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SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2016 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Pune thrash holders MI by All eyes on ‘King Carlos’ as Title holders New Zealand outplay Delhi Daredevils face KKR Pakistan in Azlan Shah Cup KOLKATA, Apr 9: to get their combination right, while IPOH (Malaysia), Apr 9: Muhammad Arslan Qadir, who nine wickets in IPL opener KKR with their nucleus intact will flicked in Ajaz Ahmed's cross Just a week after his unbeliev- be keen to get into the momentum Nic Woods converted two just wide of goalkeeper Kyle MUMBAI, Apr 9: 121 for eight. SCOREBOARD able exploits in World T20 final in their bid for a record third IPL sil- penalty corners to hand defend- Pontifex. The Supergiants made a fan- Mumbai Indians: made him the toast of the cricketing verware in five years. ing champions New Zealand a Pakistan could have Debutants Rising Pune tastic start in the run-chase with Lendl Simmons b Sharma 8 world, Carlos Brathwaite will be For a team that has always 5-3 victory over Pakistan in the increased the lead two minutes Supergiants today made a splen- openers Ajinkya Rahane (66 not Rohit Sharma lbw b Sharma 7 back at the Eden Gardens all guns boasted of a talent-filled roster only round-robin league of the 25th later from their first penlty cor- did debut in the Indian Premier out) and Faf du Plessis (34) Hardik Pandya c Dhoni b Marsh 9 blazing for Delhi Daredvils when to make a mess of things in the end, Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey ner when the shot deflected off League by thrashing defending pushing the score to 78 in 10 Jos Buttler c R Ashwin b Marsh 0 they take on Kolkata Knight Riders Daredevils look like a transformed tournament, here today. the goalkeeper's pads to the champions Mumbai Indians by overs. Ambati Rayudu c du Plessis b R Ashwin 22 in an IPL cricket match here tomor- unit this time, atleast on paper, hav- Twin strikes by Woods in the goal-post and back into play. nine wickets in the opening There was no stopping the Kieran Pollard lbw b Bhatia 1 row. ing spend judiciously on young tal- space of three minutes put New The Black Sticks defenders did game of the season at the visitors' charge after this splen- Shreyas Gopal c Rahane b M Ashwin 2 Zealand on winning course after not have a clue about the ball's Wankhede Stadium, here today. did start and the Supergiants Harbhajan Singh not out 45 Today’s Fixture the teams were level 2-2 at half- direction until it was cleared in a The visiting team took early surged to victory in 14.4 overs R Vinay Kumar c Smith b Singh 12 Delhi Daredevils Vs KKR (Kolkata) - 8 PM time. melee. Mitchell McClenaghan not out 2 It was last Sunday, that ents. Back to winning habit after New Zealand drew parity in Extras: (LB-1, W-12) 13 Brathwaite achieved overnight star- They did cop some flak having being held to draws by Malaysia the 12th minute when George Total: (8 wickets; 20 overs) 121 dom hitting Ben Stokes for four bought Brathwaite at Rs 4.2 crore at and Canada in their initial two Muir's diagonal cross was Bowling: RP Singh 3-0-30-1, Ishant 4-0-36-2, Marsh 4-0-21-2, Bhatia consecutive sixes to win the ICC the IPL auctions when he was a rel- outings, New Zealand took their deflected into the boards by 4-1-10-1, M Ashwin 4-0-16-1, R Ashwin 1-0-7-1. World T20 final for the West Indies. ative non-entity but the team man- points tally for five, while Stephen Jenness. Rising Pune Supergiants innings: It's very fresh in everyone's agement is now being hailed for Pakistan have three points from Captain Simon Child put the Ajinkya Rahane not out 66 memory and no wonder their foresight after his World T20 two matches. Black Sticks ahead for the first Faf du Plessis b Harbhajan 34 Brathwaite's inclusion will lift the exploits. Pakistan had beaten Canada time in the 19th minute when his Kevin Pietersen not out 21 3-1 in their opening fixture. reverse shot from top of the cir- Extras: (LB-1, W-3, NB-1) 5 spirits of Daredevils, who have The new-look Daredevils looks been perennial under-achievers in like a mini Rajasthan Royals -- one Pakistan opened the account cle went through Pakistan goal- Total: (for 1 wicket in 14.4 overs) 126 in the eighth minute through keeper Imran Butt's pads. (PTI) Bowling: McClenaghan 3-0-27-0, Bumrah 3-0-30-0, R Vinay Kumar 2- the cash-rich league. It's also a psy- of the two suspended franchises 0-14-0, Gopal 3-0-18-0, Harbhajan 3-0-24-1, Pandya 0.4-0-12-0. chological advantage to play along with Chennai Super Kings -- against Gautam Gambhir led KKR, with inspiring backroom presence in style, by striking two sixes in each to reduce MI to 30 for four Australia spike Malaysian challenge which has maintained a good of Rahul Dravid as mentor and 15th over from Hardik Pandya. inside the six-over of power record on their home turf. Paddy Upton as coach among oth- IPOH (Malaysia), Apr 9: Australia equalised within a MI, thus, made another play. Getting into the winning mode ers. (PTI) minute through a flash strike by unpromising start to their cam- MI could not recover from will be key as Daredevils will look World champions Australia Jacob Wheatton as both the Ajinkya Rahane plays a pull shot during the IPL 2016 open- paign after having lost five and these early shocks and stuttered spanked hosts Malaysia 5-1 to teams went into the breather ing match against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai on Saturday. four games initially in the last along but managed to avoid surge to the top of the standings locked at 1-1. control of the Maharashtra state with Rahane remaining uncon- two seasons respectively. being shot out below their low- Saina lose in semis at in the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Two goals in the 40th minute Derby by reducing MI to 30 for quered on a well-made, unbeat- Opting to bat first after win- est score at this venue - 92 Cup hockey tournament, here from Ogilvie and Matt Ghodes four during power play and then en half ton off 42 balls, embel- ning the toss, MI lost their top against Delhi Daredevils in Malaysia Open today. put Australia in command. 68 for seven before Harbhajan lished with three sixes and seven four batsmen with only 30 on 2012. Two dazzling field goals by Ogilvie again shot on target in the Singh led the fight-back with a fours, along with Kevin board, including captain Rohit Among the frontline bats- SHAH ALAM (Malaysia), sistent enough to close out the ral- Flynn Ogilvie in the space of two next minute to dash Malaysian breezy innings of 45 not out in Pietersen (21 not out). Sharma, and then slid further men only Ambati Rayudu (22 in Apr 9: lies. minutes stamped the Australian hopes of making a contest out of Playing against an opponent supremacy against Malaysia, it and Thomas Craig rounded off 30 balls to help the hosts reach Rahane finished off the game into difficulties before they were 27 balls) reached double figures. Saina Nehwal's semi-final jinx who has always troubled her, whose game was lifted by the the scoring in the 55th minute for revived by Harbhajan's late hit- Later, Harbhajan used the continued as she suffered another Saina once again trailed 0-7 vociferous supporters but the the Kookaburras. (PTI) 2nd Holi Cup T-20 Tourney ting. long handle to make an innings- defeat against her nemesis Tai Tzu behind and then 6-13 after the world champions turned out to be India's Test pace spearhead high 45 not out in 30 balls, Ying of Chinese Taipei in break. The Indian did gather some too good for the hosts. Boosted by Manpreet's return, Ishant Sharma and Australia's inclusive of one six and seven women's singles competition to points with her acute angled Posting their second succes- Parveen guides YCC to crush Mitchell Marsh struck twice fours. (PTI) draw curtains on Indian challenge returns but Tai Tzu was always a sive victory, Australia moved to India look to dominate at the Malaysia Super Series step ahead. Saina also committed the top of the round-robin league IPOH (Malaysia), Apr 9: Premier here today. too many unforced errors. standings with maximum six Aircel XI by 60 runs Olympic bronze medallist It was failure to return a pow- points from two outings. Bolstered by the return of Excelsior Sports Correspondent Sharma made 23 runs off 22 Saina, who has lost to the World erful smash from Tai Tzu which Defending champions New midfielder Manpreet Singh, balls and Harjot contributed 20 No. 9 Tai Tzu seven times in 12 gave the Chinese taipei girl six Zealand are in the second posi- India will seek to dominate the JAMMU, Apr 9: Three wick- runs in 16 balls. meetings, including a All England game points at 20-14. However, tion with five points from three hard-tackling Canada tomorrow ets haul and 41 runs off 29 balls For YCC side, Parveen quarterfinal loss last month, once Saina didn't give up the fight and outings after their 5-3 triumph and boost their standing in the by Parveen guided Young bowled well and scalped three again failed to find a way to out- saved as many as five game points over Pakistan, while Canada 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Cricket Club (YCC) to crush wickets by conceding 24 runs manoeuvre the Chinese taipei girl, with Tai Tzu hitting wide and defeated Japan 3-1 to take the hockey tournament here.