SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU KKR suffers nine-run Warner, Shankar guide into IPL Play-Offs loss against MI KANPUR, May 13: his skipper stroke for stroke. Earlier, Siraz and Rashid In fact, such was the ease Khan triggered a batting col- KOLKATA, May 13: through to the Defending champions that Sunrisers batsmen didn't lapse to skittle out Gujarat play-offs, con- Sunrisers Hyderabad cruised ' hit a single six but the 23 Lions for 154 in 19.2 overs solidated their into the play-off fate hangs in balance boundaries were enough for after a century plus opening position at the play-offs with an easy eight- after suffering a defeat against their successful run chase. stand between top of the table victory over Gujarat in their last Pradeep Sangwan was easy and Dwayne Smith. with 20 points Lions riding on a throughly round league match here pickings for Shankar as the Siraz (4/32 in 4 overs) and after their 10th professional team performance. today. Sunrisers batsman hit him for Rashid (3/34 in 4 overs) were victory. After pacer Mohammed Chasing 174 to win, KKR some impressive pull shots brilliant in the back-10 as Manish Siraz and Afghan leg-spinner were restricted to 164-8 by whenever he pitched it short. Lions were down in the dumps Pandey (33) Rashid Khan played a key role Mumbai Indians, who dished Leg spinner Ankit Soni after a 111-run opening stand was the top- in dismissing Lions for a paltry out a disciplined (0/31 in 2.1 overs) -- one of the between Kishan (61 off 40 scorer for 154 in 19.2 overs despite a cen- effort at here. questionable selections this balls) and Smith (54 off 33 KKR but the tury opening stand, skipper This is the sixth loss for Specially abled footballers posing for a group photograph hosts lost too David Warner (69, 52 balls) TODAY’S FIXTURE KKR in the tournament. They celebrating the wicket of alongwith Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti and Minister for many and Vijay Shankar (63, 44 Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kings XI Punjab (4 PM) Pune are now placed at the third Manish Pandey with at Eden Sports, Moulvi Imran Raza Ansari in Srinagar. Gardens on Saturday. early in the balls) anchored the chase to Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (8 PM) Delhi place with 18 points. Their innings to put then three teams will be on 16 perfection with 11 balls to season -- was hammered when- balls). fate now depends on the match pressure on the middle and CM inaugurates football tourney points and it will come down spare. ever he pitched it short. Soni, (2/25) between Kings XI Punjab (14) lower-order. to the run-rate to decide the Sunrisers thus finished their who couldn't even make it to and Siddharth Kaul (1/30) pol- and Rising Pune Supergiants Earlier, Mumbai Indians play-off line-up. for specially-abled children league campaign with 17 points Mumbai U-23 squad, looked ished off the tail. (16) tomorrow. tested their bench with much Mumbai, who are already Excelsior Sports Correspondent Government has focused sports from 14 games. out of place throughout the But in a baffling collapse, If Punjab wins tomorrow aplomb as Ambati Rayudu and development as a priority area Gujarat Lions' forgettable tournament. Lions lost all 10 wickets for an slammed half- SRINAGAR, May 13: Chief and efforts are being made to season after a questionable Fittingly, Warner disdain- addition 49 runs in the last 10 centuries to lift them to 173-5. Minister, Mehbooba Mufti inau- upgrade infrastructure and team composition for the better fully smashed him over his overs after a whopping 105 in Making his debut for gurated the first ever football develop other amenities to pro- part of the tournament saw head to finish off the match. the front 10.(PTI) Mumbai Indians, Tiwary tournament for specially-abled vide better sports facilities to them finish the engagements at seized the opportunity with a children at Astro Turf, TRC youth in the State. second last place with 8 points. IPF suspends J&K Powerlifting Association glittering 43-ball 52 (9x4) Ground today. Mehbooba Mufti said the tal- It was a 133-run third wick- Minister for Youth Services Excelsior Sports Correspondent of six members including Salman while Rayudu who made a ent and potential of the youth of et stand between Warner and comeback after more than a & Sports, Moulvi Imran Raza Lone, DS Malhi, Jaspreet Singh, the State has been proved time Tamil Nadu one-day JAMMU, May 13: Indian month was Mumbai's top- Ansari; Deputy Commissioner, PK Srivastava, Rattan Kumar and again and it would be the Shankar that sealed the issue Powerlifting Federation (ITF) has Srinagar, Dr Farooq Ahmad Basak and Parmender Kaur. scorer with a spectacular 63 after (18) and suspended all the office bearers of Lone; Secretary, J&K Sports endeavor of her Government to IPF has directed the commit- from 37 balls (6x4, 3x6). Moises Henriques (4) were dis- J&K Powelifting Association Council, Waheed-ur-Rehman provide maximum opportunities tee to take immediate charge of For KKR, missed cheaply. including its President and Parra; officers, coaches and to them to display their talent. the day-to-day activities of (2/30) took two wickets, while They never showed any General Secretary. players were present on the The Chief Minister also dis- Powerlifting in J&K. Ankit Rajpoot (1/14) and urgency yet got their bound- Honourary General Secretary occasion. tributed sports kits among the Meanwhile, the Adhoc (1/25) took aries without ever letting the IPF, Nirban Das in a letter to the On the occasion, the Chief players on the occasion. Committee of IPF will be holding one wicket each after skipper scoreboard pressure bother Secretary J&K State Sports Kalpana Kapoor, renowned teachers' trainer addressing Minister went round the Astro Later, the Chief Minister vis- selection trials to pick the State won the toss them. Warner hit nine bound- Council dated May 9, 2017 has teachers at KCPS in Jammu on Saturday. turf and interacted with the play- ited the Polo Ground and Sub Junior Powerlifting team on and elected to bowl in the aries while Shankar also stated that in the larger interest of ers. inspected the improvement May 16, 2017 at Royal Health match which was delayed due smashed nine fours, matching the players of J&K, the affairs of to rain and thunderstorm.(PTI) The Chief Minister said her works there. Club in Jammu. Workshop for Teachers on J&K Powerlifting will now be The Championship will be IRP 9th Battalion organizes looked after by the IPF through held at Chanderpur Maharashtra Life Skills held at KCPS its adhoc committee comprising from May 29 to June 1, 2017. Excelsior Correspondent of the six ideals of Round Volleyball Tournament Square, namely, international- Excelsior Sports Correspondent interest of the youth in sports. JAMMU, May 13: Kalpana Earlier police distributed the ism, environmentalism, democ- RAMBAN, May 13: IRP 9th Kapoor, a vastly experienced racy, leadership, adventure and sports uniforms and sports kits teachers' trainer with profession- Battalion of Jammu & Kashmir among the players. community service. Armed Police at Ramban today al qualifications to her credit The workshop on the main The dignitaries who spoke on from IIM Ahmedabad and UK organized Volleyball Tournament the occasion were Principal Ashok theme of Life Skills was split at District Headquarters, here. and with exposure to schools in Kumar Sharma and NCC Officer into sessions dealing with vari- The matches were held at Govt Australia, Singapore, USA and Raj Singh Raju. ous aspects of the professional Higher Secondary School England conducted a day-long SSP Abrar Chowdhary, growth of school teachers with Ramban. workshop for the teachers of KC Commandant IRP 9th Battalion special emphasis on self-aware- Dr Ashok Kumar Sharma, Public School today on the highlighted the role and sacrifices ness and acquisition of Principal Higher Secondary School theme of Life Skills. of police in safeguarding the life Thinking, Social and Emotional Winners of Udhampur District Sport Climbing Championship Ramban was the Chief Guest. Currently based in Delhi, she and property of people of the state. skills. posing along with dignitaries in Jammu on Saturday. The Tournament was organized is Director of Academics with a He said that police is quite keen to Union Sports Minister, Vijay Goyal honouring J&K's ace Through various training under the supervision of Senior Taekwondo player, Mansha Bashir in Delhi. country-wide chain of schools tools like power-point presenta- develop the sports talent of the and has long association with Udhampur District Sport Climbing Superintendent of Police, Abrar tion, interactive group activities youth of the state. CBSE in terms of curriculum Chowdhary, Commandant IRP 9th and role plays, Ms Kapoor kept Mr Chowdhary appealed the Mansha calls on Union development and human Championship concludes Battalion. The tournament was the teachers engaged in a posi- gathering to save their children resource training. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Sharma and Vaishali Sharma win- organized under Civic Action pro- tive manner and succeeded in from social evils like drugs and About 80 teachers of both ning the Gold, Silver and Bronze gramme CAP 2016-17. instilling in them abilities, com- allied things. Sports Minister senior and junior wings of JAMMU, May 13: Rohit Singh On the occasion, the medals respectively. Prominent among others pres- Excelsior Sports Correspondent International Taekwondo com- KCPS attended her workshop petencies and attitudes that of National Academy High School, Commandant alongwith Chief Similarly, in the Sub Junior ent on the occasion were Deputy petition held at Assumption conducted in the activity hall of would go a long way in imple- Udhampur won the coveted boys Guest interacted with the players, Boys category also, Vivek Niketan Commandants Amit Bhasin and NEW DELH, May 13: J&K's University of Thailand 'John the school. menting the school curriculum title in the Udhampur District Sport High School made a clean sweep couches and physical education Suresh Kumar Chib. Taekwondo star, Mansha Bashir Paul II Sport Center', Bangkok, Arti Chowdhary, Managing in terms of its objective to take Climbing Championship which officers and lauded the role and with Pankaj Sharma emerging met Vijay Goyal, Minister for Thailand, recently. Director of the school, Dr. Ram the learning beyond the class- concluded at Sprawling Buds victorious against equally talented Sports, Government of India The Minister assured her Thakur, Academic Director, room and shaping the learners School, here today. climbers Veer Singh and Sunny (GOI) in Delhi today. support from Sports Ministry Amarendra Mishra, School into responsible, committed and In a close contest with upcom- Singh of the same school. Mr Goyal was pleased to and encouraged her for future Principal, Sofia Rana, empathetic citizens of the new ing climbers Sayed Ali Abbas of The most interesting contest meet her and appreciated her for Headmistress of Junior School world order that has rightly been the same school and Raghuvir was, however, witnessed in the outstanding achievement in the achievements. and Sonia Thakur, Creative given the name of the 'global vil- Sharma of Vivek Niketan High Mini Girls category in which the field of sports. Mr Goyal also praised the Head of the school also attended lage'. School, Udhampur, Rohit dis- budding climbers competed like It is pertinent to mention coach Muzaffar Sheikh for his the workshop. At the end of the workshop, played good technique and tem- seasoned climbers and won the here that Mansha has bagged efforts in Mansha's achieve- As a member school of the Principal Mishra thanked Ms perament to clinch the title. Syed applause of the crowd. Ultimately, second position in the ment. world-wide Round Square net- Kapoor for sparing her precious Ali and Raghuvir bagged the 2nd Deepika Rathore, Oas Sharma and work of innovative schools, time to train the teachers of and 3rd positions resepctively. Mehak Bandral, all students of Dr Pradeep Sankhyadhar Memorial Open Badminton Tourney KCPS believes strongly in train- KCPS and enhancing their skills However, climbers from Vivek National Academy Udhampur ing its human resource to enable and competencies through her Niketan came back very strongly claimed the first three positions Shuttlers show composure, grit on Day-2 it to deliver quality education in highly effective teachers' work- to sweep all the medals in the girls respectively. Excelsior Sports Correspondent 21-03, Skydeep beat Tanvika accordance with the parameters shop. category with Shabana, Arti In Sub Junior Girls, Diksha Karatekas displaying skill during 3rd District Rajouri Karate 21-06, 21-05, Suhani outclassed JAMMU, May 13: Young Bahuguna of National Academy Championship at Sunderbani on Saturday. Rinita 21-04, 21-06 and shuttlers of different age group clinched first position, while Ritika Sambhavi toppled Pridhi 21-06, showed composure, class, grit Sharma and Ira Gupta, both of 21-09. Karate Championship organized and guts on day-2 of Dr Pradeep Vivek Niketan claimed second and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Sunderbani, Mother Shadow In Under-15 boys singles, Sankhyadhar Memorial Open third spot respectively. School Nowshera, Raja New Light Vansh outplayed Ayush 21-11, SUNDERBANI, May 13: Badminton Tournament, being In Mini boys, Ranveer Thakur School Sunderbani and Delhi 21-23, 21-18, Ritik drubbed Third District Rajouri Karate organized by the Young's of Vivek Niketan won first place, Public School Rajouri. Ronak 23-21, 21-24, 21-19, Championship was organized by Badminton Club in collabora- while Arjun Bali and Lakshdev The chief guest of this Parth beat Tarun 21-03, 21-08, Armateur Karate in collaboration tion with Jammu City and Championship was Child Aesh got better of Surinder 21- Singh, both of National Academy with chief coach and chairman of District Badminton Association Development Protection Officer 05, 21-04, Yadunandan pre- claimed second and third spot Universal Martial Art Club at Badminton Hall, Indoor (CDPO) Sunderbani, Sudhir Bali. vailed over Shubam 21-19, 21- respectively. Sunderbani, Charan Singh Slathia Complex, MA Stadium, here. 08, Bhavya beat Bhavkeerat 21- In all, 112 students including 29 at BP World Play Way School, Instructors of Martial Art name- In Under-10 boys singles, girls competed for honours in the here. ly Dheeraj Singh, Sumit Chasyal, Udhyan beat Raghav 21-09, 21- 08, 21-11, Sidhant outplayed district championship. However, around 200 Karatekas partici- Neeraj Sharma, Menal Sharma, 13, Harsh got better of Shivang Aryan Salathia 13-21, 21-17, competitions in the Men's and pated in this Championship, out of Ajmet Babi, National Player & 21-17, 21-08, Bhavdeep Singh 21-17 and Kartik thrashed Women's categories were not held which 64 players got medals, with Chairman of United Martial Art prevailed over Aarav 21-06, 21- Anshu 21-12, 21-09. for lack of adequate participation. 18 gold medals. Academy Rajouri, Yasmeen Kosser 07 and Shourya outplayed The matches were conducted In the concluding function, The students drawn from differ- and First Degree Black of Kick Rishav 21-09, 21-06, while in under the supervision of Satpal Ram Khajuria, Secretary Indian ent schools of district Rajouri par- Boxing Martial Art Zorawar Singh Under-10 boys doubles, Shourya Sharma, SAI, Badminton Mountaineering Foundation North ticipated in the Championship and were present on the occasion. and Ashman trounced Aarav and Coach. Zone Committee, New Delhi who the schools included BP World Play Finally, the chief guest distrib- Harsh 21-05, 21-04 to stay alive Today's officials were Aman is also the General Secretary of Way School Sunderbani, Model uted medals among the winners in the competition. Badyal, Sunil Bakshi, Suresh Mountaineering Association of Academy Kalideh Sunderbani, and mementoes among the instruc- In Under-10 girls singles, Kumar, Puran Chand, Sanjay J&K was the Chief Guest who dis- Harsh Niketan School Sunderbani, tors and media persons on the occa- Snowy drubbed Shargus 21-06, Sharma and Sahil Kumar. tributed medals and mementoes New Public High School sion. Budgam Premier League -2017 among the winners. The competition was spon- Zonal level inter-school sored by J&K State Sports MLA XI Budgam seals berth in finals Council. Excelsior Sports Correspondent wickets in the process. tourney concludes In reply, MLA XI Budgam BUDGAM, May 13: Excelsior Sports Correspondent in Kabaddi HSS Berreru defeated achieved the target in 18 overs Nadirgund, Haknipora, Defeating Khonmov XI con- HSS Malothi by 4 points whereas by losing 4 wickets, thus won Shinning Star DODA, May 13: Three days In U/14 Kabaddi HSS Berreru vincingly by 6 wickets in the zonal level inter school tourna- semifinals, MLA XI Budgam the match by 6 wickets. Farooz crushed MS Khalo by 2 points. Ahmad was the top scorer with ment organised by the In Jammu, Jodhamal Pubic sealed berth in the ongoing register wins 55 runs, while Manzoor Dar Department of Youth Services and School and APS Miran Sahib won Budgam Premier League, being Excelsior Sports Correspondent scored 20 runs and took 2 Sports concluded at Higher their matches in Under-17 boys' organized at Sports Stadium, Secondary School Berreru of zone important wickets. However, BUDGAM, May 13: category, while Heritage Public here. Bhalla. Waseem Raza, for scoring valu- Nadirgund Club, School qualified for the finals in Earlier, winning the toss and About 200 boys and 75 girls able 35 runs and taking 3 impor- Haknipora Lions and Bemina Under-14 age group defeating bating first, Khonmov XI scored in the age group U/14 and U/17 BSF Paloura by 5-4 goals via tie- a decent total of 152 runs in the tant wickets was adjudged as Cricket Club registered wins participated in volley ball, kabad- over their rival in the ongoing breaker in District Level Inter- stipulated 20 overs, losing 9 man of the match. di, kho-kho, wrestling and ath- School Football Tournament. Syed Aga Syed Mehdia lelics. The Competitions are being Memorial T20 Cricket In Boys category U/17 volley organized by Department of Tournament, being organized ball Match HSS Chakrabhati Youth Services and Sports District by Al-Mehdi Foundation defeated HS Bhalla whereas in Budgam at Sports Stadium, Kabaddi HS Dradhu defeated HS Jammu under the Chairmanship here. seri by 2 points and in Kho-Kho of Madan Lal, Joint Director In the first match, HSS Malothi crushed HSS Youth Services & Sports Jammu Haknipora Lions defeated Berreru by 5 points. and under the overall supervision Jehma Risers by 39 runs, while In U/14 kho-kho MS Gouda of Sukhdev Raj Sharma, DYSSO Shinning Star Pampore out- deafeated HSS Berreru by a mar- Jammu. played KCC Bemina by 27 runs gin of 1 points, whereas in Earlier, in Football Under-17 and Diamond XI Nadirgund got Kabaddi HS Dradhu defeated HS boys final, Jodhamal Public better of Sajad XI Raithan. Rafi Seri by 3 points and in Volley ball School beat APS Doman by 3-1 Ahmed, Gowhar and Sajad MS Panie crushed HSS Berreru. goals via Tie-Breaker and APS SMC Commissioner as other dignitaries presenting a trophy were adjudged as man of the In Girls category U/17 Kho Miran Sahib drubbed MHAC to Hamad Wadera who won ‘Mr Kashmir’, title during 13th match awards for these three Kho HSS Malothi won from HS Nagbani by a solitary goal (1-0) in Bodybuilding Championship at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar. matches respectively. Bhalla by a margin of 3 points and a well contested match. -Excelsior/Shakeel