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Page12 Sports.Qxd (Page 1) MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU CSK beat Sunrisers Hyderabad, Gowtham sinks Mumbai Indians 1st Patel Memorial T20 Invitational Cup consolidate position with fiery knock under pressure KCCC Seniors, Juniors seal JAIPUR, Apr 22: Hardik Pandya was given the HYDERABAD, Apr 22: ball and removed Archer in the first Krishnappa Gowtham pro- ball but Gowtham steered the next berth in semis Dwayne Bravo consistently duced a blinder of a knock after ball for a four in the third-man bowled in the block hole in a Sanju Samson and Ben Stokes region and finished off the match in Excelsior Sports Correspondent tense finish as Chennai Super smartly negotiated a slow track as the fourth ball with a gigantic six. JAMMU, Apr 22 : Clinical Kings prevailed over a weakened Rajasthan Royals pulled off a nail- Royals lost Rahul Tripathi (9) Kishen Chand Cricket Club Sunrisers Hyderabad by four biting three-wicket win over and captain Ajinkya Rahane (14) (KCCC) Seniors and Juniors runs to consolidate their position Mumbai Indians in an Indian inside Powerplay overs and were defeated their rivals convincingly at the top of the order in the Premier League (IPL) match, here going at about seven runs an over. to seal berth in the semifinals of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tonight. Samson and Stokes kept the score- ongoing 1st Patel Memorial T20 here today. The pitch was not conducive board ticking, keeping the required Invitational Cup, being played at Invited to bat after the coin for stroke-making but Samson (52) run-rate under control. Parade Cricket Ground here. landed in favour of Sunrisers and Stokes (40 off 27) added 72 It was only third win for the The Tournament is being Hyderabad skipper Kane runs for the third wicket to push Royals in six matches while organized by Patel Cricket Club Williamson, CSK were well their side close to the finish line and Mumbai Indians suffered fourth under the aegis of Jammu and served by Ambati Rayudu's the hosts eventually crossed it with defeat in five matches. Kashmir Cricket Association smashing knock of 79 off only 37 two balls to spare. Suryakumar Yadav (72) and (JKCA), under the supervision of balls and Suresh Raina's brisk 43- CSK players celebrating victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad Gowtham conjured up an young Ishan Kishan (58) hit meas- Jung Bahadur Singh Jamwal, ball 54. on Sunday. unbeaten 11-ball 33-run knock ured half-centuries in a 129-run The visiting team then President Patel Cricket Club and under pressure, hitting two sixes partnership for the second wicket Jubilant KCCC players posing for a group photograph along stopped the hosts at 178 for six, Stadium after sending back last- for runs, conceding 50 in his Vijay Sharma, Secretary of the and four fours to seal a thrilling win but Mumbai Indians frittered away with Jung Bahadur Singh Jamwal after their victory. with medium pacer Deepak match centurion Shane Watson quota of four overs, while Billy Club. for his side. a good platform to settle for a mod- Chahar doing the bulk of dam- and Faf du Plessis. Stanlake gave away 38 in his four. Earlier, in the Senior Group Sharma, Varun and Prabjot con- Jung Bahadur Singh Jamwal, It was not a big target on board est 167 for seven. age. While Rayudu hit four sixes SRH's start was worse than quarterfinal, KCCC defeated New tributed 18, 16 and 16 runs runs President of the Patel Cricket Club and nine boundaries, the more their opponents as they lost three as the hosts chased 168 but the The partnership broke when Needing 33 runs in the last Challenger Cricket Club by 5 respectively. was the chief guest, who interacted experienced Raina found the wickets in the six powerplay wicket had slowed down consider- Kishan, who led India in the Under- two overs, Yusuf Pathan and wickets in an easy contest. From bowling side, Nityam with the participating teams to fence five times and cleared it overs -- all of them falling prey to ably and required a lot of patience 19 World Cup in 2016, lost his Rashid Khan blasted a six each Batting first, New Challenger Abrol and Shavac shared 2 wickets encourage and motivate the young twice. Chahar. to score runs. wicket while trying an adventurous off Shardul Thakur in the penulti- Cricket Club scored 104 runs in each, while Aqib took 1 wicket. cricketers. Samson was in control of his shot off Dhawan Kulkarni (2/32). mate over. 16.3 overs. Sahil Bhalwal top In reply, KCCC Juniors scored The match was officiated by innings but Jasprit Bumrah (2/28) From there, the visitors lost track as Given the responsibility of Today's Fixture scored with 26 runs, while Manjeet 86 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in Saleem-ur- Rehman, Sadiq dismissed him and Jos Buttler in they lost three wickets in a space of bowling the final over with SRH Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab (Delhi) 8 PM Singh Chib and Danish contributed 12.5 overs, thus won the match by Hussain Malik, Amit Gupta, Vinod successive balls in the 17th over to eight balls. requiring 19 runs, the composed 24 and 17 runs to the total respec- 6 wickets. Dikshant Kundal top Kandyara, Sandeep Manchanda Dhoni then blazed his way to From 22 for three, SRH raise his side's hopes. When Caribbean paceman Jofra Dwayne Bravo was hit for six tively. scored 37 runs, while Smarpit and Rahul Kumar, while the post a 12-ball 25, hitting three bound- moved to 71 in the 11th over Samson got out, Royals required 43 Archer (3/22) was impressive on and a four by Rashid to bring the From KCCC, Manik Gupta Raina contributed 23 runs. From match proceedings were conduct- aries and a six, as the two-time when Shakib Al Hasan (24) was runs from 22 balls. his IPL debut, troubling the equation to six off one. was the pick of the bowlers, who MGCA, Sannat, Prabhjot and ed by Sohan Bharti. champions crossed 180. dismissed by spinner Karn It became 28 from 12 after Mumbai batsmen with good pace. Bravo managed to get it on took 4 important wickets including Parth shared 1 wicket each. In tomorrow’s fixture, KCCC CSK were off to a slow start Sharma. Gowtham found a six and a four off He got rid of Pandya brothers -- the block hole and Rashid could a hat-trick, while Sawan Singh and Dikshant was declared as the man Juniors will take on Stadium as they could manage just 27 Williamson, however, was not Mustafizur Rehman. The Krunal (7) and Hardik (4) -- and only manage a single. Vishal Kumar bagged 2 wickets of the match. Juniors at 9.30 am. runs in the mandatory power- going to go down without a fight Karnataka batsman in company of Mitchell McClenaghan (0) in the It is the first time in five sea- each and Ankush Bandral claimed play overs and reached 50 in the as the talismanic New Zealander Jofra Archer found scored 18 runs penultimate over, denying the visi- sons that SRH went into a game 1 wicket. 10th over. However, they conjured another half century from Bumrah's next over and need- tors a flourishing finish. The 23- U-18 SFA leaves for Chandigarh without the duo of Shikhar In reply, KCCC scored 106 switched gears after that and partnership with Yusuf. ed 10 from the last for a thrilling year-old conceded just 23 runs in Dhawan and David Warner. for the loss of 5 wickets in 18 were past the 100-run mark by Williamson's knock contained win. his four-over quota.(PTI) Earlier, the 25-year-old overs, thus won the match by 5 to participate in I-League Chahar returned very impressive end of 14th over, even as five sixes and as many boundaries wickets. figures of three for 15 in four Rayudu brought up his half cen- and had it not been for SRH's hor- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Chandigarh. At one stage KCCC were overs, his victims comprising tury in 27 balls. rid start, he and Yusuf may have Moreover, SFA is kept in struggling at 15/3 in 3 overs, how- Ricky Bhui, Manish Pandey and The century partnership need- helped them cross the line. SRINAGAR, Apr 22: To Group B, Rest of India (ROI) ever, useful partnerships among Deepak Hooda. ed 51 balls as CSK looked at set- With the required run rate provide platform and exposure Zone comprising of total five the quartet of Raman Thaploo, For the home team, ting a challenging target. heading north with each passing to budding footballers of Jammu teams including two State Williamson top-scored with 84 off Dhoni kept up the tempo and ball, Williamson went for a big Ramdayal, Manik Gupta and and Kashmir, State Football 51 balls, but the effort was not hit a few useful boundaries to shot against Dwayne Bravo and Bandeep Singh took the team to enough to give his team victory. help his team's cause. holed out in the deep, thanks to home. Wicketkeeper batsman Williamson found an able ally The leading bowler in T20 Ravindra Jadeja's brilliant diving Thaploo top scored with 25 runs, in Yusuf (45 off 27 balls) as they Internationals, Rashid again went effort.(PTI) while Ramdayal, Manik and raised hopes of an SRH victory Bandeep contributed 22, 17 and 16 with a brisk 79-run stand for the SMVDU organizes runs respectively. From New fourth wicket.
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