SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Captain Smith, young Riyan power Delhi Capitals exact revenge Rajasthan to five-wicket win against MI with five-wicket win over KXIP NEW DELHI, Apr 20: the target. Lamichhane returned figures of JAIPUR, Apr 20: India U-19 World Cupper placed seventh in the league Dhawan struck seven fours 3/40, playing an influential role Riyan Parag (43 off 29 balls) table above wooden spooners Delhi Capitals avenged their and a six before Ravichandran in helping DC rally after Gayle's Steve Smith celebrated his also showed good temperament Royal Challengers Bangalore shocking first-leg defeat with a Ashwin ran from mid-on to the blitzkrieg. return at the helm with a cap- as he matched his skipper even though a play-off qualifi- five-wicket victory over Kings midwicket region to compete a Considering the dew factor in XI Punjab, brightening their tain's innings that powered stroke for stroke during their 70 cation looks a long shot as of fine catch while avoiding a colli- mind, Delhi Capitals skipper prospects of making the play-offs sion with an onrushing Chris Shreyas Iyer invited the visitors Rajasthan Royals to a five- runs stand in 9.4 overs that now. of the Indian Premier League Gayle. to bat first. wicket victory over a formida- paved the way for a comfort- Physically Challenged Cricketers posing along with CEO Rajasthan Royals, who were here tonight. During his stay in the middle, And the home side, seeking in a must-win situation, raced to JKCA, Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari and Jang Bahadur Singh Jamwal at GGM Science College ground on Saturday. Chasing 164 for a win, senior Dhawan had some fun by danc- to end their run of woes at the 39 in 3.3 overs but Rahane (12 opener Shikhar Dhawan laid the ing around the crease as Ashwin Feroz Shah Kotla, enjoyed early off 12 balls) departed as foundation with a fluent 56 of 41 threatened to Mankad him. success when Lamichhane tossed Suryakumar Yadav took a div- Bukhari inaugurates Selection Matches of balls, while skipper Shreyas Iyer This was DC's second win at the ball up and had Lokesh Rahul ing catch at covers off leg-spin- contributed an unbeaten 58 off 49 home in five outings and sixth stumped with one that turned ner Rahul Chahar, who was the balls to complete the job with overall, occupying the third place sharply in the second over. pick of the bowlers with figures Physically Challenged Cricketers for WC Ignored for the World Cup of 3 for 29. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Jang Bahadur Singh Jamwal said Today’s Fixture primarily because he is consid- Credit should also be given that providing opportunity to spe- Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Hyderabad) 4 pm ered inferior to Dinesh Karthik JAMMU, Apr 20: Chief to Sanju Samson for his whirl- cially-abled sportspersons is the Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bengaluru) 8 pm behind the stumps, Rishabh Pant wind 35 off 19 balls that set the Executive Officer (CEO) JKCA, best way to serve the cause of did a fine job whipping the bails pace and enabled Smith to Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari sports. in the standings. KXIP remained off in a flash, as Rahul walked anchor the innings in the man- inaugurated the Selection Ravi Chouhan extended two balls to spare. Iyer hit five on fourth with 10 points. back after welcoming ner only he can. Matches of Physically thanks to JKCA for providing fours and a six. Earlier, Chris Gayle smashed Lamichhane with a six down the Riyan's composure also Challenged Cricketers for the them all kinds of facilities. In the first leg in Mohali, DC five gargantuan sixes into the ground and a four.(PTI) Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith executing a shot dur- World Cup as the chief guest, helped even though Chahar and Earlier, Rajesh Gill, Former lost seven wickets for eight runs night sky before Delhi Capitals ing his match winning knock in IPL 2019 at Jaipur on Saturday. while Jang Bahadur Singh the seasoned Jasprit Bumrah Ranji Trophy Player and to gift KXIP victory after sitting put the brakes and restricted Nadal crashes to Jamwal, former Judge and Honourary President J&K pretty at 144 for three in the 17th Kings XI Punjab to 163 for (1/21 in 4 overs) bowled well at Member JKCA presided over the ble Mumbai Indians in an PCCA presented welcome over while chasing 168. seven. Fognini in Monte able victory. the back end but the home team function. Indian Premier League Smith, who replaced showed enough firepower. address, while Rajesh Dhar, On Saturday, the home side Gayle top-scored with 69 off Ravi Chouhan, Founder were 141 for three at the end of encounter here today. Ajinkya Rahane after the India Earlier, Quinton de Kock Secretary J&K PCCA conducted 37 balls, reaching the half centu- Carlo shocker Secretary All India Physically the 17th over with 23 needing off ry in 25 balls and hitting six continued his impressive run the proceedings of the pro- Challenged Cricket Association; 18 balls. boundaries besides the towering MONTE CARLO, Apr 20: SCOREBOARD with another solid half-century gramme. Rajesh Gill, Honourary Three teams of Physically Colin Ingram found the fence sixes. Mumbai Indians Innings: as Mumbai Indians put up a Rafael Nadal crashed out to President of J&K PCCA; Rajesh Challenged Cricketers participat- twice in the next over to ease the Coming back into the team, decent 161 for 5 batting first. Fabio Fognini in the Monte Quinton de Kock c Stokes b Shreyas Gopal 65 Dhar, Honourary Secretary of ing in the selection trial matches nerves and pushed DC closer to young leg-spinner Sandeep Rohit Sharma c & b Shreyas Gopal 5 De Kock smashed 65 off 47 J&K PCCA; Sukhjinder Singh, have been named after the mar- Carlo Masters semi-finals on Suryakumar Yadav c D Kulkarni b Binny 34 balls with six fours and two Director J&K PCCA; besides tyred CRPF soldiers who lost Saturday with the Spanish star Hardik Pandya lbw b Jofra Archer 23 sixes, adding 97 runs off 68 Prasad Desai and Deepak their lives on February 14, 2019 Bhargav Club, MRS Simbal admitting his 6-4, 6-2 loss was balls for the second wicket with Jahadav, Former Ranji Trophy Kieron Pollard b Unadkat 10 in Pulwama attack. his "worst clay court match in Suryakumar Yadav (34 off 33 Players of Mumbai and Selectors 14 years". Ben Cutting not out 13 In the inaugural match, balls) that helped MI total gain of the event were present on the Camp register wins in Hockey The shock result leaves Krunal Pandya not out 2 Martyr Ramesh Yadav Eleven a semblance of respectability. occasion. defeated Martyr Naseer Ahmed Excelsior Sports Correspondent In the first match, Dr SP Italian 13th seed Fognini facing Extras: (LB-5, W-4) 9 Reinstated as skipper in Mr Bukhari while speaking Verma Padma Shri and Eleven by 5 wickets. JAMMU, Apr 20: Bhargav unseeded Serb Dusan Lajovic in Total: (For 5 wkts, 20 overs) 161 place of Rahane, Smith intro- on the occasion lavished praise President Ghandhi Global fami- Batting first, Martyr Naseer Club and MRS Simbal Camp Sunday's unscripted final. Bowling: Stuart Binny 3-0-19-1, Dhawal Kulkarni 3-0-31-0, duced leg-spinner Shreyas on the organizers for conducting Ahmed Eleven managed to score ly was the chief guest, while in registered wins over their rivals "I played one of my worst Shreyas Gopal 4-0-21-2, Jofra Archer 4-0-22-1, Jaydev Unadkat 4- Gopal (2/21 in 4 overs) in the such a mega event in collabora- decent total of 159 runs in the in the ongoing 6th Shaheed the second match matches on clay in 14 years," third over. tion with JKCA, which involved allotted 20 overs, losing 8 wick- 0-46-1, Riyan Parag 2-0-17-0. Bhagat Singh Sub Junior Vijay Puri, senior Hockey said Nadal. He deceived rival skipper the Physically Challenged ets in the process. Mohd Azhar Rajasthan Royals Innings: Cricketers from all over the Hockey Tournament, being Player was the chief guest. "It's difficult to find any pos- Ajinkya Rahane c S Yadav b Chahar 12 Rohit Sharma (5), who stepped top scored wit 31 runs, while The matches aere officiated itives -- I deserved to lose." country. He said that he felt hon- Majid and Rovesh contributed 24 organised by Hockey J&K at Sanju Samson c Pollard b Chahar 35 out only to offer a return catch oured to be part of this event and KK Hakhu Astroturf Hockey by Sohail Aziz, Balmeet Singh, Fognini, who beat Nadal twice after failing to read a googly. and 20 runs to the total respec- Ishfaq, Gurpreet Singh, on clay in 2015, stopped a 25- Steven Smith not out 59 contribute something for the spe- tively. From Martyr Ramesh Stadium, here. Gopal could have got rid of Joginder Singh, Vikas Gandotra set win streak in the principality Ben Stokes b Chahar 0 cially-abled cricketers who are Yadav team, Ajay took 3 wickets, In the first match, Bhargav De Kock off the last ball of the going to participate in the World Club defeated Young Khalsa by and Ranjit Singh. for the world number two.(PTI) Riyan Parag run out (Cutting/H Pandya) 43 over but Jofra Archer dropped a Vinay bagged 2, while Raju and Ashton Turner lbw b Bumrah 0 Cup to be held in England.