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TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Gayle's fifty hands Kings XI 14-run win over Dhoni's acumen versus Pant's KC Sports Club, Simula Club register Djokovic downs Delbonis, Halep battles power as CSK face Capital test emphatic wins in Winter Shield T20 Cup into Miami 4th round Rajasthan as Ashwin sparks controversy in IPL NEW DELHI, Mar 25: the overs when Pant is expected to Excelsior Sports Correspondent first, Simula Club JAIPUR, Mar 25: The shrewd tactician in be in action. scored 158 runs for the loss of 5 MIAMI, Mar 25: Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be plot- Harbhajan, after his man of the JAMMU, Mar 25: KC Sports in the stipulated 20 overs. Novak Djokovic remains on hit a belligerent ting a rampaging 's match performance against RCB, Club and Simula Club registered Puneet top scored with 44 runs, downfall when Chennai Super will be relishing the challenge of course for a record seventh Miami half-century as Kings XI Punjab convincing wins over their rivals to while Satish and Shashi con- Kings face in an to a left-handed batsman, Open title, but the world number registered a convincing 14-run win advance in the ongoing Winter tributed 31 and 27 runs respective- one admitted to a loss of focus in a over in a contro- encounter who loves to play his shots. tomorrow. Having disposed off Virat Shield T20 Cup, being organized ly. 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 victory over spirited versial Indian Premier League It will be a battle where experi- Kohli and AB de Villiers in the first by SCA, J&K Sports Council From NCC, Samad took 2 Federico Delbonis which booked match here today. ence will be pitted against youth and match, 'The Turbanator' won't mind under the supervision of Dr wickets, while Vishvajeet and his place in the last 16. Opening the innings, Gayle astuteness will square off against showing Pant the dug-out way. Naseem Choudhary, Secretary Vijay claimed 1 each. Djokovic is hoping to eclipse started in an uncharacteristic fash- flamboyance when the King faces While CSK will expect their J&K Sports Council. In reply, NCC managed to Andre Agassi's six ATP crowns in ion but grew in confidence as the his heir apparent on what is expect- batsmen to score more freely at the The objective of the tourna- score 143 runs for the loss of 7 South Florida over the next week innings progressed and helped ed to be another sluggish Feroz Kotla, Capitals would want their ment is to engage youth and stu- wickets in 20 overs, thus lost the and although the 31-year-old Kings XI post a challenging 184 Shah Kotla track. opening bowlers and dents in sports activities to not to match by a narrow margin of 15 endured some shaky moments at for four after being sent into bat. Pant has once again set the tone to be a bit more eco- derail from the mainstream. runs. Samad scored a fabulous Hard Rock Stadium, he still pos- Gayle scored 79 off 47 balls with a magnificent 78 off 27 balls in nomical. In the first match, KC Sports half-century (50), while Manish sessed enough quality during the and hit eight boundaries and four Delhi Capitals' 37-run away win Squads: Club defeated Samba Dogra and Sahil contributed 25 key moments to see off the bat- against Indians. : MS sixes in the process. Besides Eleven by 33 runs. and 20 runs respectively. From tling Delbonis. CSK, with their experience of Dhoni ( & WK), Suresh Gayle, young Sarfaraz Khan (46 Batting first, KC Sports Club Simula Club, Kuldeep Kumar The Serbian, though, wasn't Chris Gayle of Kings XI Punjab executing a shot during his off 29 balls) also played a scored 153 runs for the loss of 9 and Vikram took 2 wickets each, happy with letting a 5-2 advantage knock of 79 runs against Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur on good hand. Today’s Fixture wickets in 20 overs. Arvind top while Shashi, Akash and Vivek slip in the first set and became Monday. Chasing the stiff target, Jos Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Capitals (Delhi) 8 pm scored with 46 runs, while claimed 1 wicket each. Puneet furious with himself as the second Buttler (69) and skipper Ajinkya match in favour of Kings XI as er Buttler, who took a brilliant Kawalpreet Singh contributed 45 was declared as the man of the squirmed from his grasp. Rahane (27) got Rajasthan off to (20), Samson, Ben one-handed catch. runs to the total. match. He will need to tighten up his a brisk start, dealing in bound- winning important moments, will Raina, , Shane Stokes and Rahul Tripathy Gayle and certainly make Capitals wary. Watson, , Murali In reply, Samba Cricket Club The matches were officiated by game if he is to reach next aries and sixes to pile up 64 runs departed in quick succession in (22) then struggled to hit big However, Chennai Super Kings Vijay, , , managed to score 122 runs to lose Vijay, Dayal and Ashok Kumar. Sunday's final with Roberto in the first six overs of power- search of quick runs. shots against Kings XI's disci- will be a different challenge for the , Dhruv Shorey, the match by 31 runs. From KC In tomorrow’s fixture, Vishal Bautista Agut waiting in the fourth play. From there on, it proved to be plined bowling as they garnered Capitals, who don't have an envi- Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rituraj Sports Club, Arvind and Vicky Cricket Club will take on Eleven round after the Spaniard defeated Buttler, in particular, looked took 3 wickets each, while Babloo Stars Club at 9.30 am, while RCC SCOREBOARD able record against Dhoni's men at Gaikwad, , Karn Italian Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-4. in a destructive mood as he didn't their home ground. Sharma, , Harbhajan bagged 2 wickets and Kalian will face KCCC at 1 pm. (AGENCIES) spare a single Kings XI bowler Kings XI Innings: The nature of the Kotla track Singh, , Shardul claimed one. Arvind was declared and struck eight boundaries and K L Rahul c Buttler b Kulkarni 4 makes CSK favourites with their Thakur, Mohit Sharma, K M Asif, as the man of the match for his all- two hits over the fence to notch Chris Gayle c Tripathi b Stokes 79 spin troika of Harbhajan Singh, David Willey, , N round performance. up his fifty in just 29 balls. Mayank Agarwal c Kulkarni b Gowtham 22 Ravindra Jadeja and Imran Tahir Jagadeesan (wk). In another match, Simula Club Buttler and Rahane shared 78 Sarfaraz Khan not out 46 having already hit the straps in Delhi Capitals: , defeated NCC by 15 runs. runs in eight overs for the open- c Rahane b Stokes 12 the low-scoring opener against Manjot Karla, , ing stand before the Rajasthan not out 5 the Royal Challengers , Shikhar JASA organises skipper was cleaned up by his Extras: (B-4, LB-4, W-8) 16 . Dhawan, , Amit Kings XI counterpart Total: (for 4 wickets in 20 overs) 184 A look at Pant's track record Mishra, , Bandaru trekking event . Bowling: Dhawal Kulkarni 4-0-30-1, 4-0- indicates that he has had problems Ayyappa, Harshal Patel, Ishant Excelsior Sports Correspondent Buttler was going strong in 32-1, 4-0-17-0, 4-0-48-2, against slow bowlers and Dhoni, Sharma, Kasigo Rabada, Nathu the company of 3-0-44-0, 1-0-5-0. who has seen enough of the young- Singh, , Trent JAMMU, Mar 25: Jammu (30) as they duo batted sensibly Rajasthan Royals Innings: ster, will love to exploit the chinks in Boult, , , Adventure Sports Association his armoury. , Hanuma Vihari, Jalaj Bodybuilding team of J&K before leaving for Nationals. to keep Rajasthan in the hunt. b Ashwin 27 (JASA) in collaboration with The Kotla pitch, which gets Saxena, , Rahul But just when it seemed (Ashwin) 69 Directorate of Tourism Jammu, Sanju Samson c Ashwin b Curran 30 slower with passage of play, might Tewatia, Ankush Bains and Rishabh organised one day trekking Kings XI were running out of force Dhoni to start with his pacers Pant. State Bodybuilders Steve Smith c Rahul b Curran 20 event, here. ideas, skipper Ashwin did the and keep Harbhajan and Tahir for Match starts at 8 pm. (PTI) unthinkable as Buttler became Ben Stokes c sub (KK Nair) b 6 The couples of the members the first victim of 'Mankading' in Rahul Tripathi c Rahul b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 of the Association and other leave for Nationals the history of IPL. Krishnappa Gowtham c b Rajpoot 3 HCA, ACA script wins in APL-2019 adventure loving couples took Excelsior Sports Correspondent J&K Bodybuilding Association A desperate Ashwin mankad- Jofra Archer run out (Pooran/Mohammed Shami) 2 Excelsior Sports Correspondent Cricket Club, Gurugram. HCA part in the event with enthusiasm and Feroz Shah, Vice President of ed Buttler in controversial cir- Jaydev Unadkat c & b Rajpoot 1 won the toss and elected to bat first. and fervour. JAMMU, Mar 25: 12th the Association, who will accom- cumstances in the 13th over with Shreyas Gopal not out 1 AMRITSAR, Mar 25: HCA HCA scored 102 runs in 19.2 overs. A total of 18 couples partici- Senior Men and Women pany the team as Manager and Rajasthan scoreboard reading Dhawal Kulkarni not out 5 and Amandeep Cricket Academy In reply, Ajit Memorial pated in the event. Bodybuilding and 7th Men and Coach respectively. 108 for two. Extras: (LB-1, NB-2, W-2) 5 (ACA) defeated their rivals con- Cricket Club bundled out for pal- The trekkers were flagged off Women Physique Sports National The screening of J&K State At that stage Buttler was Total: (for 9 wickets in 20 overs) 170 vincingly on the second day of try total of 93 runs, thus lost the by Robin Singh Mehta, Championship 2019 will be held Bodybuilding and Best Physique going strong at 69 off 43 balls. Bowling: 4-0-52-2, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4-0-31-2, by a narrow margin Chairman JASA and former at Chennai in Tamil Nadu from Championship was conducted by The dismissal is sure to raise Mohammed Shami 4-0-33-0, Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-20-1, of 9 runs. Vision Director Tourism. March 29 to 31, 2019. Haji Abdul Qayoom, Chief Sports fresh debate over the spirit of the 4-0-33-2. Panchal of HCA was The trek began from The bodybuilders and the offi- Officer; Ravi Singh, Divisional Mahoregarh and after covering a game as Ashwin didn't give the an uphill task for Rajasthan as just 32 runs in the powerplay declared as the man cials of the State have been select- Sports Officer; Ashok Singh, distance of 7 kilometers culmi- Englishman a prior warning. they needed 27 off the last two overs. of the match for ed to represent the State in this Manager MA Stadium and Satish nated at Mansar. As expected Buttler seemed overs with six wickets down. The dou finally broke their scoring 28 runs and prestigious Championship. Gupta, Manager Indoor Compex The participants showed furious and had a heated Earlier, Rajasthan's decision shackles, hitting Jaydev Unadkat taking 3 wickets. The State team includes Vikas of J&K State Sports Council. keenness and appreciated the exchange with Ashwin before to bowl first on a two-paced for a four and six to yield 13 runs In another match Thaper, Ajeet Singh Jamwal, The team will leave for the efforts of JASA in organising this leaving the field after the third wicket was bang on target as K L of the bowler's opening over. played between host Parteek Khajuria, Mohd Javed, event on March 28, 2019. trek. umpire ruled him out. Rahul lasted just four balls before Gayle then opened up his Amandeep Cricket Siddarth Sathoo, Vinod Kumar, Prominent among others pres- They said JASA is conduct- That dismissal completely edging an outgoing Dhawal arms again and hit Krishnappa Academy (ACA) Arun Kumar and Shivam ent on the occasion were Naresh ing various adventure activities changed the complexion of the Kulkarni to wicketkeep- Gowtham for a maximum in the and KICC Sachdev of besides officials Gupta, Nand Kishore, Sanjay in the region from time to time. Rajesh Datta, General Secretary Bali and Rinku Sagar. first ball of the ninth over. Dr Jaspal Singh, VC GNDU honouring Ludhiana, ACA won Buttler becomes first victim of But Gowtham broke the 54- Vision Panchal of HCA with man of the the toss and elected run stand between Gayle and match trophy on Monday. to bat first. ACA Agarwal after the latter was scored 168 runs in 20 'Mankading' in IPL, Ashwin the executor holed out a long-off by Kulkarni. APL-2019, here today. overs. Ankit Dabas top scored Brought back into the attack in Two matches were played with 68 runs, while Lalit Yadav JAIPUR, Mar 25: raised eyebrows as it is considered the 12th over, Unadkat was taken today which among others were contributed 42 runs. against the spirit of the game. to the cleaners by Gayle as he hit witnessed by Dr Jaspal Singh, In reply, KICC team man- Rajasthan Royals opener Jos As expected Buttler seemed the left-arm pacer for three con- Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak aged to score 112 runs in 17.4 Buttler today became the first vic- furious and had a heated exchange secutive fours and then a straight Dev University, Amritsar as a overs, thus ACA won the match tim of 'Mankading' in the history with Ashwin before leaving the six over the bowler's head to bring chief guest. by 56 runs. Ankit Dabas was of the Indian Premier League field. up his fifty in 33 balls. On the occasion, Lovely declared as man of the match, when a desperate Kings XI Punjab The dismissal is sure to create Unadkat's second over, that Arora, Director, ACA announced who scored valuable 68 runs skipper Ravichandran Ashwin dis- a big controversy going into the produced 17 runs, opened the special prizes for players as well with the help of 5 fours and 4 missed the batsman in the contro- 12th edition of the IPL. floodgates for Kings XI as as spectators to make the tourna- sixes. He also bagged 5 valu- versial manner during their IPL Rajasthan were 108 for one in Sarfaraz too joined the party and ment more interesting. able wickets in 3.4 overs by giv- match here. 12.4 overs at that stage. together with Gayle punished the The first match was played ing away just 11 runs. With Buttler going strong at Among Indians, it was Kapil bad deliveries. (PTI) between HCA and Ajit Memorial 69 off 43 balls while chasing 185 Dev who had mankaded Peter JKOA shortlists runs, Ashwin mankaded the Kirsten of South Africa during the Rajasthan Royals opener without 1992-93 series and in Indian District Fencing Championship players, coaches for giving him any warning. domestic cricket Railways' spinner As per the laws of the game, the Murali Karthik had mankaded concludes at Reasi Rangil Singh Award third umpire declared Buttler out Sandipan Das of Bengal during a Excelsior Sports Correspondent in Epee event and in the second Excelsior Sports Correspondent but such a dismissal had always match. (PTI) final, Diksha Sharma got the better JAMMU, Mar 25: The Award REASI, Mar 25: Two days of Deepika Thakur by 10-09 in Committee of Jammu and 13th Reasi District Open Foil event. Wrestlers posing along with SSP Dushyant Sharma and other dignitaries in Jammu. Kashmir Olympic Association Fencing Championship 2018-19, The bouts were officiated by (JKOA) met today under the organized by Reasi District Ravinder Kumar, Rohit Panjgotra Chairmanship of S Ravinder Fencing Association (RDFA) in and Abhinav Pandotra. Singh and shortlisted the players JKP team emerges winner in State Wrestling C’ship collaboration with General The event is supervised by and coaches of the State for Rangil Zorawar Singh Memorial RDFA Coach and former national Excelsior Sports Correspondent and President of J&K Wrestling ent on the occasion were Vijay Singh Award for Sports Degree College Reasi concluded fencer Ajay Kumar. Association was the chief guest on Palhwan (Senior Vice President Excellence. in the Multipurpose Hall of the In Open Foil Girls, Diksha JAMMU, Mar 25: J&K Police the closing ceremony, who along J&K Wrestling Association, Raju The members who attended College, here. Sharma bagged Gold, Deepika Wrestling team won the team with Ajay Vaid, guest of honour, Sharma, Treasurer J&K State the meeting included Dushyant On the closing ceremony and Thakur clinched Silver and Championship after securing 20 distributed prizes among the Wrestling Association, Anshuman Sharma, President JKOA, Prof prize distribution function, Chief Surbhi Sharma claimed Bronze, medals, with 9 Gold, 6 Silver and 5 winners and runners-up wrestlers Sharma and Om Prakash. Ashutosh Sharma, General Medical Officer Reasi, Dr while in Open Epee Boys, Tariq Bronze medals, while Jammu dis- on the occasion. The wrestlers who bagged gold Secretary, Ajay Sharma, Kuldip Parminder Singh was the chief Hussain won Gold, Kamal Kumar trict secured 2nd position in the Speaking on the occasion, medals in different categories Gupta, Vikram Hnada, Ramesh guest, while Dr Prem Singh clinched Silver and Rohit Kumar 24th Men and 10th Women J&K Dushyant said that holding the included Ajay Bharit (Jammu IGP Danesh Rana flagging off Mountaineers for Mt Everest Chander, BS Thirthi, Kuldeep (Principal) and Dr Pritam Singh bagged Bronze. Expedition. Handoo and Vikas Gupta. State Wrestling Championship- event in the rural areas of Jammu District), Sukhvinder Singh were the special guests. Other dig- According to the organisers all The shortlisted sportspersons 2019 held at Patyali Chak, here. district will help the young (Jammu District), Nadeem Ahmed nitaries present on the occasion the medallist fencers in the include Sahil Sharma (Wrestling), The Championship was organ- wrestlers of rural areas of the State (Doda), Roshan Sharma (JKP), IGP Danesh Rana flags off JKP were Dr Surya Partap, Dr Rakesh Championship will compete in Anil Wadhera (Boxing), Randhir ized by J&K State Wrestling to participate at State/National Diler Khan (JKP), Renu Devi Bharti, Assistant Prof Kourab J&K State Open Fencing Singh (Cricket), Krupali Singh Association in the rural part of level. (Jammu District), Kusium Rani Singh and Dr Amit Bali. Championship at University of Mountaineers for Mt Everest Expedition (Gymnastics), Raya Bakshi Jammu District to give fillip to He lauded the efforts of J&K (Jammu District), Jarnail Singh In the first bout, Tariq Hussain Jammu from March 26 to 28, (Fencing), Sohan Singh wrestling in rural areas of the State. Police team for emerging champi- (Reasi District), Sunil Singh Excelsior Sports Correspondent Officer to ADGP Armed J&K, defeated Kamal Kumar by 10-08 2019. Dushyant Sharma SSP Staff (Athletics), Shotu Lal (Fencing), SSP Dushyant Sharma, ons. (Jammu District) and Sunny JAMMU, Mar 25: Danesh Officer (Sports) APHQ J&K, Shreya Gupta (Fencing), President J&K Olympic Association Prominent among others pres- Sharma (JKP). Rana, IGP Armed/ IR Jammu Kuldeep Handoo Inspector, Sajad Amardeep Singh (Football), today flagged off two Jammu and Ahmad Inspector and Ram Singh Nirmal Kumar (Mountaineering), Kashmir Police personnel for Mt Sub-Inspector In-charge J&K Shivani Charak (Mountaineering), Everest Expedition-2019 being Police Mountaineering Rescue Meenal Gupta (Chess), Hiteshwar Singh (Rollball), Bilal Ahmed Dar held under the aegis of MHA Team (MRT). (Cycling), Palak Kour Government of India. Ram Singh of Jammu & (Gymnastics), Sunil Dev Singh Sgct Nazir Ahmad No- Kashmir Police was the first from (Kho-Kho) and Mohd Tariq ARP015470 of JKAP-14th Bn. Jammu & Kashmir Police as well (Volleyball). and Constable Falail Singh as State of Jammu & Kashmir ARP036774 of IRP-1st Bn. of who successfully scaled the Neeraj Kumar Sharma, S/o Hem J&K Police Mountaineering Team world's highest peak "Mt. Memento presentation during Annual Day celebration at Lata Sharma and Chaman Lal who performed outstandingly dur- Everest" on May 22, 2008 during Neel Kamal School in Jammu. Sharma, R/o Firing Line, ing the trial held by Sonam Gyalso the Indian Police Mount Everest Bhajwal, Mountaineering Institute Sikkim South Col. Expedition held under Sunderbani, and were selected for participation the aegis of Ministry of Home Neel Kamal School celebrates who has been in Indian Police Mt Everest Affairs Government of India. declared quali- Expedition-2019 from South Col. The success of Ram Singh led 35th Annual Day fied for the side have been flagged off for the to establishment of a full-fledged award of the Young sportspersons posing for a group photograph during inaugural function of State Wushu degree of said expedition. Mountaineering Team of J&K Excelsior Correspondent Corporator of Ward No-63 and Championship in Jammu. Rekkha Manhas Corporator of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by Dilbag Singh, DGP J&K and Police in the year 2009. JKP HNB Garhwal University, SJM Gillani-ADGP Armed J&K Mountaineers headed by SI Ram JAMMU, Mar 25: Neel kamal Ward no. 64 also graced the occa- High School, Thathar Chowk. sion with their presence. Uttarakhand. He worked on the Jammu District Wushu Championship gets underway congratulated Sgct Nazir Ahmad Singh have so far scaled 25 peaks topic, “Season Dependent Physio- Bantalab celebrated its 35th A variety of activities were Excelsior Correspondent Kuldeep Handoo, Chief Coach ent on the occasion were Kamal and Constable Falail Singh (JKP at International/ National level. metabolic Indices and Thermal Annual Day with great joy and conducted by the students and of India was the chief guest on the Mountaineers) for their selection This team has imparted mountain Tolerance of Barillus Bendelisis Kishore, District Jammu General for participation in the Mt. rescue training to more than 1000 fervour, here today. their parents. JAMMU, Mar 25: Three days occasion, who lauded the efforts of Secretary, Rajinder Singh, The annual result of the students The programme concluded (Hamilton),” under the supervi- Everest Expedition-2019 and JKP personnel including CRPF sion of Dr Ravindra Singh, Jammu District Wushu District Jammu Wushu Association Abhishek Singh Jamwal, Rohit was also declared during the day. with the vote of thanks presented wished them "best of luck" for and SDRF officials in the State Assistant Prof, Department of Championship commenced at for organising the Championship in Thakyal, Atul Sharma, .Haqeek scaling the world's highest peak and has also the distinction of The Principal of the School by Director of School, Kamal Zoology, Teri Campus and co- Ashoka New Diamond Hotel, here a befitting manner. Ahmed, Aiyush Sharma, Aman Mt Everest successfully. having rescued more than 3000 Rajat Kesar presided over the Sharma, who appreciated the supervision of Dr NN Pandey, today. He also thanked J&K State Singh, Ankit and Tanshiv. Senior Officers present during pilgrims from 2009 to 2018 dur- function, while Lt Col Abhay teaching and non teaching staff Principal Scientist, Directorate of 275 players from different Sports Council for extending sup- The closing ceremony of the the flag off ceremony included ing Shri Amarnathji Annual Parag was the guest of honour. for their contribution to make the Coldwater Fisheries Research schools and clubs are taking part in port and assistance. championship will be held tomor- Mehmood Ahmad SSP Staff Yatra. Kuldeep Singh Chib, function a success. (DCFR), Bhimtal. the Championship. Prominent among others pres- row at 3 pm.