MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU CSK beat , Gowtham sinks 1st Patel Memorial T20 Invitational Cup consolidate position with fiery knock under pressure KCCC Seniors, Juniors seal JAIPUR, Apr 22: was given the HYDERABAD, Apr 22: ball and removed Archer in the first pro- ball but Gowtham steered the next berth in semis consistently duced a blinder of a knock after ball for a four in the third-man bowled in the block hole in a and 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 pulled off a nail- Royals lost Rahul Tripathi (9) Kishen Chand Club Sunrisers Hyderabad by four biting three- win over and (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 (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 '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. (72) and (JKCA), under the supervision of balls and '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 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 . 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 in the six powerplay wicket had slowed down consider- Kishan, who led India in the Under- two overs, and wickets in an easy contest. From 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 blasted a six each 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 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 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 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 (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 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 . 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 '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. Challengers, Danish took 2 wick- Requiring more than 12 runs ets while Sunit, Rakesh Koul and in the last four overs, Yusuf blast- ‘Run for Health Marathon’ Winners of 2nd PDD Premier League posing for a group pho- Nitin Mehra claimed 1 wicket ed Bravo and Shardul Thakur for tograph after lifting the title in Jammu on Sunday. each. Manik Gupta was declared as four sixes after Williamson Excelsior Sports Correspondent held on the last day of Annual the man of the match for his bril- picked spinner for Sports Fest ‘SARANG-2K18’. liant bowling show. three maximums in the 15th over. KATRA, Apr 22: Shri Mata It was 12 kms for men and 6 EM&RE Division-I lifts 2nd Meanwhile, in U-16 Group, Batting first, the duo of Vaishno Devi University kms for women. KCCC Juniors defeated Mayank Rayudu and Raina added 112 (SMVDU), Katra successfully About 160 athletes drawn PDD Premier League title Goswami Cricket Academy by 6 runs for the third wicket as SRH organized ‘Run for Health from faculties, staff and the stu- wickets to enter semifinals. Secretary J&K State Sports Council, Waheed-ur-Rehman struggled for breakthroughs at the Marathon’ here today. dents participated in the event to *Amit Gupta, Jatinder bag special prizes Batting first, Mayank Parra interacting with U-18 footballers before their departure. Rajiv Gandhi International The Marathon event was vie for the top honours. Goswami Cricket bundled out for 84 runs in 19.2 overs. Arin Ankita Tiwary, Shreya Excelsior Sports Correspondent III bundled out for 133 runs in Academy (SFA) of Jammu and league teams viz. Real Kashmir Anand and Kanika Singh 19.4 overs, thus lostthe match by Kashmir State Sports Council Simran Pal becomes JAMMU, Apr 22: Trials for Pencak Silat and Minerva Punjab Football secured 1st, 2nd and 3rd posi- 15 runs. Jatinder scored 48 runs, (JK-SSC) dispatched its under- Outplaying EM&RE Division- Club, United Punjab Football tion respectively in girls catego- while Sohail contributed 31 runs 18 SFA league team to partici- III by a narrow margin of 15 Nat’ls from Apr 24 Club and Yougsters Football ry, while Prasad Birajdar, to the total. Bunty and Rakesh pate in Under-18 Youth League 1st Sikh Model in Canada runs in the summit clash, Club. The winner of the pool Balbirsingh and Rohitsingh Puri took 3wickets each. Ratnish Excelsior Sports Correspondent at Chandigarh. EM&RE Division-I lifted the will likely qualify for the final Excelsior Sports Correspondent Provincial Natural 2018 Body secured 1st, 2nd and 3rd posi- was declared as the man of the During the departure, CEO title trophy of the 2nd PDD JAMMU, Apr 22: The round. Building Championship to tion respectively in boys catego- match, while Jatinder and Bunty SFA and Secretary J&K State JAMMU, Apr 22: Simran Premier League T20 Cricket Pencak Silat National The team which comprises become the 1st Sikh Model in ry. were adjudged as the best bats- Sports Council, Waheed-Ur- Pal Singh emerged champion in Tournament, which concluded at Championship in Sub-junior 20 members is headed by Head Canada. In women category, Pawan man and best bowler respective- Rahman Parra interacted with Green Field ground, here today. and Junior category is going to Coach, Mehraj-Ud-Din Wadoo, He won gold in the Fitness Sharma, Kanta Bhutyal and ly. the players and wished them The Tournament was held be held at Guwahati, Assam Assistant Coaches Tahir and event of the Championship and Harmeet Kaur secured 1st, 2nd Amit Gupta was declared as luck for the upcoming league under the supervision of organ- from May 4 to 6, 2018. Sanjay besides Manager, also claimed silver in the and 3rd position respectively, the man of the series and best matches and flagged off the izing committee including Ajaz The Jammu and Kashmir Salman Mir and Physio, Dr Physique event of this while in men category, bowler of the tournament, while team for Chandigarh from TRC Kazmi, Avinash Uttam, Munish Pencak Silat Association will Saqib. International Federation of Body Surender Singh, Sanjeev Jatinder was named best bats- Turf Ground, here today. Chib, Sanjeev Bali, Raghu conduct the open national trials The team will play under the Building and Fitness Wadhawan and Jai Karan man of the tournament. The team is all set to play Singh, Rajesh Sharma, for Sub Junior/Junior category captainship of Momin. Championship (IFBB). secured 1st, 2nd and 3rd posi- The match was officiated by their first match likely on Simran Pal is the son of Kanwaljit Singh, Gurdeep on April 24, 2018 at Baba Lal I-League U-18 is organized tion respectively. Gatka (Sikh Sadiq Hussain, Madan Mohan, Dayal Ji Hall Janipur colony Wednesday at Minerva Training by All India Football Federation Rajinder Singh, retired Zonal Marshall Art) performance was Bhalla and Vinay Koul. Rajeev Gupta and Achit against Youngsters Football Physical Education Officer, resi- Asgar Ali Majaz, Power near Devak Community Hall at and is known to be top tier jun- also organized during the prize Mahajan. 4 pm. Club at Minerva Ground, ior league of the country. dent of Upper Gadi Garh, distribution ceremony. Development Comissioner was Jammu and is presently living at the chief guest on the valedicto- the IFBB Saskat Chewan The Marathon was started Saskat Chewan in Canada. by the flag off ceremony done ry function, who along with the by chief guest Prof D. guests of honour Er Ashwani Param Risers, Real FC script Mukhopadhyay, Dean, Faculty Gupta and Er Avinash Dubey of Management. Dean Student distributed prizes among the Welfare, Dr. YugalKhajuria, Dr winners and runners-up teams wins in MMSM Football Tourney VK Dogra, I/c sports Rajiv on the occasion. Kumar, Dr Supinder Singh, Earlier, put into bat, Excelsior Sports Correspondent today, Param Risers defeated EM&RE Division-I scored 148 International FC by two goals to sports coach Sucha Singh and JAMMU, Apr 22: Param Sumit Sharma were present dur- runs in 19.3 overs. Ratnish Puri nil (2-0) in an easy contest. top scored with unbeaten 46 Risers and Real Football Club Pulkit scored the first goal in ing the event. The event was organized by runs, while Mantoo contributed defeated their rivals convincingly 30th minute, while Sohnv pelted Board for Sports Activities. 21 runs to the total. For bowling in the ongoing 2nd Phase of the another goal in 51st minute of the 1st Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Vice Chancellor Dr Sanjeev side, Karanjit took 3 wickets, match. Jain congratulated all the win- while Jatinder claimed 2 wick- Memorial (MMSM) Gold Cup In another match, Real State Football League ners and appreciated the organ- ets. Jammu blanked Churchill izing team for their endeavors. In reply, EM&RE Division- Tournament, being organized by Brothers ‘C’ by three goals to nil the Jammu and Kashmir Football (3-0). The 1st goal was scored by Association (JKFA), here. Manav Gupta in 15th minute, SFA Inter Academies Football League In the first match played while Raju netted the second goal in 50th minute and the 3rd goal Cluster Reasi-Udhampur kicks off DISCLAIMER was scored by Abhay in 68th ‘‘Daily Excelsior’’ does not minute. Excelsior Sports Correspondent beautiful crowd who were enthralled into every moment of take responsibility for the The match was officiated by UDHAMPUR, Apr 22: SFA contents of the advertise- Dewanshu, Abhishek Chandan, game. Inter Academies Football During the first day, three ments (Display/ Classified) Ajay Singh, Ankit Mehta, Ashish League for Reasi and Udhampur carried in this newspaper. 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