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 Batting 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 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Novak Djokovic remains on Chris Gayle hit a belligerent ting a rampaging Rishabh Pant'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 Delhi Capitals in an bowling 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 Rajasthan Royals in a contro- Indian Premier League 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 wicket 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 Trent Boult 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 Ishant Sharma 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 Cricket Dogra and Sahil contributed 25 key moments to see off the bat- against Mumbai Indians. Chennai Super Kings: MS sixes in the process. Besides Eleven by 33 runs. and 20 runs respectively. From tling Delbonis. CSK, with their experience of Dhoni (captain & 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 not out 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 Steve Smith (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, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Stokes and Rahul Tripathy Gayle and Mayank Agarwal certainly make Capitals wary. Watson, Faf du Plessis, 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, Kedar Jadhav, Sam Billings, 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 Ravindra Jadeja, 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, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Italian Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-4. in a destructive mood as he didn't their home ground. Sharma, Imran Tahir, 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, Mitchell Santner, 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, Deepak Chahar, 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: Colin Ingram, defeated NCC by 15 runs. runs in eight overs for the open- Nicholas Pooran c Rahane b Stokes 12 the low-scoring opener against Manjot Karla, Prithvi Shaw, ing stand before the Rajasthan Mandeep Singh not out 5 the Royal Challengers Sherfane Rutherford, Shikhar JASA organises skipper was cleaned up by his Extras: (B-4, LB-4, W-8) 16 Bangalore. Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Amit Kings XI counterpart Total: (for 4 wickets in 20 overs) 184 A look at Pant's track record Mishra, Avesh Khan, Bandaru trekking event Ravichandran Ashwin. Bowling: Dhawal Kulkarni 4-0-30-1, Krishnappa Gowtham 4-0- indicates that he has had problems Ayyappa, Harshal Patel, Ishant Excelsior Sports Correspondent Buttler was going strong in 32-1, Jofra Archer 4-0-17-0, Ben Stokes 4-0-48-2, Jaydev Unadkat against slow bowlers and Dhoni, Sharma, Kasigo Rabada, Nathu the company of Sanju Samson 3-0-44-0, Shreyas Gopal 1-0-5-0. who has seen enough of the young- Singh, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent JAMMU, Mar 25: Jammu (30) as they duo batted sensibly Rajasthan Royals Innings: ster, will love to exploit the chinks in Boult, Axar Patel, Chris Morris, Adventure Sports Association his armoury. Colin Munro, Hanuma Vihari, Jalaj Bodybuilding team of J&K before leaving for Nationals. to keep Rajasthan in the hunt. Ajinkya Rahane b Ashwin 27 (JASA) in collaboration with The Kotla pitch, which gets Saxena, Keemo Paul, Rahul But just when it seemed Jos Buttler run out (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 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 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 Mohammed Shami 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.