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MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India cruise to seven-wicket Chevrolet Cricket Cup gets underway Balotelli seals it for Italy, RCC Srinagar outplays KC win in first ODI Costa Rica stun Uruguay Sports Club in opening tie MIRPUR, June 15: hitting the pad. Abdur Razzak and medium Excelsior Sports Correspondent Earlier, winning the toss and Nevertheless it was an pacer Ziaur Rahaman. MANAUS (BRAZIL), June 15: Didier Drogba taking the field as champions Italy and England. batting first, RCC Srinagar Ajinkya Rahane anchored JAMMU, June 15: RCC impressive comeback for While facing pacers a replacement. Played in the heart of the scored a decent total of 183 runs his innings to perfection in the Srinagar got better of KC Sports Uthappa in India colours after a Mashrafe Mortaza and Al- An unmarked Mario Balotelli Wilfried Bony (64th minute) Amazon jungles here, the two in the stipulated 20 overs, losing company of comeback man Club by a margin of 47 runs in break of six years. He seemed Amin, Uthappa showed full headed in the decisive strike and Gervinho (66th minute) teams beat the heat and humidity 4 wickets in the process. Ishan Robin Uthappa and guided the opening match of the to carry his IPL form into inter- face of the bat. against England to give four-time negated Keisuke Honda's first- to dish out an engaging scored 55 runs off 30 balls, stud- India to a comfortable seven- Chevrolet Cricket Cup, the first national cricket, hitting three Rahane was also a delight to champions Italy an impressive 2- encounter. ded with 4 fours and 5 sixes, wicket victory in a rain-truncat- of its kind T20 Cricket fours and as many sixes. watch as he stepped out to lift 1 win in the heart of Amazon The Italians lost skipper and while Jatin contributed 38 runs ed first ODI against Switzerland snatch Tournament, which got under- The best shot was the one Mortaza over extra cover and rain-forests but Uruguay were goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon off 38 balls including 3 fours Bangladesh here today. way at KC Sports Club ground, when he reached to the pitch of then pulled him towards mid- stunned 1-3 by Costa Rica on an win in dying minutes hours before the start of the clash and 3 sixes. Satish and Rohit Chasing a target of 273 in here today. action-packed day three of the due to injury but did not allow Bhat contributed 37 and 29 runs 50 overs, India were cruising The Tournament, in which SCOREBOARD FIFA World Cup here. from Ecuador the setback to affect their per- to the total respectively. For KC along at 100 for one in 16.4 Bangladesh Innings 20 leading teams of the State are The mercurial Balotelli head- formance. Buffon's replacement, Sports Club, Abhishek took 2 overs when the heavens opened T Iqbal c Saha b Yadav 0 ed in the decisive second goal in BRASILIA, June 15: taking part is being sponsored A Haque c Rayudu b Rasool 44 Salvatore Sirigu, was excellent wickets, while Ramandep and up leading to a nearly two-hour by KC Motors. M Haque c Saha b Yadav 6 the 50th minute after Claudio Haris Seferovic smashed a under the bar and made some Akash claimed one wicket each. delay. This lead to a revised tar- M Rahim c Rahane b Rasool 59 According to the organizers, Marchisio struck in the first half winner in dying moments as fine saves. KC Sports Club, in reply, get of 150 in 26 overs courtesy S Al Hasan c & b Raina 52 (35th minute) for the Azzurri in a the objective of the Tournament Mahmudullah b Mishra 41 Switzerland made some superb In a fascinating first half, bundled out for 136 runs, thus of D/L method, which India gripping Group D contest here. is to harness the energy of the achieved with seven balls to N Hossain c Rahane b Mishra 22 substitutions for a dramatic 2-1 Italy surged ahead on a set-piece lost the match by 47 runs. Z Rahman c Raina b Yadav 2 youth to show their talent in the Daniel Sturridge had kept victory over Ecuador in their goal in the 35th minute by Ashwani Bhat was the top scor- spare. M Mortaza b Patel 18 cricketing field. England in the match with a 37th Group E opener of the FIFA World Marchisio and England retaliated er with 49 runs off 31 balls, The foundation was laid by A Razzak not out 16 The Tournament is being Al-Amin Hossain not out 1 minute goal on a busy day at the Cup, here on Sunday. two minutes later through Daniel while Amrit Pal Singh and Rahane, who scored 64 off 70 played on league basis, with Extras (lb-3, w-8) 11 event which featured four match- Substitute Seferovic's goal in Sturridge, brilliantly fed by Suryansh contributed 30 and 17 balls and shared a 99-run open- Total (For 9 wickets; 50 overs) 272 (5.44 runs per over) four pools consisting of 5 teams es. stoppage time changed the out- Wayne Rooney and Raheem runs to the total respectively. For ing stand with Uthappa, who Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-35, 3-87, 4-134, 5-199, 6-229, 7-234, 8-235, 9-267. First up, Columbia trounced each. The organizers have pro- Bowling: Sharma 5.4-1-23-0, Yadav 9-0-48-3, Uthappa 0.2-0-0-0, Patel 10-0- come of the game sensationally as Sterling. RCC Srinagar, Satish, Amit and smashed a quickfire 50 off 44 vided coloured kits to the partic- 59-1, Mishra 10-0-55-2, Rasool 10-0-60-2, Raina 5-0-24-1. former European champions it was headed for a draw. Costa Rica's upset win over Aman bagged 2 wickets each, balls. India innings: ipating teams and the matches Greece 3-0. Pablo Armero (5th Swiss coach Ottmar Hitzfeld Uruguay early in the day in while Dilbagh and Jatin claimed The delay affected the Robin Uthappa lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 50 minute), Teofilo Gutierrez (58th are being officiated by the panel Ajinkya Rahane c Ziaur Rahman b Mashrafe Mortaza 64 made some superb changes and his Fortaleza means that England one wicket each. Satish was momentum and there were of experts. In all, 48 matches Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 0 minute) and James Rodriguez side benefited immensely, coming now have an enormous challenge declared man of the match for umpiring howlers from Ambati Rayudu not out 16 will be played during the (93rd minute) were the scorers back from conceding an early goal. to advance to the second round his all-round display and was Bangladesh umpire Enamul Suresh Raina not out 15 for the Columbian team. Tournament. Extras (W 8) 8 The two sides were locked 1-1 from Group D, which is being presented a cash prize of Rs Haque Moni. Ambati Rayudu Sudershan Mahajan, Total (3 wickets; 24.5 overs) 153 In other matches, two-time after 90 minutes but a frenetic touted as the Group of Death. 1000 by the organizes. (16) and Suresh Raina (15) Bowling: Mortaza 5-0-25-1, Hasan 5-0-32-0, 6-0-27-2, Razzak 5-0-34-0, Chairman of KC Group was the former champions Uruguay were move from right to left handed Uruguay badly missed star The match was officiated by were at the crease when the Rahman 1-0-9-0, Mahmudullah 2.5-0-26-0. chief guest in the inaugural cer- shocked by Costa Rica, a team Seferovic an opportunity and striker Luis Suarez as Costa Rica Sadiq Hussain Malik and winning run was achieved. emony, who declared the a flighted delivery from Shakib wicket for a boundary. which had failed to qualify for slammed home the winner for his rallied from a goal down to stun Rajinder Singh as umpires, The decision that Uthappa Tournament open in a colourful al Hasan to loft him effortlessly He also used the sweep shot the 2010 edition. side. the Copa America champions. while Sandeep Manchanda was got was a poor one as Shakib's over extra cover. The other two against Razzak. Uruguay led through a penal- and impressive function. armer hit the bat first before With two sides meeting for the Two goals in three minutes from the scorer. were hit off left-arm spinner Cheteshwar Pujara (0) ty scored by Edinson Cavani in first time in an international match, Joel Campbell and Oscar Duarte would consider himself the 24th minute but Costa Rica it was expected to be a contest rocked the Uruguay defence. unlucky as he got another turned it around magnificently in between Switzerland's tight Later, substitute Urena made howler from Moni, who the second half to score an upset defence and Ecuador's energetic it 3-1 for his side, capitalising on adjudged him leg before off win. attack but it turned out to be a dif- a pass from Campbell, minutes Shakib with ball hitting him on Later, Ivory Coast got the ferent story.(PTI) before the whistle. the thigh pads and clearly going better of Japan despite trailing 0- In the Group C encolunter above the stumps. 1 in the first half in the fourth and half strike to give Ivory Coast the between Ivory Coast and Japan, Rahane finally completed final match of the day. Ivory win. Drogba's mere presence lifted his his sixth ODI half centiry off 60 Coast headed in two goals, the But the big match of the day team, which trailed 0-1 in the balls while Ambati Rayudu quickest consecutive strikes in a was undoubtedly between former first half.(PTI) seemingly struggled against the World Cup match, within two Artists performing during Sham-e-Mousiqee in Rajouri.