WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Ashwin, Rahul script KXIP's Rayudu in focus as unstoppable CSK takes on , Apr 16: of defeats, including an inexplica- 12-run win over RR in IPL ble collapse against Delhi MOHALI, Apr 16: their fifth win in this IPL. sive but came good in the final IPL debut ended with a first-ball Having missed the World Cup Capitals in their last game. Invited to bat, Rahul, who overs, scalping two . naught, while was bus, will be aim- What has been CSK's strength Skipper Ravichandran was named in 's World Cup After this win, KXIP Punjab send back by Shami as RR ing to make a statement when a despite an ageing team has exact- Ashwin and opener KL Rahul squad today and David Miller grabbed the fourth spot in the slumped to 133 for five in 17.1 marauding Super Kings ly been Sunrisers' bane in the played pivotal roles as Kings XI (40 off 27) shared a 85-run stand points table with 10 points to overs. take on a desperate Sunrisers matches that they have played so Punjab produced a superb all- to lay the foundation. keep play-off hopes alive. scored a quick- Hyderabad in an IPL encounter far. round performance to script a Ashwin then smashed a four However, it was Rajasthan's fire 11-ball 33 but it was not Young footballers posing along with dignitaries and officials here tomorrow. While CSK have had plans A, comfortable 12-run win over and successive sixes in the last sixth loss and they will need to enough as Rahane too was dis- during inaugural ceremony of 1st Arun Sharma Memorial The World Cup snub to B and C for various situations, in a second leg two balls to put KXIP in a strong pull up their socks if they have missed in pursuit of quick runs. Football Tournament in Jammu. to salvage any hopes of making Earlier in-form Rahul played Today’s Fixture it to the knockout stage. a controlled innings after he lost Ist Arun Memorial Football Cup Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Hyderabad) 8 pm Defending the total, KXIP his opening partner dismissed the big-hitting Jos (30) before powerplay. Rayudu is the sole disappointment Sunrisers have failed miserably IPL POINTS TABLE Gayle hit three sixes and two Sports Saviour, Hero Club win opening ties in an otherwise superb tourna- whenever their their opening pair ment so far for Mahendra Singh of Jonny Bairstow and David Team M W L Points boundaries before being sent Excelsior Sports Correspondent the day, Hero Club trounced Dhoni's men as they are just a win Warner have failed to perform. CSK 8 7 1 14 back by Archer as KXIP were Param Football Club by three away from clinching the play-off Barring Warner's 400 runs and DC 8 5 3 10 39-1 at the end of powerplay. JAMMU, Apr 16: Sports goals to nil. Raghav Gupta (21st) berth. Bairstow's 304 runs, the next best MI 8 5 3 10 The dashing opener dis- Saviours Football Club and Hero and Kartik (59th) were among The Hyderabad right-hander is World Cup bound Vijay KXIP 9 5 4 10 patched Unadkat for two sixes in Club won their respective match- the goal scorers. had found some form with a half- Shankar's 132 runs. KKR 8 4 4 8 his first over, then hit Dhawal es to move into the next round of The chief guest and other dis- century against Rajasthan Royals The basic problem has been SRH 7 3 4 6 Kulkarni for a six and a four the Ist Arun Sharma Memorial tinguished gathering formally and the flamboyant batsman, who the middle-order where Manish RR 8 2 6 4 before edging one off Archer Football Cup Tournament, organ- welcomed by treasurer of JKFA, was seen as a sure-shot No.4 in Pandey (54 in six games), Deepak RCB 8 1 7 2 into the hands of keeper ised by Climrate Football Club Surinder Singh Bunty, who the national team, may just chan- Hooda (47 in six games) and . under the aegis of J&K Football described Arun Sharma, in whose nelise the disappointment against Yusuf Pathan (32 in six games) Buttler (23) early as Rajasthan , who Association (JKFA) at Mini memory the event is being held, a faltering Sunrisers. have been miserable. reached 55 in the first six over. walked in after Gayle's fall, Stadium, Parade, here today. as the true sportsman. He said While CSK sit pretty on top of In fact, Pathan has been sur- After blasting two sixes and looked dangerous but failed to The event was declared open that Arun, popularly known as the table with 14 points from eight viving on past reputation for years Kings XI Punjab bowlers celebrating victory against one four, Buttler was caught by last long. He made 26 of 12 balls by senior BJP leader, Brigadier 'Coach Sahib' was himself an games, Sunrisers' have suddenly now has not played a match-win- Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2019 at Mohali on Tuesday. keeper Pooran as young pacer and was claimed by RR's New Suchait Singh, who was chief international medalist in gone off the boil with a hat-trick ning knock for a while now. (PTI) Arshdeep scalped his maiden Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi as guest. Accompanied by guests of Handball, who later produced SCOREBOARD IPL wicket. Punjab slipped to 67 for two. honour, ex-MLA, Rajesh Gupta, many world class stuff in the Kings XI Punjab Innings: Opener Rahul Tripathi (50) Rahul then tried to steady the senior BJP leader, Narayan Singh game from J&K. KL Rahul c Jofra Archer b Unadkat 52 and Sanju Samson (27 off 21) ship with Miller, who came into and head Team Jammu, Zorawar Also present were office Chris Gayle c Samson b Jofra Archer 30 added 59 runs to take Rajasthan the side due to the last-minute Singh Jamwal, the chief guest bearers of the JKFA including Mayank Agarwal c Jofra Archer b Ish Sodhi 26 close to the 100-mark. ankle injury of Australian all- interacted with the teams playing Kuldeep Singh, Ramesh Chander However, after two tight rounder Moises Henriques. David Miller c b D Kulkarni 40 in the second match of the day. (both vice presidents), Rajesh overs, Ashwin produced the In the 14th over, Rahul and Earlier, in the first match, Sumbria (treasurer DFA Jammu), c A Rahane b Jofra Archer 5 breakthrough with a carrom ball Miller exploded after bringing b Jofra Archer 0 Sports Saviour FC defeated Yusuf Don (secretary DFA) and in the 12th over when he cleaned up the hundred for KXIP. The equally good Sainik Colony president of J&K Handball 17 up Samson, who looked to play duo amassed 19 runs off Sodhi's not out 0 Football Club by a solitary goal. Association, Dr S M Bali. a sweep shot. over with Rahul smoking a mas- The only goal of the match came A host of other international Extras (B-8, LB-2, W-1, NB-1) 12 Shami then returned only to sive six over deep square leg and through experience Vishal in the Handball players and veteran Total: (For 6 wkts, 20 Overs) 182 concede 11 runs with Tripathi Miller thumping one over long- 46th minute. footballers were among the dis- Bowler: Dhawal Kulkarni 4-0-37-0, 4-0-48-1, and sending off. In other scheduled match of tinguished gathering. Jofra Archer 4-0-15-3, Ish Sodhi 4-0-41-1, 4-0-31-0. him across the rope. The two batsmen piled up 20 Needing 66 off last six overs, runs in the next over with Rahul Rajasthan Royals Innings: Tripathi completed his fifty in clearing the cover with an Chief guest interacting with players during a match of final Rahul Tripathi c Mayank Agarwal b Ashwin 50 Rashid scores 71 runs 44 balls before being caught at inside-out shot for a six off phase of Youth Football League in Srinagar. Jos Buttler c Pooran b Arshdeep Singh 23 long off boundary by Agarwal Unadkat, and Miller disposing a Sanju Samson b Ashwin 27 off Ashwin. full-toss over deep midwicket. Final Phase of JKSSC Youth Ajinkya Rahane c Shami b Arshdeep Singh 27 Australian Ashton Turner's (PTI) in Rajbagh XI's win Ashton Turner c M Ashwin b M Ashwin 0 Excelsior Sports Correspondent scored 151 runs. Mudasir was Football League commences Jofra Archer c Rahul b Shami 1 Cosco Tournament gets underway the top scorer with 36 runs while Excelsior Sports Correspondent the scorline of 5-0 in favour of Stuart Binny not out 33 Excelsior Sports Correspondent SRINAGAR, Apr 16: Irfan contributed 23 runs to the Srinagar. In the second half, Shreyas Gopal c Mayank Agarwal b Shami 0 Rajbagh XI drubbed Team total. SRINAGAR, Apr 16: After Srinagar started again with the Jaydev Unadkat not out 0 SRINAGAR, Apr 16: A Cosco Cricket Tournament in which 14 Hooked by two wickets in the For Rajbagh XI, Fasil and the successful culmination of goal scoring intent and scored 4 Extras (LB-1, W-9) 10 teams from different branches of Institute of Technology (IoT) Firdous took two Cluster Phase in all Districts, 8 more goals. Total: (For 7 wkts, 20 Overs) 170 Zakura Campus University of Kashmir are participating, began at wickets each. teams have qualified for the final Muneer, Zubair, Moonis, Bowler: Arshdeep Singh 4-0-43-2, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3-0-24-0, Zakura Campus KU, today. In reply, Rajbagh round of Youth Football Legue, Mehran, Afreen scored 1 goal Murgan Ashwin 4-0-24-1, Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-24-2, Besides students from different branches of the institute, staff XI reached the target which kick-started at TRC Turf, each while Parvaiz and Waseem Mohammad Shami 4-0-46-2, Mandeep Singh 1-0-8-0. members from teaching and non-teaching faculty are also partici- by losing eight wick- here today. scored 2 goals each for Srinagar. pating in the tournament. ets and won the The qualifying 8 teams in Finally Srinagar thrashed IPL clash to bring their cam- position. The tournament was inaugurated by Dean College of match by 2 wickets. boys category are Samba, Udhampur by (9-0). paign back on track. The hosts then returned to Engineering Prof Syed Muzaffar Andrabi. For Rajbagh XI, Kishtwar, Poonch, Udhampur, Nusrat Gazala, Divisional Opener Rahul hit a 47-ball restrict Rajasthan to 168 for The tournament is being organized by Organizing Committee Rashid top scored Anantnag, Pulwama, Srinagar and Sports Officer Central; Ab Lateef, 52, while Ashwin (2/24) seven, courtesy some superb which is headed by Director IoT Zakura Campus, Prof GM Bhat with magnificent 71 Bandipora while as 6 teams com- Accounts Officer Sports Council smashed 17 off four balls in the by Ashwin and while as Dr Basharat Ali, Assistant Director Physical Education runs and Fasil made peting in girls category include and International footballer, last over and then took two cru- (1/24) in the and Sports is the organizing secretary of the tournament. 41 runs. Jammu, Kathua, Srinagar, Mehraj Ud Din Wadoo were the cial wickets as KXIP bounced middle overs after Arshdeep The first match of the tournament was played between For Team Bandipora, Budgam and special guests on the occasion, back after successive losses in Singh's maiden two IPL wickets. Mechanical 4th Semester and Mechanical 2nd Semester which was Hooked, Irfan took Baramulla. who interacted with the players the last two matches to record Mohammad Shami was expen- won by Mechanical 4th Semester. three and Riyaz took In today's first match, before the start of the match. two wickets. Anaantnag defeated Bandipora by The event is being organised Rashid who two goals to one (2-1). From by State Football Academy under scored match win- Anantnag, Saqlain and Mohsin the supervision of J&K State ning knock of 71 were the goal scorers, while from Sports Council and is being sup- runs was declared as Bandipora, Mohd Nayeem netted ported by J&K Football Man of the match award being presented the man of the the goal. Association. to winner in Srinagar on Tuesday. match. The second match was played In tomorrow's fixture, Samba ongoing Champions Trophy The tournament is being between Srinagar and Udhampur, will take on Kishtwar at 10 am, 2019 at TRC ground, here organized by Cricket Fraternity wherein Srinagar dominated the while Poonch will lock horns with today. Dalgate, Srinagar. game from the word go. They Udhampur at 12 noon. Earlier Team Hooked won 32 teams are taking part in scored back to back goals as In the girls category, Srinagar the toss and decided to bat first. the tournament on knockout Udhampur had no counter against will face Kathua in the opening Batting first, Team Hooked basis. their attack. First half ended with match of the tournament. Narinder powers Evershine CC to 9-wkt win in Veteran Cricket Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent tributed 14 runs to the total. From Evershine Cricket Club, while JAMMU, Apr 16: Narinder Narinder Singh, bansi and Singh's all-round show powered Harpreet bagged 2 wickets each. Evershine Cricket Club to a big In reply, Evershine Cricket win by 9 wickets over Singh Club chased the target easily in 11 Cricket Club in the ongoing overs by losing one wicket to win 'Salute & Tribute to Martyrs' T20 the match by 9 wickets. Narinder Veteran Cricket Tournament, Singh scored brilliant 58 runs, being organised by Parade Sports while Balbir Singh contributed 24 Medal winners of 4th Ju-Jitsu National Championship pos- Association in collaboration with runs to the total. Gurpreet was the ing along with DIG Jammu-Samba-Kathua, Sujit Kumar and Laxmi Cricket Club at Parade only batsman to be dismissed, other dignitaries in Jammu. ground, here. who was scalped by Mail Ditta of Earlier, winning the toss adn Singh Cricket Club. J&K Ju-Jitsu team wins batting first, Singh Cricket Club In tomorrow's fixture, bundled out for paltry 94 runs in Challenger Cricket Club will take 16 overs. Mail Ditta top scored on Vampire Cricket Club at 8:30 5 medals in Nationals with 35 runs, while Sunil con- am. Excelsior Sports Correspondent bagged by Ina Dhar and Anirudh Verma, while the silver medals JAMMU, Apr 16: Jammu went to Koushal Garg and and Kashmir State Ju-Jitsu team Ayushi Raina and the bronze won five medals, with 2 gold, 2 medal was claimed by Rajesh silver and one bronze in the 4th Singh. National Ju-Jitsu Championship Meanwhile, Danish Sharma held at Centre for Sports has qualified as national referee Science, Ramchandra Medical in fighting system and duo sys- University Campus Poror in tem, while Harsh Vardhan Raina Chennai. has qualified in Newaza (Ju-Jitsu The Championship was event). organised by Tamil Nadu Ju- The medal winners were Winners posing along with chief guest and other dignitaries Jitsu Association, under the aegis honoured by Sujit Kumar, DIG, at KK Hakhu Stadium in Jammu. of Ju-Jitsu Association of India. Jammu-Samba-Kathua Range in Around 400 players drawn presence of Vishal Dhar, Senior 6th Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sub Jr Hockey Tourney from various States took part in Vice President of the Association the Championship. and Tarsem Sharma, General The gold medals were Secretary. MRS Club outplays SBS Club by 5-1 Excelsior Sports Correspondent and 47th minutes of the match Gopal Krishan Sharma, S/o Cadet Samanyu Bhumi respectively. Urmila Sharma Reddy of JAMMU, Apr 16: MRS Club From SBS Club, the lone goal and Hari Jodhamal Simbal Camp defeated Shaheed was scored by Kawalpreet Singh Krishan Public School, Bhagat Singh Club by five goals to in 38th minute of the match. Sharma, R/o who was one (5-1) in the inaugural match of Earlier, the tournament was Pochhal, declared the 6th Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sub inaugurated by Rajinder Singh, Kishtwar, who among the best Junior Hockey Tournament, being Secretary General Hockey India. has been two cadets of organised by Hockey J&K in col- Prominent among others pres- declared quali- Directorate laboration with Shaheed-e-Azam ent on the occasion were Dr Taran fied for the award of the degree NCC 2018-19 in the Zone. Over Bhagat Singh Foundation at KK Singh, Gurdial Singh, Ishant of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 600 cadets participated in NCC Hakhu Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Sharma, Ravinder Singh, in Sociology (Social Sciences) by camps. He was honoured with a Gulshan Ground, here. Dharminder Singh and GS the University of Jammu. He cash prize and a certificate of From MRS Club, the first goal Bakshi. worked on the topic "Cross- excellence by NCC Naval Unit was scored by Kamalpreet in 4th The match was officiated by Cousin Marriages and Kinship for his extraordinary perform- minute of the match, while the Joginder Singh (Tournament Structure: A Study among ance in various activities like 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th goals were Director), Gurpreet Singh, Sohail Hindus in Kishtwar District, " Written Test, Declamation, scored by Daman Preet Singh, Aziz, Vikas Gandotra, Mohd under the supervision of Dr Group Discussion, Hurdles and Bavneet Singh, Gurleen Singh and Ishfaq, Jasprit Singh and Karanjit Hema Gandotra. March Past. Jasvinder Singh in 10th, 26th, 43rd Singh.