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MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU KXIP stun Gujarat Lions as Axar takes hat-trick KKR look to move up to Jahangir, Puneet, Praful, Ankush bag special prizes RAJKOT, May 1: who also accounted for the wicket Australian scored his runs off 17 of McCullum in a similar fashion. balls and struck three boundaries Murtaza Warriors lifts Axar Patel did the star turn as Raina made 18 off 15 balls, hitting and a six. second spot with win over RCB laggards Kings XI Punjab rode on a couple of boundaries and a six. David Miller (31) and wicket- BENGALURU, May 1: Kings XI Punjab in the final. the left-arm spinner's hat-trick to Patel then took centrestage as keeper Wriddhiman Shah (33 not The Kolkata outfit led by upset table toppers Gujarat Lions Two-time title holders JKPL T20 Cricket title the 22-year-old slow grabbed the out) shared 39 runs for the sixth Gautam Gambhir are in top form. by 23 runs in an Indian Premier wicket of opener Dwayne Smith wicket to take the visitors past Kolkata Knight Riders will be Thanks to their batting might, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Prosecuting Officer and and a trophy to the winners, League (IPL) match here today. (15) with his third delivery. 150. While Miller found the fence looking to earn two valuable they have done extremely well till Mahender Singh were the while a cash prize of Rs 10,000 points and move up to second JAMMU, May 1: Defeating SCOREBOARD now in the tournament. spot in the points-table when they star-studded Kishan Chand Kings XI Punjab: Gambhir himself has been Cricket Club (KCCC) in an easy Vijay c Bravo b Kaushik 55 TODAY’S FIXTURE contest by 7 wickets, strong Stoinis st Karthik b Jadeja 27 Murtaza Warriors lifted the title Marsh c Raina b Kaushik 1 KKR Vs RCB (Bengaluru) 8 PM trophy of the Jammu and Maxwell c Karthik b Kaushik 0 Kashmir Premier League T20 take on struggling Royal among runs, having hit three half- Gurkeerat run out 0 Cricket Tournament, organized Challengers Bangalore in their centuries in seven games. He has by Tawi Sports Club at GGM Miller c Smith b Kulkarni 31 IPL match here tomorrow. been well supported by the likes Science College Hostel ground, Saha b Bravo 33 The Knight Riders are cur- of Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar here. Patel c Ishan Kishan b Bravo 0 rently placed at third position in Yadav, Yusuf Pathan and Andre Earlier, batting first, KCCC Sharma b Kumar 1 the table with eight points from Russell. bundled out for a paltry total of Cariappa b Kumar 1 seven games, winning four and Uthappa's brilliant innings of 86 runs in 18.3 overs. Jatin Sandeep not out 1 losing three, while Royal 72 off 52 balls against the Axar Patel took four wickets in five balls to propel Wadhawan top scored with 21 Challengers are lying at a lowly Daredevils last night was the lone Kings XI Punjab to their second win of the season. Extras: (LB-1, W-3) 4 runs, Sahil Sharma scored 17 seventh spot with four points bright spot for the Knight Riders. Jubilant players of Murtaza Warriors Cricket Club posing for Total: 154 all out in 19.5 overs runs, while Vimarsh Kaw con- from six games that included just Even their bowling have done group photograph alongwith chief guest, RK Bhat, SSP and other This was the first hat-trick of He then snared Bowling: Kumar 2.5-0-25-2, Kulkarni 4-0- tributed 13 runs to the total. the ongoing 9th edition of the two wins. reasonably well with the likes of dignitaries at GGM Science College ground in Jammu. Dinesh Karthik and 28-1, Jadeja 3-0-28-1, Kaushik 4-0-20-3, Soumay Jain remained unbeaten league. Although both KKR and Sunil Naraine, Umesh Yadav and Dwayne Bravo off suc- Bravo 4-0-33-2, Faulkner 2-0-19-0. on 5 runs. Abid Nabi and Sahil Invited to bat by Gujarat RCB are coming into the match Piyush Chawla in the ranks. guests of honour. The chief and a trophy was presented to cessive balls - fifth and Gujarat Lions innings after facing defeats last night, in Shafi took 2 wickets each for Lions skipper Suresh Raina, sixth of the seventh However, it would be interesting guest and the other dignitaries the runners-up team on the Kings XI Punjab were all out for (target: 155 runs from 20 overs) Delhi and Hyderabad, respective- to see how they counter the Murtaza Warriors, while presented a cash prize of 30,000 occasion. over. Patel returned to Dwayne Smith c Gurkeerat b Patel 15 ly, the visitors would definitely Jahangir Lone, Omar Alam and 154 in the stipulated 20 overs, but pick the wicket of strong batting line-up of the Brendon McCullum b Mohit 1 start as favourites. Waseem Raza claimed one restricted the opposition to 131 Ravindra Jadeja with Royal Challengers. KKR would be keen to find wicket each. for 9 in front of their home crowd the first delivery of the Suresh Raina b Mohit 18 The RCB, on their part, Paras helps NCC to outplay their foot after suffering a 27-run Murtaza Warriors, in reply at the Saurashtra Cricket 11th over to complete Dinesh Karthik b Patel 2 would once again be relying Association Stadium. Ravindra Jadeja c Saha b Patel 11 loss to Delhi Daredevils when heavily on their batsmen, hoping scored 91 runs in 12.4 overs by the split hat-trick. losing 3 wickets, thus won the Appointed captain midway After sending back Dwayne Bravo b Patel 0 they were bowled out for 159 in that skipper Virat Kohli, AB de Young Star in 2nd Holi Cup into the cash-rich tournament in match by 7 wickets. Jahangir Bravo, Patel celebrated Ishan Kishan run out 27 18.3 overs, chasing 187. Villiers, KL Rahul and Shane place of David Miller, Murali Lone top scored with 26 runs, Excelsior Sports Correspondent while Shiv Dutt claimed one by performing the West For the Knight Riders, Watson put up a massive total on Vijay led from the front with a James Faulkner c Miller b Sandeep 32 while Sajad Ganie and Ishtiaq wicket. Indian's 'Champion' jig. Chinnaswamy stadium has been the board. And Chris Gayle's JAMMU, May 1: Paras fluent knock of 55. Praveen Kumar c Cariappa b Mohit 15 In reply, NCC rode on a Owing to the flurry the happy hunting ground, for return after a paternity leave Rasool contributed unbeaten 22 Sharma helped National Cricket Patel then spun a web around Dhawal Kulkarni not out 6 superb knock of 61 runs off 43 of wickets, Gujarat they had lifted the IPL title for the would further strengthen the and 18 runs total respectively. Club to beat Young Star Cricket the Gujarat batsmen and finished Shivli Kaushik not out 0 Lions were reeling at second time here after defeating home team's batting. (PTI) For KCCC, skipper Manik with impressive figures of 4/21 in 39 for five, which soon Extras: (B-1 W-3) 4 Gupta took 3 wickets, while his quota of four overs which became 57 for six in the Total: (For 9 wkts in 20 overs) 131 Raman Dutta claimed one. included a split hat-trick. Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 4-0-31-1, Mohit Sehwag Academy registers big Jahagir Lone was declared man With this win, Kings XI 11th over. The chase was as Sharma 4-0-32-3, Marcus Stoinis 4-0-23-0, of the match and man of the Punjab finally managed to turn series, while Puneet Kumar was things around in what has been a good as over but Ishan Axar Patel 4-0-21-4, KC Cariappa 3-0-15- win in Jr Pitch T20 Cup Kishan (27), James 0, Gurkeerat Singh 1-0-8-0. adjudged as best batsman and nightmarish campaign so far. Excelsior Sports Correspondent overs by losing one wicket, thus Ankush Bandral as best bowler. Kings XI Punjab now have Faulkner (32) and won the match by 9 wickets. Praful Dhar was presented a tro- four points with two wins and Praveen Kumar (15) delayed the two times during his 27-ball JAMMU, May 1: Sehwag Shivansh top scored with 45 runs, phy for emerging highest wicket five defeats from seven matches, inevitable by playing out the full knock, Saha blazed away to 33 Cricket Academy defeated TCC quota of overs. Even as the lower- while Azan contributed 36 runs taker of the Tournament, scalp- while the Lions, despite the off just 19 balls while striking by 9 wickets in the ongoing Junior order wagged, Gujarat Lions' top four boundaries. ing 9 wickets in four matches. reverse, stayed at the top with six Pitch T20 Cricket Tournament, and took one wicket by conceding batsmen including the likes of As far Gujarat Lions' bowling The match was officiated by victories and two losses from being organized by the SCA at 13 runs in his 4 overs. Azan was McCullum, Raina and Smith is concerned, left-arm spinner Saleem-ur-Rehman and Sadiq eight appearances. Heritage School ground, here. declared as man of the match. failed miserably. Mohit Sharma Shivil Kasuhik, whose action has Hussain Malik as umpires, Chasing a modest target, the Batting first, TCC scored a The matches are being held Lions were off to a poor start, los- (3/32) complemented Patel well. an uncanny resemblance with for- under the supervision of Jagtar while Vinod Kandyara was the Triumphant NCC players posig for a group photograph after Earlier, Vijay led by example mer Proteas left-arm spinner Paul modest total of 94 runs in the ing the dangerous Brendon Singh, former Ranji Trophy scorer.