MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU De Kock, Suryakumar lead MI to top Tewatia, Parag snap Royals’ of table with win over Delhi Capitals four-match losing streak ABU DHABI, Oct 11: Kieron Pollard (11 not out) and Krunal DUBAI, Oct 11: national stars flattered to deceive. Pandya (12 not out) took MI past the finish Tewatia brought back memories of the Fluent and fiery half centuries by line after De Kock and Suryakumar laid the Rahul Tewatia's uncanny ability to win Sharjah night but this time it was Rashid Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav foundation with their knocks and Ishan tricky games rescued Rajasthan Royals yet Khan who was at receiving end in the 18th shaped Mumbai Indians' five-wicket win Kishan (28 off 15 balls) chipped in with a again as they eked out a five-wicket victo- over as the left-hander struck three consec- over Delhi Capitals in the clash between useful cameo. ry against Sunrisers Hyderabad to snap utive boundaries. the two most consistent IPL sides of the De Kock's 53 came off 36 balls with their four-match losing streak in the IPL, With 22 needed off two overs, Tewatia season, here today. three sixes and four shots to the fence, here on Sunday. launched into T Natarajan, who lost his Today’s Fixture while Suryakumar took 32 balls Tewatia, who became a household length trying to bowl yorkers, for a four for his 53 that was studded with six name with five sixes in an over against and a six over short fine leg that swung the RCB Vs KKR (Sharjah) 7.30 PM fours and a six. Kings XI Punjab, smashed an unbeaten 45 match in favour of Royals. After losing Suryakumar and SCOREBOARD The bizarre decision to send SCOREBOARD Hardik Pandya (0) in quick suc- comeback man Ben Stokes (5) up Delhi Capitals: Sunrisers Hyderabad: cession, MI also lost Kishan the order didn't work too well as Prithvi Shaw c Krunal Pandya b Boult 4 David Warner b Archer 48 towards the end but there was no the slowness of the track did him Lt Govenor Manoj Sinha posing for group photograph with young sports persons at Polo Shikhar Dhawan not out 69 Jonny Bairstow c Samson b Kartik Tyagi 16 twist in the tale. in. Left-arm pacer Khaleel got one Ground, Srinagar on Sunday. Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Krunal Pandya 15 Manish Pandey c Tewatia b Unadkat 54 To their credit, Kagiso Rabada to rear up outside the off-stump but Shreyas Iyer c Boult b Krunal Pandya 42 Kane Williamson not out 22 (2/28) and Anrich Nortje dragged the ball came late as Stokes, shap- Marcus Stoinis run out (Yadav/Chahar) 13 Priyam Garg run out (Archer/Buttler) 15 ‘Playground in each Panchayat to help introduce 15 lakh youngsters to sports’ it to the last over with their incisive ing for a pull, played it onto his Alex Carey not out 14 Extras: (NB-1, W-2) 3 bowling. stumps. Extras: (W-5) 5 Total: (for 4 wickets in 20 overs) 158 DC's spin all-rounder Axar Steve Smith (5) chanced Vijay LG inaugurates sports infrastructure Total: (for 4 wickets in 20 overs) 162 Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-96, 3-122, 4-158 Patel, who has made an impact Shankar's arm in the deep but Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-24, 3-109, 4-130 Bowling: Jofra Archer 4-0-25-1, Shreyas Gopal since replacing Amit Mishra, got failed in the process while Jos Bowling: Trent Boult 4-0-36-1, James Pattinson 4-0-31-0, Kartik Tyagi 3-0-29-1, Jaydev Unadkat the big fish when he sent back dan- Buttler (16) got a delivery from 3-0-37-0, Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-26-0, Krunal 4-0-31-1, Rahul Tewatia 4-0-35-0, Ben Stokes 1- across J&K worth Rs 49.78 cr gerous Rohit Sharma just when he Khaleel that came in after the fin- Pandya 4-0-26-2, Kieron Pollard 1-0-10-0, Rahul 0-7-0. Excelsior Sports Correspondent that neither sportspersons nor expert coaches, like Kuldeep was looking to break the shackles. gers were rolled over. The inside Chahar 4-0-27-0. Rajasthan Royals: coaches face any shortage of Handoo, and other performance Rohit was already struggling edge was taken by a diving Jonny Mumbai Indians: Ben Stokes b Ahmed 5 SRINAGAR, Oct 11: Giving a resources', he said. oriented support staff to identify and it was De Kock, who was Bairstow as Royals were reduced R Sharma c Rabada b A Patel 5 Jos Buttler c Bairstow b Ahmed 16 massive impetus to the overall I have a suggestion, we have and hone the hidden talents of the doing the bulk of scoring. The to 26 for 3 inside Powerplay. Q de Kock c Shaw b Ashwin 53 Steven Smith run out 5 sports ecosystem across the Union prepared World Class Sporting region to help them achieve inter- South African was in tremendous Earlier, Manish Pandey struck S Yadav c Iyer b Rabada 53 Sanju Samson c Bairstow b Rashid 26 Territory, Lieutenant Governor, facilities, now we need expert national performance standards', touch and in no time raised his an impressive half-century but Ishan Kishan c A Patel b Rabada 28 Robin Uthappa lbw b Rashid 18 Manoj Sinha today inaugurated coaches and performance oriented concluded the Lt Governor. fifty with a boundary off Harshal Rajasthan Royals restricted H Pandya c Carey b Stoinis 0 Riyan Parag not out 42 sports infrastructure worth Rs. staff so that our players can match Meanwhile, Dronacharya Patel. Sunrisers Hyderabad to 158 for 4 K Pollard not out 11 Rahul Tewatia not out 45 49.78 cr and laid foundation of the International standards, said Awardee, Wushu Coach, Kuldeep Suryakumar, who replaced in stipulated overs. K Pandya not out 12 Extras: (LB-4 W-2) 6 projects costing Rs 10.5 cr across the Lt Governor. Handoo was also honoured by the Rohit at the crease, also struck the With the pitches getting slower Extras (WD- 4) 4 Total: (For 5 wkts in 19.5 overs) 163 Jammu and Kashmir. The Lt Governor termed the Lt Governor for being the first in ball hard and clean from the word by the day and stroke-making TOTAL (For 5 wickets in 19.4 overs) 166 Fall of Wickets: 1/7 2/25 3/26 4/63 5/78 In a colourful event held at recently established sports infra- the UT to receive the prestigious go. becoming increasingly difficult, Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-77, 3-130, 4-130, 5-152. Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 4-0-32-0, Khaleel Pologround, the Lt Governor inau- structure and facilities in J&K as Dronacharya Award. Various other However, Ravichandran Pandey struggled initially but fin- Bowling: K Rabada 4-0-28-2, A Nortje 4-0-28- Ahmed 3.5-0-37-2, T Natarajan 4-1-32-0, gurated a Multipurpose Indoor historic. J&K is equally equipped sports personalities were also hon- Ashwin applied some breaks by ished with two fours and three 0, A Patel 3-0-24-1, R Ashwin 4-0-35-1, H Patel Abhishek Sharma 1-0-11-0, Rashid Khan 4-0-25- Sports Hall worth Rs 5 cr in the like other States of India and is oured by the Lt Governor and inducing a top-edge from De sixes in his 54 off 44 balls. 2-0-20-0, M Stoinis 2.4-0-31-1. 2, Vijay Shankar 3-0-22-0. presence of Kewal Kumar ready to produce world-class Sports equipment was also distrib- Kock, who tried a sweep and was He had a partnership of 73 off Sharma, Farooq Khan Rajeev Rai sportspersons, he said. uted among the aspiring sportsper- Chasing 163, the defending champions holed out to Prithvi Shaw at deep square off 28 balls as Royals overhauled the 159- 10 overs for the second wicket with skipper Bhatnagar, and Baseer Ahmad 'In addition to infrastructure sons. overhauled the target with two balls to leg. run target with a ball to spare. David Warner (48 off 38 balls), who also Khan - Advisors to the Lt and resources, world class training Speaking on the occasion, spare and claimed the top spot in the points Suryakumar was watching the ball Along with Riyan Parag (42 not out off looked scratchy and struggled for timing. Governor; Pandurang K. Pole, is indispensable for producing Farooq Khan, Advisor to the Lt table with five wins from seven matches so nicely but did not give enough respect to 26 balls), Tewatia won the game in 'Royals' Kane Williamson (22 not out off 12 Divisional Commissioner, world class talent. Today's Jammu Governor reiterated the far. Rabada and paid the price. Similarly, style keeping Steve Smith's men in the mix balls) showed his class briefly at the end, Kashmir; Sarmad Hafeez, & Kashmir is equally equipped Government's commitment Shikhar Dhawan scored his first half- young Kishan should have finished off the after they were reduced to 78 for 5 in 12 including a one-handed straight six off Secretary to the Government, like other States of the country and towards the development of over- century of the season and shared a 85-run game himself but lost his wicket by being overs. Royals' best bowler Jofra Archer (1/25 in 4 Youth Services and Sports therefore we can expect some top all sports environment in the stand with skipper Shreyas Iyer (42) to help over aggressive against Rabada.