THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Ignored Surya makes statement, Lt Governor inaugurates Water MI put one foot in play-offs Sports Centre at Nehru Park ABU DHABI, Oct 28: Today’s Fixture *Another Centre coming up at Ranjit Sagar, Basohli CSK V/s KKR (Dubai) 7.30 PM Suryakumar Yadav made a Excelsior Sports Correspondent modern sports infrastructure, he Olympic-level training in 53 differ- statement with an unbeaten 43-ball SCOREBOARD maintained. ent sports to our energetic youth. 79 as Mumbai Indians put one foot SRINAGAR, Oct 28: Highlighting the measures The Centre has been provided in the play-offs following their five- Royal Challengers Bangalore Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Josh Philippe st de Kock b Chahar 33 taken by the UT Government for with facilities of international stan- wicket victory over Royals today inaugurated Water Sports the development of the sports sec- dards and in the coming days, we'll Challengers Bangalore in an IPL Devdutt Padikkal c Boult b Bumrah 74 Centre under PMDP scheme at Virat Kohli c Tiwary b Bumrah 9 Administrative Secretary directing concerned officials for tor in J&K, the Lt Governor set up a Water Sports Academy match here today. Nehru Park, Dal lake. The Lt observed that for the past two also, in which our focus would be Not considered for the tour of AB de Villiers c Chahar b Pollard 15 early completion of ongoing works at Open Stadium Spituk. Governor also launched the Shivam Dube c Yadav b Bumrah 2 months, we are working exhaus- to provide proper mentoring and Australia despite his consistent run Chris Morris c Pattinson b Boult 4 International Standard Water Sports tively for the development of sports monitoring to our talented athletes. in domestic cricket and IPL, Gurkeerat Singh not out 14 Adm Secy inspects ongoing Equipments on the occasion. infrastructure and allied activities in I am sure that with such facilities Suryakumar led MI's chase of 165 Washington Sundar not out 10 Sinha congratulated the con- and provisions, an Olympic medal and helped the defending champi- Extras: (W-3) 3 won't be a distant dream, the Lt ons reach the target with five balls to Total: (For 6 wickets in 20 over) 164 works of Open Stadium Governor maintained. spare. Fall of Wickets: 1/71 2/95 3/131 4/134 5/134 6/138. The Lt Governor called on all Earlier, Jaspirit Bumrah (3/14) Bowling: Trent Boult 4-0-40-1, Jasprit Bumrah 4-1-14-3, Krunal Pandya Excelsior Sports Correspondent gave on spot directions to the the stakeholders to put in extraordi- was his usual devastating self in the 4-0-27-0, James Pattinson 3-0-35-0, Rahul Chahar 4-0-43-1, Kieron concerned officers to expedite nary efforts to nurture the sporting Pollard 1-0-5-1. LEH, Oct 28: Administrative death overs as MI pulled things the progress of work and empha- talent, especially among the youth. Mumbai Indians Secretary, Ravinder Kumar back to restrict RCB to 164 for six. sized that the work shall be exe- I hope more corporate groups During the game, Bumrah Quinton de Kock c Gurkeerat b Siraj 18 inspected the ongoing works of Ishan Kishan c Morris b Chahal 25 cuted in a time bound manner on come ahead and sponsor water picked up his 100th IPL wicket in Synthetic track of international war footing level. sports and its athletes, he said. He the form of RCB captain Virat Suryakumar Yadav not out 79 level and Astro turf Football at Saurabh Tiwary c Padikkal b Siraj 5 The Addl Deputy also underlined the importance of Kohli, who, incidentally, also was Open Stadium Spituk, here today. Krunal Pandya c Morris b Chahal 10 Commissioner was directed to preservation of the Dal Lake his first scalp in the lucrative event. Hardik Pandya c Siraj b Morris 17 He was accompanied by conduct demarcation for the con- through sporting activities. The win meant that Mumbai Kieron Pollard not out 4 Chief Engineer CPWD Leh, The Lt Governor also hoped Indians continued to top the table struction of boundary wall while Lt Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurating Water Sports Centre Extras: (lb 2, W 6) 8 Superintending Engineer PWD, the Chief Engineer, CPWD was at Nehru Park, Dal lake on Wednesday. that the youth grab the opportuni- with 16 points. With another two Total: (5 wkts, 19.1 Ov) 166 Additional Deputy also directed to make revised ties provided by the government, games left, they are all but through Fall of Wickets: 1-37, 2-52, 3-72, 4-107, 5-158. Commissioner, Tehsildar, Under cerned officers and sportspersons the UT. A number of multipurpose and positively transform their ener- to the play-offs. Bowler: Chris Morris 4-0-36-1, Dale Steyn 4-0-43-0, Washington Sundar plan for new sports facilities. He for completion of the Water Sports Secretary Department of Youth also directed Superintending indoor sports halls, playgrounds, gies and raise the Indian Tricolour The second half belonged to 4-0-20-0, Mohammed Siraj 3.1-0-28-2, Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-37-2. Centre at Nehru Park in record stadia and other sports related facil- high in international tournaments. Services and Sports and District Engineer PWD for early con- Surya, who plundered 10 fours and time. For encouraging water sports ities have been inaugurated during Impressive Paddle past marked and then he took on Dale Steyn, hit- 71 runs for the opening wicket with Youth Services and Sports 3 sixes, and he not only took the struction of changing in Jammu region as well, a similar the period, he added. the opening of the event followed ting him for three fours. Josh Philippe (33). Officer. team out of trouble after early jitters, rooms/washrooms for boys and Water Sports Centre is coming up He said that the Government is by the cultural performances. The A determined Surya kept play- However, the RCB then suf- The Administrative Secretary but also took them home. girls during his visit. at Ranjit Sagar lake, Basohli, dedicated towards identifying and occasion also witnessed race com- ing shots at will and hammered fered a middle-order collapse as Hardik Pandya (17) played a announced the Lt Governor. promoting the sporting talent of the petitions in water sports, besides three boundaries in the 16th over as Mumbai roared back into the game useful cameo. The Government is working on Union Territory. He also expressed demonstrations of various water the equation came down to 35 runs with lead pacer Bumrah doing the MI were in spot of bother at 72 ISDL Martial Arts a multipronged strategy to tap the hope for organizing eight sporting sports and activities. from 24 balls. bulk of damage. for three, having lost openers Ishan immense sports potential to make events in J&K once the COVID He played round the park and Padikkal began with a boundary Farooq Khan and Sh. Rajeev Kishan (25), Quinton De Kock (18) J&K a Centre of Sporting crisis subsides. fittingly finished the game with a over deep extra cover and then competitions get underway Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lt and Saurabh Tiwary (5) cheaply. Excellence, he added. Sports activities help positively boundary. struck successive fours off Krunal Governor; Navin Kumar But that did not deter Surya, Excelsior Sports Correspondent School and Rajan Singh Saini The region is bestowed with a channelize the youth energy and we Earlier, Devdutt Padikkal pum- Pandya, as RCB fetched 12 runs in Choudhary, Principal Secretary to who initially upped the ante in the were selected in U/14 boys (54 number of water bodies which can are committed to promoting every melled the Mumbai attack into sub- the third over. JAMMU, Oct 28: the Government, 10th over, hammering a six and four kg) for the next level of competi- be effectively used to facilitate sport and providing sustained hand- mission with a 45-ball 74. The two openers continued Department of Youth Services Agriculture/Horticulture, & off Yuzvendra Chahal (2-37). tions. water sports. A number of steps holding to every sportsperson of the Put in to bat, Padikkal, who playing their shots, the highlight and Sports (DYSS) kicked off Surya and Krunal Pandya (10) Agrima Raina of Heritage have already been taken in this region with necessary equipment, Cooperatives department and smashed 12 fours and a six, added being Philippe's six over Trent Inter-School District Level collected 13 runs off the 12th over Public School has been selected regard. J&K has huge potential in infrastructure and facilities. President, J&K Association for Boult's head in the fifth over. (ISDL) Martial Arts AAG Boys in U/14 girls (24 kg), while water sports and the UT We are also focused on paving Rowing & Sculling; Pandurang Padikkal then went on the and Girls competitions at Avneet Kour of KV Number-1 Government is aiming to promote an appropriate platform for produc- K. Pole, Divisional offensive against James Pattinson, Chasing is a concern, we've to Traditional Martial Arts water sports by developing water tive engagement of youth and to Commissioner, Kashmir; Sarmad collecting two fours, as RCB raced was selected in U/14 girls (Plus Academy Channi Himmat, here sports infrastructure like the newly give necessary exposure to the local Hafeez, Secretary to the to 54 for no loss in six overs. 40 kg) and Utkarsh Bhau of APS today. inaugurated Water Sports Centre to players at national and International reset right now: Ponting However, leg-spinner Rahul Ratnu Chak has been selected in Government, Youth Services and The objective of the competi- facilitate the associated sports per- level is he continued.