THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India beat Afghanistan with bonus 1st Drug Free Youth Gharota T20 Tourney Manhas, Milind take Delhi closer point in dead rubber Mussa, Wattal, Ishan guide RCC MIRPUR, Mar 5: four, settled in quickly and rotat- looked in no trouble against the Srinagar to emphatic win to knock-outs in Vijay Hazare ed the strike to take pressure off Indian new-ball bowlers Knocked out of contention Excelsior Sports Correspondent in his knock, while Puneet Dhawan, a tentative-starter who Bhuvneshwar and Shami. Wattal also chipped in with 16 NEW DELHI, Mar 5: spare. Having beaten Services by for the final, five-time champi- JAMMU, Mar 5: Good con- Milind hit seven fours and a 98 runs today, Punjab are now got a reprieve on 28. Noor Ali looked attractive runs. Rahul Mussa of RCC Defending champions Delhi ons India ended their Asia Cup But inspired by Rahane, with his elegant drives and he tributions from Rahul Mussa, six in his 106 ball knock while positioned on top of the table campaign with a consolation Srinagar was adjudged man of inched a step closer towards Dhawan too got into the groove also stepped out to Shami who Puneet Wattal and Ishan helped the match for his brilliant all- Manhas’s fifty had nine sweetly with 12 points and a net run rate win over debutantes Rainawari Cricket Club, qualifying for the knock-out timed fours in 74 balls. of +0.956 while Delhi are sec- as the duo scored their half-cen- looked jaded and seemed to round performance. rounds of the Vijay Hazare Afghanistan, beating them by turies in tandem. Rahane was have lost his bite. The Indian Srinagar to defeat Friends Delhi, Punjab and Services ond with +0.248 and same num- eight wickets in a lop-sided In another match, Jaidev Trophy after comfortably beat- unlucky to have been given out pacer conceded 23 runs from his Cricket Club Akhnoor by 6 Cricket Club Kot defeated JKP are locked on 12 points each ber of points. Services are third encounter here today. wickets to advance in the ongo- ing Haryana by six wickets in a having won three of their four with 12 points and a net run-rate After skipper Virat Kohli SCOREBOARD XI in a close contest by 13 runs. North Zone leg match here ing 1st Drug Free Youth Gharota Jaidev Club scored a modest matches. of -0.366. opted to bowl on winning the Afghanistan: today. While Delhi would like to Brief Scores: Haryana 200/6 T20 Cricket Tournament, being total of 128 runs in the allotted toss, Indian spinners Ravindra Noor Ali Zadran c Kohli b Jadeja 31 organized by Country Cricket Batting first, Haryana beat Services thereby ensuring a in 50 overs (Bhupinder Lingwal 20 overs, with Lakhan Singh Jadeja, R Aswhin and Amit Nawroz Mangal b Mohammed Shami 5 Academy at the Academy crawled to 200 for six after smooth sailing, in case they are 51, Rahul Dewan 49, Sonu (34) and Anshul (21) being the Mishra shared seven wickets Rahmat Shah lbw b Jadeja 9 ground, here. being reduced to 109 for six, defeated, they would have to Rathee 39). main scorers. Nittu was the courtesy Bhupinder Lingwal (51 between them to skittle out Asghar Stanikzai c Mishra b Jadeja 5 Batting first, FCC Akhnoor then expect Punjab to lose badly Delhi 203/4 in 46.1 overs wrecker-in-chief for JKP XI not out) and Sonu Rathi (39 not Afghanistan for 159 in 45.2 Najibullah Zadran c Binny b Ashwin 5 scored a modest total of 121 to Himachal Pradesh in their (Milind Kumar 70, Mithun overs. who took 5 wickets, while out) with seamer Sumit Narwal Mohammad Nabi c Karthik b Jadeja 6 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. final group league encounter Manhas 68). Delhi won by six The Indians chased down the Jimmy, Chander, Parveen and Ambrose and Rajesh Gill (2/30) and left-arm spinner tomorrow. wickets. (PTI) target in 32.2 overs to clinch the Mohammad Shahzad lbw b Ashwin 22 bagged 2 wickets each. Pawan Negi (2/41) sharing bulk Samiullah Shenwari lbw b Mohammed Shami 50 Chandan contributed 26, 24, 14 bonus point but it was a case of and 13 runs to the total respec- JKP XI, in reply could score of the spoils. Mirwais Ashraf c Kohli b Mishra 9 HP drubs J&K by 49 runs too little too late after defeats tively. For RCC Srinagar, 115 runs in the allotted overs by In reply, Milind Kumar (70 Shapoor Zadran lbw b Ashwin 1 against Sri Lanka and Pakistan Puneet Wattal was the pick of losing 7 wickets, thus lost the not out) and veteran Mithun Excelsior Sports Correspondent overs, while Ramdayal, Waseem poured cold water on their final Dawlat Zadran not out 2 match by 13 runs. Skipper Manhas (68) struck half-cen- Raza and Raman Dutta also the bowlers, who took 3 impor- JAMMU, Mar 5: Himachal hopes. Extras (LB-2, WD-12) 14 Rajesh Gill top scored with 45 turies to ensure a smooth sailing bagged 2 wickets each by con- tant wickets by conceding 18 Pradesh defeated J&K by a mar- Ajinkya Rahane (56), after Total (All out in 45.2 overs) 159 runs off 41 balls, while Pankaj for Delhi with a 96-run partner- ceding 40, 50 and 52 runs in 9.4, runs in his 4 overs, while Rahul gin of 49 runs in the ongoing being promoted to open, and Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-54, 3-55, 4-60, 5-64, 6-83, 7-95, 8-111, 9- Ladda contributed 16 runs to the ship for the fourth wicket. 9 and 10 overs respectively. Mussa claimed 2 wickets. Vijay Hazare Trophy One-Day Shikhar Dhawan (60) set up the total. For Jaidev Cricket Club, This was after Unmukt In reply, J&K bundled out 137. In reply, riding on unbeaten Cricket Tournament at Jamia chase for India with a 121-run Balram took 2 wickets, while Chand (0) got a howler from the for 180 runs in 43 overs, thus Bowling: B Kumar 8-1-25-0, Mohammed Shami 7.2-0-50-2, A 47 runs by Rahul Mussa and Millia Cricket Ground, Delhi. opening wicket partnership. Bagga and Narinder Singh umpire, adjudged leg before by lost the match by 49 runs. Mishra 10-1-21-1, R Jadeja 10-1-30-4, R Ashwin 10-3-31-3. sensible 37 by Ishan, RCC Earlier, batting first, Earlier, Mohammed Shami claimed one wicket each. Mohit Sharma despite getting a Bandeep Singh was the top scor- India: Srinagar chased the target in Himachal Pradesh scored 229 provided India the first break- big inside edge. er with 43 runs, while Aditya Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Ashraf 56 16.2 overs by losing 4 wickets Despite Jaidev Club's win, Nittu runs in 49.4 overs. N Gangta through by dismissing Nawroj Gautam Gambhir (20) drove Pratap Singh, Parvez Rasool and Shikhar Dhawan b Nabi 60 thus won the match by 6 wick- of JKP XI was adjudged man of scored magnificent 99 runs off Mangal (5) and thereafter it was uppishly to be caught by Avi Ian Dev Singh contributed 29, ets. Mussa hit 5 fours and a six the match for his 5-wicket haul. 116 balls, with 8 fours and one a one-sided contest as Jadeja Rohit Sharma not out 18 Barot off Harshal Patel’s bowl- 28 and 19 runs to the total. six, while Rishi Dhawan con- ripped through the inexperi- Dinesh Karthik not out 21 ing. Jagrit Anand (10) was also Hardeep Singh also chipped in tributed 45 runs to the total. enced batting to finish with fig- Extras: (LB-1, W-3, NB-1) 5 dismissed cheaply reducing with 16 runs off 21 balls. Paras Dogra and P Chopra ures of 4/30. Total (for two wickets, 32.2 overs) 160 Delhi to 41 for three in 11.2 Viramjeet Malik, Bipul Sharma chipped in with 25 and 23 runs Ashwin (3/31) also chipped Fall of wickets: 1-121, 2-123. overs before Manhas-Milind and Karanveer Singh bagged 2 to the total respectively. For in to fox the Afghans, who will Bowling: Nabi 10-0-30-1, S. Zadran 6-0-25-0, D. Zadran 5-0-25- steadied the ship. wickets each, while Rishi J&K, skipper Parvez Rasool was go out with their heads held high 0, Shenwari 4.2-0-32-0 (w1), Ashraf 5-0-26-1, Shah 2-0-21-0. Milind and Puneet Bisht (26 Dhawan and Gurvinder Singh the pick of the bowlers, who after beating Bangladesh during not out) added another 67 runs claimed one wicket each. J&K for the unbroken fifth wicket to took 2 important wickets by will take on Haryana in their last the course of their campaign. LBW after completing his fifth first two overs. seal the issue with 23 balls to conceding 43 runs in his 12 match tomorrow. Afghanistan’s innings cen- ODI half-century. The effects of bowling non- tred around No 8 batsman Dhawan was gone exactly an stop since emerging into the Samiullah Shenwari, who Debate competition over later when Mohammad scene began to show on Shami J&K Institute of Mathematical Sciences scored a sensible 50 from 73 Nabi knocked off his off-stump who was kept in the playing XI balls to give their total a sem- organized after the batsman was beaten by despite the game being dead organizes prize distribution ceremony Excelsior Correspondent blance of respectability after a rubber.