MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU CSK hang in by a thread after Stokes, Sanju star to give Mumbai Indians a 'Royal' hiding, CSK knocked out beating RCB by 8 wickets ABU DHABI, Oct 25: DUBAI, Oct 25: Gaikwad brought CSK's much- last three overs and managed to awaited win. take four wickets. Ben Stokes' spectacular Chennai Super Kings finally Rayudu, at the other end, used IPL's most prolific batting pair hundred overshadowed Hardik displayed the much-needed intent, Navdeep Saini's pace, as he of Kohli and De Villiers added 82 Pandya's six-hitting spree as keeping themselves just mathe- slashed him over backward point runs with some great technique Rajasthan Royals spiced up the matically alive with a comprehen- for a six and then again showed against CSK spinners Imran Tahir IPL play-offs race with an sive eight-wicket victory over intent by charging down the track (1/30 in 4 overs) and Mitchell emphatic eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in for a boundary. Santner (1/23 in 4 overs) who kept Dignitaries and winning team players posing for a group pho- Mumbai Indians here on an Indian Premier League match Earlier, the celebrated pair of a tight leash during the middle tograph with trophy at Srinagar. Sunday. here today. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers overs. Stokes, who plundered 14 The fearless cricket that skip- were briefly entertaining but Deepak Chahar was once fours and three sixes in his per Mahendra Singh Dhoni so Real Kashmir U-18 beats unbeaten 60-ball 107, found an expected came to the fore as they Today’s Fixture able ally in Sanju Samson (54 chased down a target of 146 in KKR vs KXIP (Sharjah) 7.30 PM 18.4 overs to take their tally to Downtown FC by 2 goals not out off 31) as their unbro- eight points. Scoreboard Excelsior Sports Correspondent in the tournament which started ken 152-run partnership allowed Royals to make short Ben Stokes playing a shot in a IPL match against Mumbai Young Ruturaj Gaikwad (65 Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings from Sept 11 concluded today. work of the 196-run target. Indians on Sunday. not out off 51 balls) showed his Devdutt Padikkal c Gaikwad b Santner 22 SRINAGAR, Oct 25: Real The tournament was organized by potential with a maiden fifty but They cantered to victory in Aaron Finch c Gaikwad b Curran 15 Kashmir U-18 trounced Radpora Football Club in collab- Scoreboard skipper Dhoni wouldn't be wrong Downtown Football Culb by 2 oration with J&K Football 18.2 overs. Virat Kohli c du Plessis b Curran 50 Mumbai Indians: in thinking that it came too late in goals in the final match of the 4th Association. Mumbai had put up an Ishan Kishan c Archer b Kartik Tyagi 37 the day when the 'Yellow Brigade' AB de Villiers c du Plessis b D Chahar 39 imposing 195 for five courtesy edition of Late Mohammad Shafi Farooq Ahmad Bhola a veter- Quinton de Kock b Jofra 6 is all but out of the play-off reck- Moeen Ali c Santner b Curran 1 a 21-ball 60 Hardik Pandya, Memorial Knockout Football an Footballer was the chief guest Yadav c Stokes b Shreyas Gopal 40 oning. Chris Morris b D Chahar 2 tournament played at Radpora while Lateef Ahmad Bhat who smashed seven sixes and Saurabh Tiwary c Stokes b Jofra Archer 34 Gaikwad and veteran Ambati Gurkeerat Singh Mann not out 2 Playing Ground, here today. International Footballer and Nazir two fours. It was the fourth loss Kieron Pollard b Shreyas Gopal 6 Rayudu (39 off 27 balls) added 67 Washington Sundar not out 5 Both the teams exhibited Ahmad Dalal were the guests of for Mumbai , who remain in runs in 8.2 overs for the second Extras: (LB-2 W-5 NB-2) 9 quality football and received honour. comfortable position at the top Hardik Pandya not out 60 wicket to finish off a chase in style Total: (For 6 wickets in 20 overs) 145 appreciation from the spectators They distributed prizes of the standings. Krunal Pandya not out 3 although it might have been too Fall of Wickets: 1/31 2/46 3/128 4/132 5/138 6/139 but Real Kashmir boys made cer- among the winners & runners-up The comprehensive win Extras: (LB-4, W-5) 9 little too late. Bowling: Deepak Chahar 4-0-31-2, Monu Kumar 2-0-20-0, Sam tain excellent moves right from teams. Total: (5 wkts, 20 Overs) 195 However, with CSK's maxi- over defending champions not Curran 3-0-19-3, Mitchell Santner 4-0-23-1, Imran Tahir 4-0-30-0, the start but could not easily pen- Abdul Majeed Kakroo, for- only kept Royals alive in the Fall of Wickets: 7-1, 90-2, 95-3, 101-4, 165-5 mum achievable points tally set to etrate the solid defence line of mer international Footballer, Bilal Bowler: Jofra Archer 4-0-31-2, Ankit Rajpoot 4-0-60-0, Kartik be 12, a victory for KKR in their Ravindra Jadeja 3-0-20-0. tournament, it also eliminated Downtown FC. However, they Panjabi, Wali Mohammad, Tyagi 4-0-45-1, Shreyas Gopal 4-0-30-2, Rahul Tewatia 4-0-25-0. next game against Kings XI Chennai Super Kings Innings Chennai Super Kings from the Ruturaj Gaikwad not out 65 succeeded in scoring two goals by Mohammad Shafeeq, Showkat competition. Rajasthan Royals Innings: Punjab on Monday, will officially making certain tactical moves Ahmad, Mohammad Iqbal, Nazir end the campaign for Dhoni's Faf du Plessis c Siraj b Morris 25 The night belonged to Robin Uthappa c Pollard b Pattinson 13 which kept the spectators spell Ahmad and many others were brigade. Stokes, who tore into the Ben Stokes not out 107 Ambati Rayudu b Chahal 39 bound and thus won the from present during the closing cere- KKR are currently on 12 Mumbai attack after RR lost Steven Smith (c) b James Pattinson 11 Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 19 Downtown FC by 2 goals to nil. mony. points while Mumbai Indians Sanju Samson (wk) not out 54 Extras: (LB-1 W-1) 2 About 16 teams participated opener Robin Uthappa (13) and (before Sunday evening game), Total: (For 2 wickets in 18.4 overs) 150 Steve Smith (11) early. The Extras: (b 1, lb 3, w 7, nb 0, p 0) 11 Delhi Capitals and Royal Fall of Wickets: 1/46 2/113 southpaw was back to his very Total: (2 wkts, 18.2 Ov) 196 Challengers Bangalore are all on Bowling: Washington Sundar 4-0-27-0, Chris Morris 3.4-0-36-1, best, having struggled with his Fall of Wickets: 1-13, 2-44 14 points. timing in the earlier games. Bowler: Trent Boult 4-0-40-0, James Pattinson 3.2-0-40-2, Jasprit On Sunday, CSK looked pur- Mohammed Siraj 2-0-29-0, Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-21-1, Moeen Samson joined Stokes, who Bumrah 4-0-38-0, Krunal Pandya 2-0-20-0, Kieron Pollard (c) 2- poseful in their pursuit of a small Ali 2-0-17-0, Navdeep Saini 3-0-19-0. had collected four boundaries target. 0-18-0, Rahul Chahar 3-0-36-0. off Trent Boult in the third Gaikwad, one of the most Chennai Super Kings managed to again steady, finishing with 2 for went for 27 runs. against Shreyas Gopal, collect- talked-about young players in this restrict Royal Challengers 31 in his four-over spell. over. Hardik launched into Kartik ing two boundaries in the ninth league, finally had a good day in Bangalore to 145 for 6 in their Kohli scored 50 off 43 balls The Englishman then went Tyagi (1-45) in the final over, over. office, hitting four fours and three stipulated 20 overs. with a four and a six while De on offensive against Krunal hitting him for three sixes and But Rajasthan pulled things sixes. He looked assured while Sam Curran was once again Villiers helped himself to a pol- Pandya, collecting two fours two fours. His blitzkrieg can back by dismissing Kishan, choosing the loose deliveries as he brilliant up-front and also at the ished 39 off 36 balls. De Villiers before a boundary and six prove to be the difference in the Surya and Kieron Pollard (6) in swept Yuzvendra Chahal for a death, finishing with figures of hit four boundaries. against Rahul Chahar with The CSK bowlers did well game. After Mumbai lost quick succession as Mumbai boundary and came down the 3/19 in three overs. Royals racing to 75 for two opener Quinton De Kock (6) slipped to 101 for four. track to loft Moeen Ali for a six. Credit to the CSK bowlers as enough to take the pace off the after eight overs. early, Ishan Kishan (37 off 36 Kishan perished courtesy a Fittingly, a hooked six by they conceded only 20 runs in the ball which made it difficult for Stokes and Samson played RCB batsmen to score. Yet, Kohli balls) and Suryakumar Yadav one-handed blinder from shots at will with RR collecting and De Villiers did manage to take (40 off 26) rallied the innings Archer at third-man, off Tyagi, control of the proceedings but Dignitaries presenting Kashmir Open trophy to Moazzam 18 and 19 runs off the 13th and with their 83-run second-wick- and then Gopal removed Surya failed to finish with a flourish.