SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU HSS Samba wins U-17 Russell, Chawla lead KKR to boys cricket tourney thrilling win over Punjab Excelsior Sports Correspondent under the supervision of Subash Chander Bharadwaj, DYSSO KOLKATA, May 9: including that of Chawla, leaving on the brakes. SAMBA, May 9: Defeating Samba. Narine at the crease to score one Left-arm spinner Patel gave GHS Sarna comfortably by 4 All the participants of Samba Andre Russell smashed the run from two balls. away just two runs from his first wickets in the summit clash, Zone participated in the tourna- joint fastest fifty of the season as The left-hander held his nerve over, while offie Gurkeerat was Government Boys Higher ment with total number of 60 Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off and played a flick shot, did not tidier with just one run to tighten Secondary School Samba lifted players from all over the Zone. a heart-stopping one-wicket win the title trophy of the Zonal Dr Digvijay Khajuria was over Kings XI Punjab to jump to TODAY’S FIXTURE Level Inter-School Under-17 Vice Chairman of the tourna- the top of the IPL table, here Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (4 PM) boys Cricket Tournament, ment, while ZPEO Samba, today. Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajashtan Royals (8 PM) organized by the Department of Rakesh Verma was the organizer Fortunes fluctuated like a Youth Services and Sports, of the event. pendulum in the contest which District Office Samba. SRH beat DD by 6 runs, stay The officials present on went to the wire as Piyush Deepak Kohli and Yash Paul occasion were Anirudh Singh, Chawla (18) struck a vital six off of GHSS Boys Samba con- Rekha Sambyal, Keshav Singh, Anureet Singh to take defending in hunt for play-offs tributed 40 and 22 runs to the Kulbir Singh, Bhopinder Singh, champions closer to the target of winning total respectively. RAIPUR, May 9: disappointed with a 91-run Zorawar Singh Sambyal, 184 and eventually they prevailed The Tournament was held unbeaten stand. Sandeep Singh, Raj Kumar, with one ball left. Moises Henriques' gritty fifty Bhuvneshwar (1-20) struck Young players displaying superb driblling skills while others try to get hold of the ball during a KKR were gasping at 83 for 4 and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar's crafty early as the medium-pacer got match of 5th Sub Jr National Hockey tournament at K K Hakhu Astroturf Stadium in Jammu. at one stage and the required run- bowling helped SunRisers Shreyas Iyer caught and bowled -Excelsior/Rakesh rate had shot past 12 with 98 runs Hyderabad stay in the hunt for the for a naught in the third over of the required from last eight overs. playoffs as they beat Delhi innings. 5th Hockey India Sub Jr National Hockey C'ship From there Russell and Yusuf Daredevils by 6 runs in a hard- Wicketkeeper-batsman Pathan (29) put on 53 runs from fought IPL cricket match, here Quinton de Kock (50) then 25 balls for the fifth wicket to today. stitched a 47-run partnership with Hockey Puducherry drubs Kerala; turn the match around. SRH jumped to the fourth spot skipper Jean-Paul Duminy (12) to Russell slammed five fours with their sixth win in 11 games, give the side some stability. and four sixes in his 21-ball 51 as while seventh-placed DD suffered But in came leg-spinner Karn Bihar holds COA to 4-4 draw he equalled Harbhajan Singh's their eight loss in 12 matches to Sharma (2-12), the sixth bowler in Excelsior Sports Correspondent scored goals in 7th, 37th, 42nd 55th and 69th minutes respec- fastest fifty (from 19 balls) this end their hopes of a final-four nine overs, and got dangerman De and 52nd minutes respectively. tively and Kartikey Verma season. Pathan provided perfect spot. Kock stumped on a delivery that JAMMU, May 9: Hockey Meanwhile, in Pool C, also netted a goal in12th support from the other end to the Electing to bat at the Shaheed tossed and turned to draw the Puducherry got better of Citizen Hockey XI defeated minute. For Vidarhbha Hockey Jamaican who unleashed his fury Veer Narayan International South African out of his crease. Kerala Hockey by three goals Hockey Gujarat by 5-0. For Association Vishal Sangani in front of a packed home support Stadium - DD's second home, Off-spinner Parvez Rasool (1- to nil (3-0), while Hockey Gujarat, Rahul Gharai netted scored the goal in 29th minute. to take them near. SRH rode on an unbeaten 74 from 20) got Yuvraj Singh (2) caught at Bihar held Chandigarh Winners of Under-17 boys cricket tourney posing along with two goals with one in 14 In Pool C, Hockey Patiala There was never a clear win- man-of-the-match Henriques to long on in the very next over and Olympic Association (COA) guests and officials at Samba on Saturday. minute and another in 39 defeated Hockey Bengal by a ner as wickets kept falling but post 163 for four in 20 overs. Karn was the catcher. TO (4-4) draw in the 5th minute ;Sushil Chauhan also solitary goal and the goal scor- KKR kept nearing the target and The David Warner-led side The Meerut-born Karn contin- Hockey India Sub Junior under the patronage of Director scored 2 goals in 19th and er was Gurpreet Singh, who Naresh Sharma, Asha Devi, eventually eight runs were then defended its target after ued to make his presence felt as he National Hockey General Youth Services and 49th minutes respectively, scored it in 34th minute. Apurva Chandra, Suman Bala, required from the last over. KKR restricting DD to 157 for four as cleaned up Duminy in his very Championship, being organ- Sports, Navin Agarwal and while Pawan scored the goal Ravi Singh and Vinod Sharma. lost two wickets in three balls Kedar Jadhav (63 not out) and next over as DD kept losing con- ized at KK Hakhu Astroturf in 65th minute. Saurabh Tiwary (26 not out) stood trol.(PTI) Stadium, here. In Pool A, Hockey Bhopal In Pool B match, Hockey defeated Goans Hockey by 6- District Level Sports event held connect and took the winning run the proceedings. Puducherry trounced Kerala from the legbye to seal his side a As a result Manish Pandey 1. The goal scorers for Bhopal Excelsior Sports Correspondent were present on the event. by (3-0), with S Surjith scor- thrilling win. tried to break free in the next included Wisaam Baig (44 Speaking on the occasion, the ing goal in 3rd minute, R KKR thus ended their home- over but only to mistime min), Imad Uddin (49 min and BARAMULLA, May 9: District Development Ranjith netting goal in 34th leg winning three matches on the Maxwell and was caught by 50 min), Adnan Sheikh (56 Sports Council Baramulla and Commissioner said that the youth minute and V Vindodhan pelt- trot and jumped to the top spot of Patel. Gurkeerat gave the big min), Sourabh Paseeney (61 Nehru Yua Kendra Baramulla should come forward and take ing it in 46th minute. the table with 15 points from 12 breakthrough in Gambhir the min and 68 min), while today organized a District Level maximum participation in the In Pool D, Chandigarh matches, while KXIP remained at next over to derail KKR's run Sayyad Sarfaraz pelted goal sports contest at Showket Ali sports activities. He said that Olympic Association drew the bottom (four from 11), suffer- chase. for Goans Hockey in 13th Stadium Baramulla in which var- administration will provide every with Hockey Bihar (4-4). For ing seventh straight loss. Earlier KKR were pathetic minute. ious teams comprising of different possible support and facilities to CAO, Mandeep, Amandeep Earlier, Gambhir had KKR while fielding as they dropped as In Pool D, Hockey sports category including Football, interested youth who want to par- Singh, Sabhjodh Singh and them a brisk start in the power many as five catches, letting Himachal defeated Vidharbha Kabbadi, Kho Kho and other ticipate in such events. He said the Prabhjeet Singh scored goals play with 57/1 in the first six Punjab posted a challenging 183 Hockey Association by (7-1). games participated. government is committed to pro- in 18th, 22nd, 25thand 51st overs but introduction of spin put for 5. (PTI) Sher Singh scored 3 goals in Winners of various titles posing along with chief guest and On the occasion, the District vide better sports infrastructure to minutes respectively, while for other dignitaries at GHSS Domana in Jammu on Saturday. Development Commissioner, Hockey Bihar, Bhaskar Singh, 6th, 16th and 54th minutes, boost sports tempo in the State. while Divyan Shakti Verma Baramulla Peerzada Mushtaq At the end of function prizes HS Thial drubs MS Sundroo Anand Kumar Bara, Anthony Ahmad Shah was the chief guest Muduand and Sunil Mundu also scored 3 goals in 23rd, were distributed among the win- Akhnoor Zone sweeps while SSP Baramulla, Suhail Mir ning teams. and officers of civil and security in U-14 girls Kho-Kho final Excelsior Sports Correspondent rated by Inderjeet Sharma, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho titles Principal Govt HSS Khoon in JAMMU, May 9: High presence of Sarpanch Palnoo, Excelsior Sports Correspondent points. School Thial drubbed Middle Chain Singh and other digni- In Kho-Kho Under-14 girls School Sundroo in Under-14 taries. JAMMU, May 9: Akhnoor final, Akhnoor Zone prevailed girls Kho-Kho final in the Zonal zone swept Under-14 and Earlier, in Kho-Kho Under- over Miran Sahib Zone by 2-1 Level Inter-School Tournament 17 girls, HS Thial defeated HSS Under-17 girls Kho-Kho and points.