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SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2019 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Pollard, IPL debutant Joseph combine Kohli's RCB eye fresh Spinners help CSK defend to script Mumbai's memorable win start against Capitals 160; reclaim top spot BENGALURU, Apr 6: Despite AB de Villiers and HYDERABAD, Apr 6: Bairstow, 137 was expected to be a total before Pollard's brute power Kohli striking form by scoring 63 , Apr 6: comfortable chase for Hyderabad. came to the fore, enabling the vis- In charge of a house in com- SCOREBOARD Young West Indies pacer and 84 respectively, RCB bowlers But they both were dismissed itors to collect 39 crucial runs off plete disorder, will Led by seasoned Harbhajan Alzzari Joseph made a dream IPL failed to restrict KKR, who was Innings: cheaply and that exposed the mid- the final 12 balls. hope that Royal Challengers Singh, Chennai Super Kings spin- debut by recording the best bowl- powered by 's explo- c Curran b R Ashwin 26 dle order which had not been test- Until Pollard cut loose, play in the manner that ners put on a dominating show to ing figures in tournament's history sive knock. F du Plessis c Miller b R Ashwin 54 ed much courtesy the devastating Hyderabad put up an impressive defines his , when they meet help the side reclaim the top posi- as picked up a The defeat left Kohli frustrated, b R Ashwin 17 run of the openers. I effort on a slow pitch. in the IPL tomor- tion with a 22-run win over Kings 40-run win over Sunrisers and the mainstay called it MS Dhoni (c) 37 It was the first time this season While Hyderabad fielded an XI Punjab in an IPL match, here Hyderabad in a low-scoring game not out 21 that Hyderabad lost a in the unchanged side, Mumbai Indians Today’s Fixture today. here today. Extras: (W-5) 5 first six overs. made two changes in the playing Defending 160 for three, CSK Keiron Pollard hammered an Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Delhi Capitals (Bengaluru) at 4 pm Total: (for 3 in 20 overs) 160 Young West Indies pacer eleven with replac- restricted Punjab to 138 for 5 unbeaten 46 off 26 balls, helping Vs Knight Riders () 8 pm Bowling: 4-0-41-0, 4- Joseph bowled a dream first over ing and Joseph com- despite half centuries from K L Mumbai Indians recover to 136 0-23-3, 4-0-35-0, Andrew Tye 4-0-38-0, Murugan in the IPL, dismissing Warner in a ing in for Lasith Malinga, who has row. Rahul (55) and Sarfaraz Khan for seven after an ordinary start. "unacceptable". The Jamaican wal- Ashwin 4-0-23-0. wicket maiden. In his following gone back to Sri Lanka to play in a RCB have suffered five (67). While Pollard was the stand loped 29 runs in the penultimate Kings XI Punjab Innings: over, the 22-year-old got rid of domestic event. straight losses in this edition, while The visitors scored at a low out batsman, another West Indian over, which helped the visitors pull K L Rahul c Jadeja b Kuggeleijn 55 Vijay Shankar to leave Hyderabad It wasn't the best of starts for the visitors are coming into the pace and required to score 26 off in Joseph made all the difference off a sensational victory. c Dhoni b 5 at 43 for three in seven overs and Mumbai, who lost Rohit game with two wins and three the last over, bowled by IPL in the bowling department, ending Apart from c du Plessis b Harbhajan Singh 0 spice up the contest. Sharma (11) and Suryakumar reverses. debutant Scott Kuggeleijn. The with sensational figures of six for and , all other RCB Sarfaraz Khan c du Plessis b Kuggeleijn 67 Leggie picked Yadav (7) early to be 30 for two in After losing the last match Kiwi paceman had no trouble 12 in 3.4 overs, bettering the effort bowlers have not been among the David Miller b Chahar 6 up two important wickets to six overs. Rohit was dropped in against defending those runs and also dis- of Pakistan pacer Sohail Tanvir, wickets and conceded far too many not out 1 increase the pressure on the home the first over by but Friday, RCB's position has become missed Sarfaraz. who had taken six for 14 in the runs, which Kohli admitted in the Sam Curran not out 0 team which was reduced to 62 for could not make much use of that precarious, and they have to win Harbhajan was the best inaugural IPL edition in 2008. post-match presentation ceremony. Extras: (NB-2, W-2) 4 five in the 12th over. life and was holed out at deep almost all their remaining games to bowler for the hosts with the fig- Hyderabad were all out for 96 in Against KKR, they leaked 66 runs Total: (for 5 wickets in 20 overs) 138 The hosts needed 53 off the midwicket off keep their chances alive. ures of 4-1-17-2. In a brilliant 17.4 overs. in the last four overs. (PTI) Bowling: 4-0-40-1, Harbhajan Singh 4-1-17-2, last 30 balls and ended up well in the fourth over. spell, he bowled a maiden and It was the third win for Scott Kuggeleijn 4-0-37-2, 4-0-24-0, Imran short of the target with Joseph run- Suryakumar, who had hit a grabbed two wickets, including Mumbai Indians in five games Rajasthan to battle it out with Tahir 4-0-20-0. ning through the opposition line- crucial 59 in the previous game that of the 'universal boss' Chris while Hyderabad suffered their up. against CSK, too did not last long Gayle. Ravindra Jadeja (4-0-24-0) helped CSK put the brakes on the second loss in five matches. Earlier, it seemed Hyderabad and was adjudged leg before wick- rampaging Knight Riders and (4-0-20-0) also rival batsmen. They, along with Considering the stellar form of would limit Mumbai to a sub-120 et off .(PTI) Harbhajan, conceded only 61 openers David Warner and Jonny JAIPUR, Apr 6: Royals has been Sherays Gopal, runs in 12 overs even as the who, with his , deceived High on confidence after required run-rate kept mounting. the likes of Virat Kohli, A B Kuggeleijn did not start very their maiden victory, Rajasthan Dvilliers and , Royals will look to carry the well, being hit for a six off his finishing off with 3 for 12. very first ball, but did well to fin- momentum by exploiting famil- Despite the victory against iar conditions when they host a ish with 2 for 37 in his 4 overs. RCB, Royals will still look to Harbhajan struck a huge blow rampaging Kolkata Knight iron out certain flaws which Riders in the IPL here tomorrow. to rivals by dismissing the Gayle, have plagued them having him caught behind by M S The visitors will also be recently.They have often failed brimming with confidence with Dhoni for 5 in the second over. to grab moments losing to Kings Two balls later, he had the their batsmen , XI Punjab, Andre Russell, stylish Mayank Agarwal, caught and Chennai Super Kings after by near the bound- and Shubhman Gill in top form. being in commanding position. Rajasthan bowlers Jofra ary with the batsman going for a While star players, including big hit. Harbhajan started off with Archer, Jaidev Unadkat and Ben and , Stokes have leaked runs in the a double wicket maiden to put have failed to live up to the Northern Command team members receiving Air Weapon Kings XI on the backfoot early. death overs. They will have to expectations, the likes of Sanju rethink their strategy after C’ship trophy. In the 13th over, Rahul's Samson, who had hit first ton of missed sweep saw Dhoni flick the Players of SKCC team posing for a group photograph after registering win in exhibition crick- Russell's sensational display of this IPL, and captain ball on to the stumps but the bails et match. power hitting (48 off 13 balls) have been Northern Command wins Air Weapon against Royal Challengers didn't come off though the LED good. Smith, although, scored lights lit up, ensuring the batsman KCSC organises Bangalore. 38 against RCB. (PTI) SKCC drubs Readers Cafe The biggest positive for the Championship for fourth time survived despite being short of Swimming Competition Excelsior Sports Correspondent young shooters from across the his crease. Indian Army competed in the The century for Club by 72 runs for trainees JAMMU, Apr 6: Udhampur- 10-metre air rifle and air pistol the third wicket between Rahul based Northern Command has Excelsior Sports Correspondent Cafe Cricket club led by Vivek Excelsior Sports Correspondent categories, the official added. and Sarfaraz was a productive Suri, Yash Khajuria, Vivek and won the 15th edition of General The Northern Command one but they consumed a lot of JAMMU, Apr 6: Sher-e- Rahul Khatri claimed one wick- JAMMU, Apr 6: KC Sports J J Singh air weapon champi- team was selected and trained at balls and stymied the Kings XI Kashmir Cricket Club (SKCC) onship for the fourth consecu- et each. Club organised a Swimming Northern Command Shooting chase as the CSK bowlers kept thrashed Reader Cafe Club by a tive time, a Defence spokesman Chasing the target, Readers Competition of its trainees, Node, Akhnoor near here under things tight. big margin of 73 runs in an exhi- said today. Cafe Club bundled out for paltry under the supervision of Coach the aegis of the White Knight Earlier, du Plessis hit a fine bition match played at Mandal The championship was con- total of 69 runs to lose the match Sahil Loria at 20 M long Indoor Corps for a period of six half-century up the order while Cricket Ground, here. ducted at Army Marksmanship by 72 runs. Raghav was the only Swimming Pool in Club, here months, the spokesperson said. skipper Dhoni and Ambati After winning the toss, Unit, Mhow between March 25 batsman to cross doubler figure The winning team competed Rayudu provided the late flourish SKCC led by Aman S Cheema mark, scoring 18 runs off 24 and April 3. to help Chennai Super Kings post Jubilant Horizon Club players posing for a photograph after against nine other teams for the choose to bat first to set a target balls. Its aim was to identify, train a competitive 160 for three. of 141 runs for the loss of 4 entering finals of Winter Shield T20 Cricket Cup in Jammu. and nurture talented young male coveted 'Burma Shell Trophy' From SKCC, Sunil, Rohit and won the overall inter com- Du Plessis made 54 off 38 wickets in the stipulated 20 Jatt and Shiva took 2 wickets and female officers of the Army balls with the help of two fours overs. Simula to face Horizon in for participation in various mand championship. each, while Jimmy, Vikas and It also bagged the women's and four hits over the fence and Cheema top scored with 51 Anil Langeh also claimed 1 national and international shoot- together with Shane Watson (26) runs off 51 balls while Shiva Winter Shield T20 Cup final ing competitions, the official overall trophy along with one wicket each. Aman Cheema was gold and three silver individual added 56 runs for the first wicket contributed 34 runs off 21 balls adjudged as the man of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent From Simula, Sahil took 4 impor- said. after opting to bat. (PTI) and Parth also chipped in with Winners of Swimming tant wickets, while Ritik bagged 2 Over 100 male and female medals, the spokesperson said. match for his fabulous batting JAMMU, Apr 6: Defeating 20 runs off 23 balls. For Readers display. Competition at KCSC in wickets. Akash Choudhary, Raman Jammu. their rivals convincingly in their Dutta and Kuldeep Kumar claimed respective semifinals, Horizon today. 1 wicket each. Sahil was declared SFA Poonch drubs Club Samba and Simula Cricket as the man of the match. The trainees were eager to Club sealed berth in the finals and test their skill level in the com- In another match, Horizon will take on each other in the title Samba defeated Diamond Cricket petition and after a few heats, clash of the ongoing Winter Shield SFA Rajouri by 4-2 competitors made it to the final Club by 53 runs. T20 Cup, being organized by State Batting first, Horizon Samba Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Amit Singh. on time basis. Cricket Academy (SCA) of J&K scored 163 runs for the loss of 6 The match was organised by The final turned out to be State Sports Council under the POONCH, Apr 6: SFA wickets in the allotted 20 overs. SFA Poonch in collaboration quite exciting as the swimmers supervision of its Secretary Dr Poonch defeated SFA Rajouri by Kannav (65) and Akhil (53) were with District Unit of Sports put in their best effort to outdo Naseem Javaid Choudhary at four goals to two (4-2) in Cluster the main scorers. From Diamond Council Poonch, under the each other using their own Parade Ground, here. Players and Officials of Lone Star and ARA FC posing along with chief guest and Football match at Sports Club, JP took 3 wickets, while supervision of Nirdosh Kumar, swimming styles since there was In the first semifinal, Simula other dignitaries at SMVDSB Sports Complex in Katra. Stadium, here today. Gurvinder and Sarabjeet took 1 manager Sports Stadium Poonch no restriction of using a particu- Club thrashed Jammu Cricket Club Rydham Sudan scored 2 wicket each. and Rajinder Singh, Secretary lar style. Farhan Chouhan (JCC) by a big margin of 79 runs. goals for SFA Poonch, while In reply, Diamond Cricket 2nd Division Football League concludes DFA Poonch. clinched 1st position while Batting first, Simula Cricket Adil Mirza and Vasu Bhardwaj Club scored 110 runs in 18.4 overs Ankush Pandita and Bupesh Club scored 169 runs for the loss of netted one goal each. For Nirmal Kumar, S/o Gulzari Sharma shared second and third to lose the match by 53 runs. at Shrine Board's Sports Complex Lal and 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 Manpreet (22) and Inder Singh Rajouri, Mateen Aslam and position respectively. Excelsior Sports Correspondent nerves better in the crunch situa- In today's match, both the Sumitri Devi, overs. Puneet Kumar top scored (14) were the main scorers. From Omar Malik scored 1 goal each. tion. goals were scored in the first R/o Muzaffar Rakesh Attri, S/o Madan Lal with 47 runs, while Atul and Akash Horizon, Brijesh took 3 wickets, Deputy Commissioner KATRA, Apr 6: The 2nd Lone Star FC qualified for Half. Hamza (Nigerian Player) Pur, Chimna and Parsino contributed 27 and power-packed while Prithvi and Sukha claimed 2 Poonch, Rahul Yadav was the Division Football League con- the final round of the Hero scored the first goal in 26th Chak, Bis- Devi, R/o 24 runs respectively. From JCC, wickets each. Kannav took 1 wick- chief guest on the occasion, cluded at the Shrine Board's Second Division Football minute for Lone Star Kashmir, hnah, Jammu, Village Glarh, Sushant took 2 wickets, while et. Kannav was declared as the while prominent among others Sports Complex, here today. League in Group A, while while Parminder scored an who has quali- Samba, who Aman and Jatinder claimed 1 man of the match. present were Pawan Kumar, In an interesting contest, Ozone FC qualified equaliser in 33rd minute. Lesses fied National has qualified wicket each. The matches were officiated by Ravinder Singh, Sorab Sharma Lone Star Kashmir held in Group B, Trau FC Manipur (Nigerian player) of Lone Star Eligibility Test (NET)-JRF with National In reply, JCC collapsed at 90 Vijay, Dayal and Ashok Singh. and Ramprakash Sharma. Ahmedabad ARA FC to (1-1) and Chiggaving FC Meghalaya was shown red card by the refer- AIR 119 in Life Sciences Eligibility Test runs in 16.1 overs, thus lost the The 2nd exhibition match The match was officiated by draw. both in Group C. ee for dangerous play. (Zoology), the result of which (NET) in Life match by 79 runs. Jatinder top between Media XI and Secretariat technical panel of Tarlochan The players of both the The venue of the final league Vikram Singh and Parladh was declared by CSIR-UGC Sciences, the result of which was scored with 22 runs, while Gourav XI will be played from 11 am Singh (Football coach), teams displayed extraordinary matches will be decided in due Roy (former players of East recently. declared by CSIR-UGC recently. contributed 13 runs to the total. tomorrow. Mohinder Bali, Jatinder Sharma soccer skills and held their course of time by the AIFF. Bengal and Mohammedan Supporting teams respectively) and Manik played brilliant soc- cer from ARA FC, while Hamza, Gagandeep Singh and Gulshan played splendidly for Lone Star. Suman Gosh was the man- ager of the Lone Star, while Ashfaq Ahmed and Nitish Singh were the coach and assistant coach respectively, while Vivek Nagul was the coach of Ahmedabad ARA team. Tapish Thappa and Vikramjeet were the Match Commissioner and Assessor, while Rahul Bakshi was the General Coordinator for the match. Ashok Kumar Director Sports Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board was the chief guest on the occasion, who was intro- duced with the players of both the teams. Sheikh Mehmood, President Jammu Wing of JKFA was the guest of honour, while promi- nent among others present on the occasion were Faiz Ahmed Sofi, President DFA Srinagar, Romesh Chander, Vice President JKFA, Charan Dass, Shafi Naari, Virender Gupta, Amardeep Singh and Sunil Kumar. Chief Executive Officer SMVDSB, Simrandeep Singh and President Jammu and Kashmir Football Association, Zameer Thakur congratulated the winners for brilliant display.