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SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Dhawan, bowlers help Sunrisers RCB aim to get campaign back Arushi wins twin Chess titles as Jammu on track against Pune Supergiants beat Lions by 5 wickets BENGALURU, May 6: for the two superstars of Indian division selection events conclude HYDERABAD, May 6: (2/28) led an impressive bowling But Warner, who hit a magnif- cricket as their franchises have It will be a battle of survival Excelsior Sports Correspondent first two positions. the matches were played under show while Barinder Sran and icent 92 off 50 balls in Sunrisers' dished one disappointing per- for the two national captains as Taranvir Singh Gujral, vice the supervision of Atul Kumar Shikhar Dhawan struck an Moises Henriques took a wicket 15-run win over RCB in their last formance after another. JAMMU, May 6: Jammu Virat Kohli's struggling Royal president All J&K Chess Gupta, president All J&K unbeaten 47 after a clinical dis- apiece as the Sunrisers bowlers match, did not last long today as division selection events con- play by his bowling team-mates bowled a disciplined line and he was out in the fourth over off TODAY’S FIXTURE cluded here today, wherein as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat length. Senior pacer Ashish the bowling of Dhawal Kulkarni. Arushi Kotwal won U-13 girls Warner mistimed his hit and RCB Vs Rising Pune Supergiants (Bengaluru) 4PM and also open titles in the U-13 Praveen Kumar took an easy Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab (Mohali) 8 PM events played today at Ace catch at mid-on. The Sunrisers Chess Academy, Trikuta Nagar, Challengers Bangalore square RCB with perhaps the most captain hit one four and two sixes intimidating batting line-ups has here. in his 17-ball knock. off against a fledgling Pune Shaurya Sambyal got second Supergiants led by Mahendra had to taste defeat because of a Kane Williamson (6) hit a position in open section, while Singh Dhoni in an IPL encounter pedestrian bowling attack that four off Kulkarni as soon as he Samriddhi was runners-up in for the bottom-rung teams, here has failed to defend 180 plus came in but fell to Praveen girls section. tomorrow. scores in most of the matches. Kumar in the fifth over. The home In the overall championship, With five defeats in seven Skipper Kohli, who is in side reached 38 for 2 after the Meenal Gupta won all the three powerplay overs and Moises games, RCB are currently form of his life, is leading the events in which she participated Henriques (14) fell in the 10th placed at a lowly seventh spot in run-getters list with 433 runs to without losing a single game, over with Bravo getting the wick- the table with four points while his credit with a century and while Arushi Kotwal participat- et with his second ball. Pune are just a notch above in four 50 plus scores at a whop- ed in maximum number of Yuvraj Singh came out to play sixth spot courtesy their third ping average of 72.16. AB de events and won maximum tro- his first match this season but dis- win against Delhi Daredevils, Villiers with 320 runs is also in appointed as he could score just yesterday. the Top-10 list but the problem phies. In Boys section, Akashdeep Winners of various chess events posing for a group photo- five runs off 14 balls. He fell to It has been a tough journey has been their bowling. (PTI) graph during valedictory function. Kulkarni with Sangwan taking Singh, Soham Kamotra, Vansh Mustafizur Rahman and Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrating the catch. RR conducts Kho-Kho competition Mahajan, Jaiveer Singh, Yaksh Association and Dr A S Bhatia Chess Association and Joint wickets against Gujarat Lions in IPL match at Hyderabad on Meanwhile, Dhawan was get- Chopra, Shaurya Sambyal and Advisor distributed the prizes Secretary All India Chess fed- Excelsior Sports Correspondent will projects. The conduct of Friday. ting stronger after keeping quiet Imtiyaz Ahmad Shah played among the winners. eration. such sports event virtually is a initially. He began to open up and very thrilling games and they are The matches were played as The players from these took his side's score nearer to the UDHAMPUR, May 6: In an crowd puller and would strength- good hopes for state.while in per FIDE Laws of chess and lat- events alongwith selected play- Gujarat Lions by five wickets in Nehra (0/23) and Bhuvneshwar target. Deepak Hooda was out in endeavor of promoting village en the adventurous streak in the men section Ritwan Sauntra and est International rules. ers from Kashmir division will their IPL match here today. bowled a maiden over each as the the 18th over but Dhawan level sports and games, the local youth of the region. Sumit Grover once again dis- All the matches were offici- represent J&K State in the forth- Chasing 127 for a win, opener Lions took 14 balls to score their remained till the end to take his Rashtriya Rifles Battalion at To de-stress the youth and played their class by winning ated by Sumit Grover, while coming Nationals in 2016-17. Dhawan dropped anchor as he first run, the most in IPL history. side home. Talwara under the aegis of promote the adage " Healthy carried his bat through the innings Sunrisers though made a Earlier, the Sunrisers pro- Counter Insurgency Uniform mind in Healthy Body" such as the Sunrisers chased down the heavy weather of a small chase as duced a clinical bowling show as Force Headquarters, Reasi con- sports activities in remote areas Zonal Level Inter-School Tournaments organized target with six balls to spare at the they lost wickets in regular inter- they restricted Gujarat Lions to a ducted Kho- Kho competition for facilitate in remaining physically Rajiv Gandhi International vals but Dhawan ensured that the meagre 126 for 6. girl students at village Shikari fit and also develop strong bonds Excelsior Sports Correspondent and GHS Penthi and MIER Heritage School beat MHAC Stadium. home side notched up their fifth Put into bat, all the Lions bats- and Barakh. Sumb emerged winner by 4 Nagbani by (7-2) of solidarity and act as a great JAMMU, May 6: Players of Dhawan played second fiddle win in eight matches and jumped men, except for Aaron Finch (51 52 girl students from six motivating force inculcating true points. The matches were officiated to his batting partners initially to the fourth spot in the league not out) struggled as the visitors schools in the region participated under-14 and under-17 age In Volleyball U-14 Boys, the by Vishal Bharti, Rajesh sportsman spirit and competitive groups sweated-it-out in the before opening up later on to take table with 10 points. posted a small total at the stadium in the competition. The enthusi- streak amongst the youth. final match was played between Bandral Mousmi Verma, Vaneet which was full of insects flying ongoing Zonal Level Inter- his side home. He hit six fours in The Lions suffered their third asm and talent of the students The events were conducted as N V Dhalote and GHS Sarna and Satika Sharma. all around after a morning rain. School Tournaments, being his solid 40-ball unbeaten loss on the trot -- and fourth so far was witnessed by a large group part of promoting sports and and the GHS Sarna was An Inter school tournament Finch was the only Lions innings, including the winning overall -- and they remained on of spectators including games among students from rural organized by the Department of declared winner by (2-1) sets. for Bani zone commenced here shot which was also a boundary the second spot with 12 points batsman who gave a fight against Sarpanches, village elders and Youth Services and Sports at a disciplined Gujarat bowlers and areas. Various prizes were award- The officials present on at Government High School as the Sunrisers reached 129 for 5 from 10 matches. The Sunrisers officials from the Army and civil various zones across Jammu the Australian, who was dropped ed to the teams on conclusion of occasion were Anirudh Singh, Bani. in 19 overs. had beaten the Lions in the first division, today. on 30 by home side captain David administration. the completion of the tourna- Sandeep Singh, Kulbir Singh, The tournament was This was after Sunrisers' The Zonal Level Inter- leg also. Warner, remained not out on 51 The event conducted under ment. Gopal Sharma, Raj Kumari, declared open by the Principal School Tournament of Zone bowlers produced a clinical dis- Captain and opener David off 42 balls with the help of three project Sadbhavana aimed at The Sarpanch of village Zorawar Singh Sambyal, Shashi HSS Bani, Mohammad Hafiz play to restrict the Lions to a mea- Warner (24) gave the Sunrisers a fours and a six. identifying talent and promote Shikari thanked the Army author- Tikri got underway at Govt Hr Sambyal, Sudesh Kumari, Asha Sheikh in the presence of gre 126 for 6 after being put into rollicking start as he took 16 runs Captain Suresh Raina con- sportsmanship amongst the ities for giving an impetus to Secondary School, Tikri in an Rani, and others. District Youth Services and bat. from the second over bowled by tributed 20 off 10 balls while youth. The Army has assured women empowerment in the impressive opening ceremony The District Level Inter Sports Officer, Sunil Kumar. Pacers Mustafizur Rahman Pradeep Sangwan, hitting the Dwayne Bravo and Ravindra continued support on such good- region.