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SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU KKR suffers nine-run Warner, Shankar guide Sunrisers Hyderabad 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 Kolkata Knight Riders' hit a single six but the 23 Lions for 154 in 19.2 overs solidated their into the Indian Premier League 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 Ishan Kishan top of the table wicket victory over Gujarat Mumbai Indians 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 bowling (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 Eden Gardens 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 Hardik Pandya celebrating the wicket of alongwith Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti and Minister for many wickets and Vijay Shankar (63, 44 Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kings XI Punjab (4 PM) Pune are now placed at the third Manish Pandey with Rohit Sharma 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, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (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 Saurabh Tiwary 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 captain 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 Shikhar Dhawan (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, Trent Boult 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 Kuldeep Yadav (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 Gautam Gambhir 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.