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 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 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- 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 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 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 -- 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. Aircel XI by 60 runs and to in 2.4 overs, while Jagandeep going down 19-21 13-21 here. long. In the end, it was a delec- third spot on four points from The bereaved Manpreet last qualify for the next round of took 2 wickets by giving 8 runs This was Saina's third succes- table drop after an engrossing three matches. night returned from India after the ongoing 2nd Holi Cup T-20 in 3 overs. sive loss in the semi-finals after rally which caught the Indian off Malaysia are also on four his father's funeral to join his the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold guard at the forecourt and gave points, but the big loss to Tournament at Phalian For his brilliant overall teammates for a training session and India Super Series. The World the Chinese Taipei girl, the open- Australia messed up their goal this morning, giving coach No 8 Indian will next play at the ing game. The second game stated difference. Pakistan and India Roelant Oltmans some options of Singapore Open starting from on even keel as both the shuttlers have three points each from two tackling the rivals, who today April 12th at Singapore City. moved together till 6-6 before Tai outings, but Pakistan has a better overtook India on the round- Tai Tzu came up with a decep- Tzu opened a 11-9 lead at the goal difference. robin league standings. Players in action during Basketball match of Annual Sports tive game and engaged in some interval. At 10-13, Tai Tzu chal- Skipper Razie Rahim's 24th- Canada defeated Japan 3-1 to Meet at CUJ in Jammu. fierce fast-paced rallies with lenged a line call and the chair minute penalty corner conversion Saina. The Indian, who recently umpire ended up giving her two gave Malaysia the initial lead take their points tally to four recovered from a nagging ankle points, which took some time to before the Australians strikers from three outings, having lost 1- Annual Sports meet injury, was erratic and wasn't con- be sorted. (PTI) pressed the accelerator. 3 to Pakistan and holding defend- ing champions New Zealand to a Lawyers Annual Sports 1-1 draw. (PTI) Young Cricket Club players posing for photograph after win- concludes at CUJ Vikas Gupta named ning a match during ongoing 2nd Holy Cup T-20 Tourney at Excelsior Sports Correspondent played between department of Phalian Mandial on Saturday. HRM and TTM, department of Meet in full swing Manager of Indian JAMMU, Apr 9: Annual HRM prevailed over TTM 8-4, Mandial, here. performance, Parveen was sports meet at Central University while in Basketball women's final Excelsior Sports Correspondent scorer with 38 runs, while Pankaj each for Dogra XI. In reply, Dogra Judo team Batting first after winning adjudged as man of the match. of Jammu concluded here on played between department of chipped in with 23 runs. Ranjeet XI bundled out for 80 runs. Excelsior Sports Correspondent the toss, YCC scored a modest The match was officiated Saturday, in which teams of vari- English and EVS, department of JAMMU, Apr 9: Lawyers and Arvind Khajuria claimed 1 Sandeep Slathia was the top scorer total of 178 runs for the loss of ous departments participated. Annual Sports Meet was at full wicket each. Royal XI won the with 28 runs, while Munish by Virender Singh and Sachin English defeated the opponents by JAMMU, Apr 9: Vikas On the final day of the meet, swing on day-2, here today. match with 7 wickets. Choudhary scored 19 runs to the 6 wickets in stipulated 20 Singh as umpires, while 15-4. Gupta, son of Vijay Gupta, resi- the students of various depart- The first match was played The third match was played total. Sahil Aggarwal took 3 wick- overs. Parveen was the top Sumeet Kumar maintained the In Volleyball men's final, dent of Bakshi Nagar, Jammu, ments played basketball, volley- between Legal Hawks and Legal between Carbeans XI and Nasir ets,while Ajay Singh Manhas and scorer with 41 runs off 29 balls, scorecard. The commentator played between HRM and TTM former out- ball and badminton. Riders, in which Legal Hawks XI, in which Carbeans XI after Amit Chadha claimed 2 wickets while Jagjet made 37 runs off was Sohan Bharti. in which HRM clinched the title standing 18 balls and Talwinder chipped The games were played at with 3-1 sets. after winning the toss chose to bat winning the toss chose to bat first each. Paradise XI won the match The tournament is being first and scored 92 runs in 10 Judoka of J&K in 31 runs off 30 balls. University's temporary academic The final event of three day and scored 127 runs in the quota of by 42 runs. organized by Sachin Singh, overs. Ankit was the top scorer 10 overs. Usman was the highest The fifth match was played State, has been For Aircel XI, Bhanu block at Sainik Colony. sports meet was graced by Prof Mukesh Sharma and Sunil with 50 runs and Rajan Radhey scorer with 46 runs each, while between Golden Heartz XI and appointed as scalped 2 wickets by conceding In badminton women singles, Ashok Aima, Vice Chancellor, Kumar under the chairmanship contributed 10 runs. Sidharth took Satwant contributed 31 runs. Great Warriors, in which Golden Manager of the 37 runs in his 4 overs, while Arushi from department of TTM CUJ. Prof Aima complimented of Ankush Abrol, BCCI 2 wickets. Nadeem Mirza, M.S. Qureshi and Heartz XI after winning the toss Indian Judo Rakesh and Mohinder took one outplayed Prabjot from the efforts of DSW and organizing Member. Chasing the target, Legal Ravinder claimed 1 wicket each. chose to bat first and scored 51 team to partici- wicket apiece by spending 16 Department of English whereas in team. In the match, Sarika Riders scored 93 runs. Bhanu was Chasing the target, Nasir XI runs 6 overs. Arvind Khajuria was pate in the Senior Asian Judi and 33 runs respectively. Badminton women doubles, The sports meet was conduct- Singh, NC leader was the chief Prabjot and Safina from the highest scorer with 53 runs, scored 83 runs. Varun was the top the top scorer with 22 runs and SK Championship (Individual In reply, Aircel XI gave ed under the supervision of the guest, who along with Tejinder Department of English defeated Nikash scored 23 runs. Rajan took scorer with 35 runs, while Bhanu Shukla scored 16 runs. Deepak events) from April 12 to April befitting reply and tried to conveners Dr Pankaj Mehta, Dr. Pal Singh, Joint Secretary, Arushi and Krishma from depart- 1 wicket. Legal Riders won the Singh Bandral scored 17 runs. took 2 wickets, while Rohit 17, 2016 at Tashkent in chase the target, but failed and Neelika Arora, Dr. Govind Kumar Youth National Conference ment of TTM. Inakhiya, Dr. Kiran, Mr. Rahul match by 9 wickets. Sidharth and Usman took 1 wicket claimed 1 wicket for Great Uzbekistan. bundled out at 118 runs for all Jammu Province awarded the In badminton men single's, Thakur, Dr. Anita Singh and The second match was played each. Carbaens XI won the match Warriors. The event is the Olympic out in 17 overs. Bablu scored winning team and man of the Manish from department of NSS Mohit Sharma. Dr. Pavinder between Golden Heartz XI and by 43 runs. Chasing the target, Great qualifying event and Vikas is 30 runs in 15 balls, while Sahil match. defeated Gijo Jose from depart- Singh, Dean Student Welfare con- Royal XI, in which Golden Heartz The fourth match was played Warriors scored 55 runs by losing first Judoka of J&K State who ment of MCNM, while in gratulated the organizing commit- after winning the toss chose to bat between Paradise XI and Dogra 1 wicket, thus won the match by 9 represents Indian team as an Badminton men doubles, Mayukh tee members for successful con- first and scored 97 runs in 10 XI, in which Paradise XI after wickets. Dinesh scored 29 runs, official. and Shashi Kant from Department duct of three day event and overs. Lovanya and Arvind winning the toss chose to bat first while Sahil Gupta made 16 runs. Vikas has a reputation of of NSS drubbed Neeraj Dhiman announced that prize distribution Khajuria were the highest scorers and scored 122 runs in the quota of Senior Advocate Sunil Sethi took promoting Judo game and and Nitish Manotra from function will be organized at the with 22 runs each, while Ranjit 12 Overs. Vikash was the highest 1 wicket. Judokas in nooks and corners of Department of HRM. end of academic session 2015-16. scored 20 runs. Aditya took 3 scorer with 47 runs, Sahil the State. In Basketball men's final, wickets and Rohit Gupta claimed Aggarwal scored 26 runs and 1 wicket. Guru Pratap Singh scored 21 runs. Bilquis Mir nominated coach of Chasing the target, Royal XI Nitin Gupta took 2 wickets, while Sachin is a legend, not proper scored 98 runs. Rahul was the top Surinder Chib and Ashwani took 1 Indian Canoe Slalom team to compare with Kohli: Kapil Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 9: Ace paddler, Bilquis Mir has been nominated KOLKATA, Apr 9: "When the selectors feel that national coach to represent India in 9th Asian Canoe Slalom there is a need for a change, Championship and Canoe Slalom Asian Continental Former India skipper Kapil they will make the change. It is Qualifier for Rio Olympics 2016, to be held at Dev today sought to downplay better to leave it to them," Kapil Cheques being distributed among the students with disability Toyama in Japan from April 17 to April 24, 2016 as the oft-repeated comparison said. at Government Polytechnic Jammu on Saturday. coach. between Sachin Tendulkar and On India's performance at She has the reputation of being the most compe- Virat Kohli saying it's not proper the T20 World Cup, he said "It tent national coach in women Kayaking and Govt Polytechnic distributes to compare the two. was fabulous. Very good. On Canoeing internationally. "Where is the need for such a that given day, the rivals out- It is pertinent to mention here that earlier in 3rd comparison? Sachin on his own played us." cheques among students National Canoe Slalom and Canoe Polo Championship, J&K team is a legend. Virat Kohli is play- Asked whether the shortest coached by Bilquis won one gold three silver and 2 bronze medals. Excelsior Correspondent Superintendent, Er KS Manhas, ing at an early stage. So I think version of the game is spoiling While talking to EXCELSIOR, Bilquis said that she is hopeful Head of Civil Engineering, Er it is not right to compare the two cricket, he said, "Why such a of good show of Indian team at the National scene, adding that she JAMMU, Apr 9: Government Manish Kumar, Head of I&C, Er players," Kapil said at an event question? Have you ever seen also believes that JK paddlers will represent India in the forthcom- Polytechnic Jammu organized a Vinay Gupta, HoD and other staff organised by TMT bar maker so many sixes and chasing programme for the distribution of ing Asian Championship. members of the Institution were SRMB here. moments? So long as the crick- Children enjoying learning at Bachpan- a Playway School in cheques among the students present during the distribution of Responding to queries, eting world is there, I am for it." Jammu. under 'Person with Disability' cheques. Kapil said it should be left to the (PTI) scheme of the Ministry of It is pertinent to mention here five selectors to choose the next Human Resource Development, that the'Person with captain. Bachpan-creating new Government of India. Maharashtra to lose Disability'Scheme is a centrally On whether skipper The students with disability sponsored scheme under MHRD, Mahendra Singh Dhoni should Rs 100 Cr if IPL is studying in the Government Govt. of India for supporting the quit as captain as India failed to avenues in education Polytechnic, Bikram Chowk, persons with disability. Under make it to the World T20 finals, shifted: Thakur Jammu for three year engineer- Excelsior Correspondent Bachpan has become one of this scheme the Govt. Kapil said Dhoni has done India MUMBAI, Apr 9: ing diploma courses were handed Polytechnic Jammu is providing the fastest growing pre-schools proud a number of times. A day after Chief Minister over their respective stipend in a the stipend to its students to sup- JAMMU, Apr 9: Keeping in across India with over one thou- Devendra Fadnavis said he is well attended function. port their studies and daily need. view the pace of development at sand schools in 10 years. Over Shevali Raina, D/o Raj The funds were allotted by Speaking on this occasion, fine with the IPL moving out of childhood stage and the environ- two lakh toddlers have already Kumar Raina the MHRD, New Delhi for sup- the Principal stressed upon the the drought-affected ment needed for child's overall passed from playschools since and Sarla Sher, porting the studies of students participants to create awareness Maharashtra, his party col- development, Bachpan-a its inception. R/o H No 520, under the category of 'Person about the scheme among the league and BCCI secretary Playway School aims at making Bachpan has its own curricu- Sector-3, Channi with Disability'. society so that the students with Anurag Thakur today warned the child ready for undergoing lum which has more than 100 Himmat, Er. Ritu Jamwal, Principal of disability can take maximum that doing so will result in a loss the experiences and nuances of books, designed and composed Jammu, who has Government Polytechnic Jammu benefit of this scheme and also to of Rs 100 Cr for the State. learning. for playgroup, Nursery (Level Chief guest, Deepika Bhasin, Executive Manager, J&K Bank qualified and chief Co-ordinator of the provide information about dif- "Maharashtra gains Rs 100 Bachpan marked its roots 1), LKG (Level 2) and UKG Ltd. Residency Road, Jammu and other dignitaries inaugurating National Eligibility Test (NET) Scheme, along with the team ferent engineering courses and Cr from IPL and if the tourna- almost a decade ago in 2004 and (Level 3) and has introduced 'Toddlers Den'- A Playway School of Alexander Memorial members including Er. Amit the other formal courses being in Sociology, the result of which ment goes out of the state, it since then had a goal of prepar- many international concepts to School, Eidgah, Residency Road, Jammu. Rev Udai Singh, Kumar Sharma, Project undertaken at Government was declared by Council of will be a loss for the state," ing a child for formal education facilitate children with the latest Presbyter-Incharge St Paul's Church, Jammu, SM Gill, ex MLC, Champion of PWD Scheme, Er Polytechnic Jammu and its Scientific and Industrial Thakur said on the sidelines of by providing him a loving, car- and the finest way of learning. Victor John and Esther William, Principal Alexander Memorial IJ Singh, Workshop extension centers. Research (CSIR) recently. an event here. (PTI) ing and safe atmosphere to learn. School were also present on the occasion.