply Such was the plight of the vis- since its inception. make an impact today and strug- themselves in the big game. Cricketers and cricket promoters posing alongwith J&K’s itors that only two batsmen -- Put in to bat by the Caribbeans gled for nine deliveries before an Sarfaraz was the lone excep- International cricketer, Parvez Rasool during a match of Dasun Shanaka (19) and Thisara on a green-top amid overcast con- attempted slog sweep had him tion as he saved India the embar- Nagrota Premier League at Bajalta on Sunday. Perera (12) -- managed to touch ditions, the script went completely caught by Jaffer, off Dagar again. rassment of being bowled out for a the double-digit mark at ACA- awry for the Indians, who were While wickets were tumbling sub-100 total with a fifth fifty plus VDCA stadium. dismissed for 145 in 45.1 overs around him, Carty kept his cool to score in six innings, also making Tigers. Krishanpur Jaguars won has played in the Indian Premier The total was too small for with Sarfaraz Khan's 89-ball 51 plough on even though the scoring him only one to score most half the toss and elected to field first. League, made this Sunday big India, who overhauled the target in being the only noteworthy contri- rate was painfully slow. centuries (7) in the history of the Put into bat, Sher-e-Kashmir for over a thousand cricketers at 13.5 overs after losing Rohit bution. Proceedings livened up when tournament. Khanpur Tigers scored 121 runs the sprawling Bajalta play-field. Sharma (13) early in the innings. In reply, the West Indies made Carty was joined by Paul. The 17- While the Indian batting flat- in the stipulated 14 overs, losing Amid huge applause of the The Indians were in no hurry as heavy weather of the chase in a year-old Paul pushed hard for his tered to deceive, the West Indies 7 wickets in the process. players of Nagrota Assembly they waited for bad balls to hit slow-moving but thrilling match to singles and it was his six off Dagar bowlers did well to exploit the con- Shakoor and Ashfaq scored 36 Constituency and thousands of Young Artists posing alongwith Actors, Producer and boundaries and relied on singles overhaul the score in 49.3 overs. which broke the shackles for West ditions. Alzarri Joseph (3/39) ran and 30 runs respectively. cricket lovers, Rasool bestowed Director of Movie 'Naneh Farishtey'. and twos to keep the scoreboard The heroes for West Indies Indies after a lengthy stretch of dot through top order before Ryan In reply, Krishanpur Jaguars tips to the budding cricketers. ticking. were Man of the Match Keacy balls. John (3/38) landed crucial blows failed to chase the target and Throwing light on the signif- Opener Shikhar Dhawan (46 Naneh Farishtey to be Carty (52 not out off 125 ball) and The 69-run stand between for his team. managed to score only 110 runs icance of T-20 cricket, Rasool off 46) and Ajinkya Rahane (22 Keemo Paul (40 not out off 68 Carty and Paul made all the differ- Chemar Holder kept things in 14 overs by losing 7 wickets urged upon the players to com- off 24) took the side to the finish- balls) both of whom kept their cool ence in the end as the unbeaten tight to maintain pressure on the in the process, thus lost the plete the stipulated overs in one ing line with an unbeaten 55-run released in April in the high-pressure game to take Indians finally found their match in Indian batsmen, conceding only 20 match by 12 runs. Ashfaq scored and a half hour. partnership for the second wicket. Excelsior Correspondent gripped Jammu and the movie is the side home. the summit clash. runs in 10 overs with a timely power-packed 30 runs off 12 The much admired cricketer, There were not many bound- expected to cast spell in the Chasing the modest target, the The Indian bowlers led by wicket of Mahipal Lomror. balls, studded with 4 sixes. For Parvez Rasool, who represented JAMMU, Feb 14: aries but Dhawan finished off the entire Country. Caribbeans were not off to the best Dagar (3/25) were saddled with the India, aiming for an unprece- this performance, he was Team India against Bangladesh, Bollywood Movie-Naneh match with a six and four off The chairman of the of starts as both their openers -- tough task of defending a paltry dented fourth title, lost their top declared as man of the match. assured the cricketers that they Farishtey, the production of debutant Asela Gunaratne. Production House, Rajesh Gupta Gifron Pope (3) and Tevin Imlach total and they did a decent job for three for 27 runs, all falling to The second match was will find him always with them Hare Rama Hare Krishna It was second successive series has thanked the State (15) -- were dismissed with just 28 most part of the match but eventu- Joseph.