MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU CSK beat Rajasthan to Rampaging AB de Villiers 5th Hockey India Sub Jr National Hockey C'ship virtually seal play-off spot powers RCB past MI Dadra & Nagar Haveli HA, Mumbai HA, Hockey CHENNAI, May 10: brilliant display with the ball for was bowled by Jadeja. MUMBAI, May 10: with Kiron Pollard (49), but the MP, Hockey Uttarakhand outplay opponents Rajasthan Royals to restrict The turning point in the match target was too stiff to scale. Excelsior Sports Correspondent and 9th minutes of the match, trounced Kerala Hockey by six Brendon McCullum struck a Chennai to a modest 157 for five. came in the form of Watson's dis- Powered by a swashbuckling The victory pushed RCB up in while Tikram Thakulla and goals to two (6-2). Vijay Yadava quickfire fifty before Ravindra But Chennai rode on Jadeja's missal off Jadedja. Bravo pulled 133 off just 59 balls by AB de the standings to no. 4 with 13 JAMMU, May 10: Parneet Naik pelted a goal each and Rishabh Anand Kushwaha Jadeja produced a brilliant spell of fine spin bowling performance and off a brilliant one-handed catch at Villiers and a classy 82 from skip- points to their credit with three Outplaying their opponents con- in 29th and 30th minutes respec- scored 2 goals each. Arun Pal 4-11 as Chennai Super avenged its some brilliant ground fielding to long-off that was destined to go per Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers games in hand, a position from vincingly in their respective tively. For Assam Hockey, Arjun and Kuwer Singh scored one defeat over Rajasthan Royals with TODAY’S FIXTURE Bangalore trounced Mumbai which they seem well-poised to contests, Dadra & Nagar Haveli Bhagat scored the goal in 23rd goal each. For Kerala Hockey, a 12-run win to virtually secure its Indians by 39 runs in an IPL crick- enter the play-offs. Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Kings XI Punjab (8 PM) Hockey Association, Mumbai minute, while Manish Sahani Athulc and Amal Augustine place in the play-offs of the Indian et match here today. MI, on the other hand, had to scored goals in 51st and 63rd Premier League here today. restrict Rajasthan to 145 for nine. over the ropes to sent the home South Africa's de Villiers, who remain content with 12 points minutes respectively. With this win, Chennai jumped Chasing the modest target, crowd into a frenzy at MA came in at the fall of opener Chris from as many games to stay in the In another Pool B match, to the top of the table with 16 Rajasthan's innings just fell apart Chidambaram stadium. Gayle’s wicket, simply tore apart the sixth spot with two more matches Uttarakhand defeated Rajasthan points from 12 matches, while after a steady start. Jadeja picked up his third MI bowling as he hammered four in hand. by five goals to three (5-3). Rajasthan will continue to occupy Ajinkya Rahane (23) and wicket when he dismissed Karun sixes and 19 fours on a superb bat- The day belonged in large Sumit Kumar was the star per- the third spot with 14 points from Shane Watson (28) shared 37 runs Nair (10), who looped one straight ting track at the Wankhede Stadium measure to de Villiers, who struck former for Uttarakhand, who 13 games. for the opening wicket before the to Ravichandran Ashwin at short as RCB rattled up 235 for 1. his second ton in IPL history, who scored 4 goals in 18th, 23rd, Chennai thus avenged their visitors lost the plot. fine-leg in the 12th over. De Villiers and Kohli, who was complemented in superb fash- 24th and 43rd minutes respec- faced 50 balls and struck 4 sixes ion by Kohli, who was lucky to be eight-wicket loss to Rajasthan in Rahane top-edged a Mohit Jadeja was once again at the tively, while for Hockey and six fours, completely dominat- let off by Harbhajan Singh when on Ahmedabad last month. Sharma (3/25) short delivery to a thick of things when Deepak Rajasthan, Sahil Tiwari scored a ed the MI attack during their all- 6. Opting to bat, McCullum running Dwayne Bravo at deep Hooda hit a full toss straight to brilliant goal in 38rd minute, time IPL record partnership of 215 MI had in fact looked to have smashed a quickfire 81 before square-leg in the sixth over before Suresh Raina at long-on in the first while Himanshu Sharma netted in 102 balls, which bettered the had things under control when Chris Morris (3/19) produced a an over later skipper Steven Smith delivery off the 15th over. (PTI) two goals in 54th and 62nd min- previous all-time best of 206 they restricted RCB to 39 for 1 at utes respectively. between Adam Gilchrist and the end of the power-play overs In tomorrow's fixture, Assam Shaun Marsh for Kings XI Punjab before things fell apart as de Hockey will take on Goans against RCB in 2011 at Villiers, in particular, went ham- Dharamsala. mer and tongs first at the spin duo Hockey at 6 am, Hockey Chasing the huge score, the of Harbhajan Singh and Himachal will face Hockey Goalkeeper making acrobatic effort, while rival player charg- Bihar at 7:30 am, Hockey third 200-plus total by RCB this Jagadeesha Suchith. ing down in a bid to score a goal during a match of 5th Hockey season and the season’s highest Harbhajan was carted for 15 Gujarat will take on Hockey India Sub Junior National Hockey Championship in Jammu on Patiala at 9 am, Hockey total by all teams, MI made a runs in each of his two overs and Sunday. —Excelsior/Rakesh brave effort before finally ending then was not called upon to bowl Rajasthan will lock horns with up with 196 for 7. at all even though all other Hockey Association, Hockey netted back to back goals in Hockey Puducherry at 10.30 Opener Lendl Simmons made bowlers, barring Lasith Madhya Pradesh and Hockey 33rd and 39th minutes respec- am and Vidarbha Hockey an unconquered 68, studded with Malinga, were taken to the Uttarakhand advanced in the tively. Association will meet Hockey 5 fours and 3 sixes in 53 balls and cleaners by the two batsmen. ongoing 5th Hockey India Sub In Pool B, Hockey MP J&K at 4.30 pm. Medal winners of Inter-School Speedball Championship posing for a group photograph along also featured in a breezy stand of Strangely Kieron Pollard did not Junior National Hockey with dignitaries on Sunday. 70 in 37 balls for the third wicket bowl a single ball even when the Championship at KK Hakhu mayhem was on. (PTI) Astroturf Stadium, here today. KCCC drubs Sarveshwar Earlier, in Pool A, Dadra & Inter School Speedball Martial Arts Camp Nagar Haveli Hockey Association defeated Hockey XI to seal berth in finals inaugurated Bhopal in a close contest by two Championship organized Excelsior Sports Correspondent goals to one (2-1). Nilesh Excelsior Sports Correspondent 90 runs off 17.4 overs. Mohd Kathoute scored both the goals Asif and Chander scored 24 runs Excelsior Sports Correspondent guest while Prof Sanjeev Gupta, for Dadra & Nagar Haveli in JAMMU, May 10: Kishan each, while Bunty contributed SRINAGAR, May 10: The MD JK Montessorie School 11th and 49th minutes, while Chand Cricket Club (KCCC) 15 runs to the total. Manik J&K Thang Ta Association in JAMMU, May 10: Inter- and Gambhir Dev Singh Yasir Jafri netted the lone goal School Speedball Championship Charak, MD Dogra Hr. Sec defeated Sarveshwar XI by 88 Gupta was pick of the bowlers collaboration with J&K State runs to seal berth in the finals of from KCCC, scalping 3 impor- Sports Council organized a for Hockey Bhopal, while in was organized at Dogra Higher School were the guests of hon- another match of Pool A, Secondary School, Shastri our. the ongoing Jammu and tant wickets, while Raman Dutta Martial Arts Camp, which was Kashmir Premier League T20 bagged 2 wickets. Ankush inaugurated by Mushtaq Ahmad, Mumbai Hockey Association Nagar, here today. Pushpinder Singh Charak, drubbed Assam Hockey by Cricket Tournament, being Bandral, Pardeep Bali and Sahil Divisional Sports Officer The event, in which various Youth leader, Surinder Singh seven goals to three (7-3). For played at GGM Science College Sharma shared one wicket (Kashmir) J&K State Sports Winners posing along with the School Management at Harsh Schools participated, was organ- Bunty, Youth leader National Mumbai HA, Shreyas Dhupe Hostel ground, here today. apiece. For his superb batting Council at Sher-i-Kashmir Niketan HSS in Jammu. ized by the J&K Sports Conference, Pawan Kumar scored three goals in 47th, 54th Earlier, winning the toss and display, Vimarsh Kaw was Indoor Sports Stadium, here. Speedball Association. Nanda, media in-charge J&K and 59th minutes, while Ameen batting first, KCCC scored a adjudged as man of the match. Around 200 players includ- The participating Schools Sports Speedball Association Rogay netted two goals in 6th Harsh Niketan HSS organizes good total of 178 runs in the The match was officiated by ing boys and girls took part in included KC Gurukul Public and organizing secretary, Sunny stipulated 20 overs, losing 8 Sadiq Hussain Malik, Suhail School, SD Tara Puri School, Nanda were also present on the the Festival. Suhani Jagotra, D/o Meenu wickets in the process. Vimarsh Yousuf and Rahul Bhal. The aim of the said camp is and Suresh painting contest, badminton match House Corp Co-perative occasion. Kaw was the top scorer with 58 School, JK Montessorie School, The gold medal winners Jozi Farhan Dar, D/o Abdul to involve more and more youths Jagotra, student Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ujjwal Pandey, Nusrat Asar runs off 43 balls, while Pardeep of Class 6th of Madhav, Navjot , Krish and JP World School, St Pauls included Kritika, Khushi, Riya, Bali contributed with 41 runs Rashid Dar and towards the self defence. Convent School, Dogra Hr. Sec Shivali, Suhani, Riya Sharma, Shafiqa Begum, The organizers said that such Presentation JAMMU, May 10: Harsh Mansi respectively. off 29 balls. Manik Gupta Convent School, Niketan Higher Secondary School Similarly, in the badminton School, Lawrence Public Atin Wazir, Anant Mishra, Amit chipped in with 16 runs off 13 R/o Gundoh, types of coaching camps will be Jammu, who Sunderbani organized painting tourney, Saheen Akhter and School, GD Goenka School, Sharma, Zakir Ali, Adhiveer balls and Raman Thaploo made Balessa, Doda, regular features in the coming won gold medal competition and a badminton Nandni defeated Chakshu and Heritage School, Jodhamal Sharma,Pratham, Pranay, 10 runs off 5 balls. Irshad took 3 who has qualified months as self defence is an Public School, BHMP School, Hakkam Singh Atul Sharma, wickets for Sarveshwar XI, National important aspect in day to day in Inter-School Speedball match in its School premises, here Bharti to win gold medal. Delhi Public School and Lord Shivam Tikku, Manthan while Narotam claimed 2. Eligibility Test life. Championship, organized by today. In the painting competition, Mahavira School. Pandoh, Rudresh, Prakash , Deepak and Kaka shared one (NET) in History, the result of Large number of parents and J&K Speedball Association, In the painting competition, about 100 students from primary Rattan Lal Gupta, former Suksham, Tushar, Rhea Tikku, wicket each. which was declared by the sports lovers witnessed the play- under the banner of DYSS at Pranav and Aditi Sharma bagged wing of the School participated. S MLC, patron of All J&K Gurmanjeet and Aryan In reply, Sarveshwar XI was University Grants Commission ers honing skills during this Dogra Higher Secondary gold medal, while the silver and C Saraf, Director Academics gave Mahajan Sabha was the chief Kangotra. bundled out for a paltry total of (UGC), recently. mega camp. School ground in Jammu. bronze medals were bagged by away the prizes to the winners.