MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2016 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Knight Riders roar past Daredevils IPL strugglers KXIP seek positive India survive anxious moments start against Gujarat Lions before prevailing over Canada MOHALI, Apr 10: in both and . IPOH (Malaysia), Apr 10: With six points from three in season opener They have explosive bats- outings, India are now third in They endured a disastrous men in Brendon McCullum, KOLKATA, Apr 10: raced to 24 in just 13 balls with India squandered numerous the round-robin league stand- run the last time around to finish , Aaron scoring chances before two late ings. On top of the table are Knight Riders having some ini- at the bottom of the heap and Finch and a plenty of top-notch A clinical Kolkata Knight tial hiccups. goals sealed their 3-1 victory Australia with nine points from Kings XI Punjab would be aim- all-rounders in Dwayne Bravo, over Canada in the 25th Sultan three successive wins, followed Riders handed Delhi Daredevils looked ing to make amends this season and James a nine- drubbing to begin imperious when he unsettled Azlan Shah Cup hockey tourna- by New Zealand on eight from when they begin their campaign Faulkner. ment here today. four outings. their Umesh Yadav's line with succes- against newbies Gujarat Lions These T20 specialists can be campaign in style here today. sive four and a six. Failing to exert pressure Earlier in the day, Australia in their IPL opener here tomor- dispersed through the order and despite taking an early lead, outplayed Pakistan 4-0, while Knight Riders shot out a The Knight Riders bounced row. some of them like Raina and lacklustre Delhi for 98 before back in the next over with India hung on grimly against New Zealand defeated Japan 4- Kings XI Punjab did not Bravo can anchor or attack. several threatening Canadian 1. cantering home in 14.1 overs Russell giving twin break- make any big buys this year and Bravo, along with Faulkner, is a with openers skipper Gautam throughs of de Kock (17 from 10 raids to clinch their second vic- India's defence came under a Gambhir (38 ) and Robin balls) and Shreyas Iyer (0) Today's Fixture tory in three outings. lot of pressure today against Uthappa (35) sharing a brisk 69- before Hasting tightened things Kings XI Punjab Vs Gujarat Lions (Mohali) 8 PM Chandana Thimmaiah Canada, who like India are run stand. up the other end. opened the Indian account in the drawn in Group B of the have a new captain in South high-quality, death-overs third minute, but Keegan Pereira Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. (3/24) and 45- Introduced only at midway African David Miller in place of bowler as well. year-old Brad Hogg (3/19) were stage, Knight Riders spin equalised for Canada in the 23rd Goalkeeper Harjot Singh Australian George Bailey who But the weak link for the minute to be 1-1 level at half- made a blunder of conceding the the star bowlers for the home armoury, without their ace hops up as he flicks one to the leg side in was released after leading the Gujarat side could be the pace- time. first penalty corner, but made a team after Gambhir put the weapon , lived up to an IPL match against Delhi Daredevils at Kolkata on Sunday. side to the last place in the pre- bowling department as they opposition in. the expectation as Hogg and Harmanpreet Singh convert- few good saves before he was SCOREBOARD vious season. don't have any big name -- ed a penalty corner in the 41st replaced by Akash Chikte in the While the two-time champi- Piyush Chawla foxed a clueless has also Indian or overseas -- except for ons made an ideal start to the looking Daredevils batting line- Delhi Daredevils: minute and Talwinder Singh second quarter. Both the goal- M Agarwal c Hogg b Russell 9 retired and he will only be the South African Dale Steyn. capitalised on a Sardar Singh keepers saved four good cracks season, a fresh squad, mentored up. team mentor this season. The side's pace department by Rahul Dravid, did not change (11) and Sanju Q de Kock c Pathan b Russell 17 cross into the circle in the 67th at the Indian citadel from the S Iyer lbw b Russell 0 The Preity Zinta-owned side are made up most of by medium to seal the fate of the match. Canadian strikers. (PTI) the fortunes of Delhi who fin- Samson (15) tried to repair the continues to lack the team bal- pacers. ished seventh out of eight teams damage with a 20-run partner- K Nair c Pandey b Hastings 3 S Samson c Uthappa b Hogg 15 ance as it has not added any sig- It will also have to be seen in 2015. ship but Hogg brilliantly set up P Negi st Uthappa b Hogg 11 nificant player, only snapping whether Steyn will make the Jamie Dwyer dazzles as Cricket returned to Eden the former with two dot balls C Brathwaite lbw b Chawla 6 the likes of all-rounders Farhaan final eleven tomorrow, consid- Gardens on the same strip exact- before deceiving the left-hander C Morris b Chawla 11 Behardien and Marcus Stoinis, ering his poor form in the T20 ly a week after West Indies rode with his flight to have him N Coulter-Nile not out 7 seamer Mohit Sharma and left- format recently. Besides, only Australia outplay Pakistan on Carlos Brathwaite six-hitting . A Mishra c Gambhir b Hogg 3 arm spinner Swapnil Singh. four overseas players are IPOH (MALAYSIA), Apr 10: goals in successive minutes fea- heroics to lift their second World Coming at No 7, Carlos Z Khan c Pandey b Hastings 4 Last season, their batsmen allowed in the line-up. Twenty20 title and the 25,000- Brathwaite received a thunder- turing Dwyer took the fight out Extras (WD-12) 12 lacked consistency and whenev- For Kings XI Punjab, a big Jamie Dwyer's dazzling of them. odd Knights fans could not have ous applause from the KKR sup- Total (all out in 17.4 overs) 98 er they did well, the bowlers let responsibility would lie on the a better start for Knight Riders, porters as the World T20 hero stickwork inside the circle Dwyer set up the second Bowling: A Russell 3-0-24-3, U Yadav 3-0-21-0, J Hastings 2.4-1-6-2, C the side down. shoulders of the likes of Miller, spurred Australia to a 4-0 victory Australian goal when he sent a the two-time champions. lived up to the hype with a sec- Munro 1-0-7-0, B Hogg 4-1-19-3, P Chawla 4-0-21-2. On the other hand, debutants Maxwell, Shaun Marsh, Murali Gambhir and Uthappa made ond-ball six but only to be over Pakistan in the 25th Sultan reverse back-pass to Thomas innings: Gujarat Lions have a balanced Vijay and Mitchell Johnson. Azlan Shah Cup hockey tourna- Craig, who had worked up his batting look easy during the trapped plumb deceived by a c Morris b Mishra 35 side with top-class performers (PTI) ment here today. way on the left side and made no chase as the team completed a Chawla googly two balls later. Gautam Gambhir not out 38 World champions Australia mistake in shooting past goal- convincing win. Gambhir was Earlier, de Kock was not out 15 stayed on top of the round-robin keeper Imran Butt in the 41st solid in his 41-ball knock, col- deceived by the bounce and took Extras (B 2, W 8, NB 1) 11 league standings with nine points minute. lecting five fours while Uthappa a top edge that Total (1 wicket; 14.1 overs) 99 smashed seven boundaries almost fumbled at mid off with Bowling: Nathan Coulter-Nile 4-0-32-0, 2.1-0-24-0 , from three successive victories. A minute later, Dwyer including a couple of delightful the ball popping out before tak- Chrish Morris 4-0-21-0, Carlos Brathwaite 2-0-9-0, Amit Mishra 2-0-11-1. Defending champions New applied the finishing touch to a straight drives. ing in his third attempt. Daredevils failed to overcome and what was needed was smart Zealand, who today defeated long through ball from Chris Earlier, a brilliant bowling He trapped Iyer lbw in his from the twin setbacks with their rotation of strikes but the likes Japan 4-1, are in the second spot Ciriello as the deflection gave effort enabled Knight Riders to last ball while at the other end, young Indian batsman showing of (9) and with eight points from four out- the custodian no chance. dismiss Daredevils for a paltry Hastings bowled a tidy over little application. Karun Nair (3) perished playing ings. Aran Zalewski rounded off total. with five dot balls giving away Their run-rate was well expansive shots. (PTI) Pakistan put up a stiff resist- the Australian scoring in the Pacers Russell and John just one run as boundaries sud- above eight after the third over ance despite Australia taking the 52nd minute as he hustled past Hastings (2/6) triggered the col- denly dried up with two new initial lead through a 24th one defender on top of the circle lapse before the spin duo of batsmen at the crease. Indian eves end 6th in Hawke's minute penalty corner conver- and beat another with his low Hogg and Piyush Chawla (2/21) Russell's third over proved to sion by Blake Govers before two shot into the boards. (PTI) came to the party. be a match-turning from the Put in, Delhi Daredevils Knights perspective as Bay Cup hockey tourney Legal Star, Legal Riders enter semis HASTINGS (New Zealand), Apr it and the quarter ended goalless. Winners posing along with organizers and officials at Mandal 10: Ireland took the lead four cricket ground in Jammu on Sunday. The Indian women's hockey minutes into the second quarter of Lawyers Annual Sports Meet team went down 3-4 to Ireland in through Deirdre Duke. Namita Wave CC outplays Media XI in Excelsior Sports Correspondent with 42 runs, while Salil scored a penalty shootout to sign off 6th Toppo's field goal in the 25th 20 runs. AP Singh and Frahan in the Hawke's Bay Cup here minute drew India level. JAMMU, Apr 10: Outplaying took 1 wicket each. Legal Star today. Playing at a fast pace, both Holi Cup Cricket Tournament their rivals convincingly in the won the match by 35 runs. Both teams were tied 2-2 after teams created several opportuni- quarterfinals, Legal Star and The third match was played Excelsior Sports Correspondent The match was officiated by Legal Riders sealed berth in the between Legal Riders and the regulation time. ties in their hunt for the break- Virender Singh and Sachin semifinals of the ongoing Cricket Avenger XI, in which Legal The game started with Ireland through. Disaster struck for India JAMMU, Apr 10: Riding on Singh as umpires, while Raj Tournament as part of Lawyers Rider after winning the toss attacking strongly and earning a though as Rani injured her ankle a brilliant bowling display by Kumar and Sohan Bharti were Annual Sports Meet, being chose to Bowled first and couple of penalty corners early in and had to be attended by the Prabjot Singh and magnificent the scorer and commentator organized by J&K High Court Avenger XI scored 106 runs in 12 the quarter, only to be thwarted physio, before eventually being knocks by Charandeep Singh respectively. Bar Association at Jammu overs. Satish was the highest Winners of SnowShoe Championship posing alongwith dig- by the Indian defence. helped off the pitch. The teams nitaries at Gulmarg on Sunday. and Charanjeet Singh, Wave The Tournament is being University ground, here. scorer with 43 runs, while Majid India earned a penalty corner went into half time locked at 1-1. Cricket Club defeated Media XI organized by Rajesh Dhar, On the 3rd day of the contributed 23 runs. Vikram took of their own but failed to convert (PTI) by 6 to advance into the Sachin Singh, Mukesh Sharma Tournament today, the first 3 wickets and Lovesh and Gulmarg hosts first ever next round of the ongoing 2nd and Sunil Kumar, under the match was played between Sarjeevan claimed 1 wicket each. Holi Cup T20 Cricket supervision of Ankush Abrol, Dabang XI and Great Warrior, in Legal Riders, in reply, scored Tournament, being played at Member BCCI. which Dabang XI after winning 108 runs by losing 2 wickets, SnowShoe event Mandal cricket ground, here. 1st Baisakhi Cricket the toss chose to bat first and thus won the match by 8 wickets. Excelsior Sports Correspondent with SSFI president Mir Earlier, winning the toss and scored 147 runs in 12 overs. Vikram Singh was the highest Mudassar, WGFI president Col. batting first, Media XI scored a Cup from Apr 23 Lokesh was the top scorer with scorer with unbeaten 54 runs, modest total of 128 runs in 19.1 49 runs, while Akshay Koul while Bhanu Pratap Singh scored SRINAGAR, Apr 10: Ski Dhillon, Assistant Director Excelsior Sports Correspondent resort of Gulmarg on Sunday Tourism Dr. Ilyas, Olympian overs. Vivek Suri top scored scored 42 runs and AmarJeet 38 runs while Rafakat and Tarez with 24 runs, while Faheem Tak contributed 33 runs. Deepak took took 1 wicket each. Legal Rider hosted first ever SnowShoe Gul Mustafa, SSFI treasurer Mir JAMMU, Apr 10: Country and Amit Sudan contributed 19 2 wickets, while Rohit Pandit and won the match with 8 wickets. championship which was organ- Nazir, SSFI Tariq Zargar. Cricket Academy is organizing and 16 runs to the total respec- Dinesh claimed 1 wicket each. ized by Snow Shoe Federation Ifshan of Narbal finished 1st Baisakhi Cup Cricket of India (SSFI) in collaboration first while Umer Hamid of tively. For Wave Cricket Club, In reply, Great Warriors were Poonch-XI Tournament from April 23, bundled out for 85 runs. Dinesh with Directorate of Tourism, Budgam claimed second spot. Prabjot Singh was the wrecker- 2016 at its ground at drubs Media XI Kashmir and TSL Outdoors, Umer Farooq of Srinagar in-chief, who scalped 5 impor- (28) was the highest scorers, Ambgharota, here. while Pawan and Deepak France. bagged third place, while tant wickets in his 2.1 overs by According to a handout chipped in with 10 runs each. by 9 wickets It was first time that Yaqoob finished fourth and conceding 12 runs, while Sunny issued here 16 teams will be par- Azhar Usman took 4 wickets and Excelsior Correspondent SnowShoe championship was Nisar claimed fifth place. Singh and Balbir Singh claimed Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Asgar Samoon distribut- ticipating in this Tournament. Jimmy claimed 3 wickets. held in any part of the Country Later prize distribution cere- 2 wickets each. The winners and runners-up ing School bags among needy children at Tagore Hall in Dabang XI won the match by 62 POONCH, Apr 10: Poonch and the organizers SSFI want to mony was held in which chief In reply, Wave Cricket Club teams will be awarded attractive Srinagar. runs. XI defeated Media XI by 9 introduce this in other parts of guest, Mr Shah distributed chased the target in just 11.2 prizes, besides special awards The second match was played wickets in the ongoing Police the Country in coming time. prizes among the winners. overs by losing 4 wickets, thus will be presented to best bats- between Legal Star and Clang Martyrs T20 Cricket Snow Shoe sport which is Speaking on the occasion, School bags distributed won the match by 6 wickets. man, best bowler and man of the Kings XI in which Legal Star Tournament, being organized highly popular in Europe and Mr Shah said, "Today Gulmarg Charandeep Singh top scored series. Also man of the match after winning the toss chose to by District Police Poonch, with power-packed 62 runs off awards will be presented in American Countries and has has become first place in entire bat first and scored 136 runs in under Civic Action Programme among needy children 32 balls, while Charanjeet Singh every match. been introduced in India. Country to host any kind the quota of 12 overs. AP Singh at Government Degree College On Sunday, ski resort of SnowShoe championship. Excelsior Correspondent Below Poverty Line/poor/needy contributed valuable 46 runs of For further information, the students of Srinagar in presence 22 balls. Sunny also chipped in was the highest scorer with 47 Ground, here. Gulmarg became the first winter "Apart from World teams desirous to take part in the Media XI won the toss, SRINAGAR, Apr 10: Spring of various dignitaries including with 14 runs off 8 balls. For Tournament can contact organ- runs and Sami scored 24 runs, Sport destination of India to host SnowShoe event USA, we will elected to bat first and scored Buds Educational Institute in Divisional Commissioner Meda XI, Jagdeep Singh and izers on mobile numbers: while Surinder Singh and Pranav this kind of activity. be fielding our teams in various 142 runS. collaboration with Sri Sathya Kashmir, Asgar Samoon. Sachin Jamwal claimed 2 wick- 9070225507; 9419890241; Kohli also chipped in with 20 The event was flagged off by other races in Europe as well," While chasing the target, Sai Seva Trust today distributed On the occasion, the Sathya ets each. 9086067185. and 19 runs respectively. Sachin Director Tourism, Kashmir, he added. took 3 wickets, while Anil and Police XI scored 143 runs by Mahmood Ahmad Shah along- hundreds among needy children Sai Seva Trust donated a mobile here at Tagore Hall. dispensary to Spring Buds Vikas took 1 wicket each. losing one wicket to win the As many as 515 school bags Educational Trust, Ompora, Chasing the target, Clang match by 9 wickets. Jetking Panthers lifts cricket title and stationary items among Budgam. The Trust intends to Kings scored 102 runs. Sachin Huge gathering of sports Excelsior Sports Correspondent aged to score 101 runs in the organize many programmes in Sharma was the highest scorer lovers witnessed the match. allotted 15 overs, thus lost the 2nd round of debate near future and will continue to JAMMU, Apr 10: Jetking match by 45 runs. For his valu- competition held support society with every pos- NCC, Tawi Sports Club register Panthers defeated Jetking Tigers able 24 runs and 2 wickets, sibility. by a margin of 45 runs in the Vikrant Sharma was adjudged as Excelsior Correspondent summit clash to win the Jetking man of the match. 13th State Level Power wins in 4th JKPL T20 Premier League Cricket Director of the Jetking Center, UDHAMPUR, Apr 10: Excelsior Sports Correspondent Sports Club, who scalped 4 Tournament at Green Field Naveen Sharma was the chief Under the supervision of Lifting C’ship on Apr 16 important wickets, while Anchal ground, Gandhi Nagar, here. guest on the valedictory function, Director, Rajesh Kumar, IGP, Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 10: Formid- bagged 3 wicket and Tayyab Earlier, Put into bat, Jetking who distributed prizes among the the 2nd round of debate compe- able National Cricket Club Farooq claimed one. Nitin Panthers scored a fighting total of winners and runners-up teams. tition at range level (training JAMMU, Apr 10: A meeting (NCC) and Tawi Sports Club Mehra was declared as man of 146 runs in the stipulated 15 While highlighting the impor- zone) was conducted at SKPA of executive members of All scripted convincing wins overs the match. overs, losing 7 wickets in the tance of sports and games in the Udhampur on the topic 'Respect Jammu and Kashmir Power their rivals to move into the next In another match, NCC process. Shariq Aziz was the top present era, Mr Sharma appreci- for Human Right is Respect of Lifting Association, Jammu was Participants and dignitaries during Baisakhi Mela for round of the ongoing 4th Jammu defeated Singh Cricket Club scorer with 31 runs, while Vikrant ated the efforts of Sumeet Kumar Natural/Constitutional Laws of held, here today. Orphan children. and Kashmir Premier League Bawa Talab by 50 runs. Sharma contributed 24 runs to the and Jagdeep Singh, under whose Responsible Society." In this meeting it was decid- T20 Cricket Tournament, being Batting first, NCC scored a total. supervision the matches were The debate was coordinated ed to hold 13th State Level organized by Shashi Paul and decent total of 150 runs in the In reply, Jetking Tigers man- held. by Ravinder Kumar Rao, DDP, Power Lifting Championship at PAHAL organizes Baisakhi his team at GGM Science stipulated 20 overs. Pranav Assistant Director (Indoor). Indoor Sports Complex, College, Hostel ground, here. Gupta was the top scorer with A total of 8 Officers of J&K Multipurpose Hall, M A Stadium In the first match, Tawi magnificent 62 runs, while Police posted at various training on April 16, 2016. Mela for Orphan children Sports Club defeated Young Manish Dogra and Inderjeet institutions of the state and 6 The Association has advised Excelsior Correspondent tion from a decade. United Cricket Club by a narrow Singh contributed 28 and 16 Trainee Prosecuting Officers all the players desirous to take Alongwith food stalls, fun margin of 9 runs. runs to the total respectively. For undergoing Basic Induction part in the Championship to JAMMU, Apr 10: PAHAL, a and games stalls were also Batting first, Tawi Sports Singh Club, Kavi took 4 wick- Course at SKPA Udhampur enroll themselves along with age social organization in collabora- installed for children & old peo- Club scored a modest total of ets, while Ankan claimed 2 participated in the competition. proof at Royal Health Club near tion with Border Security Force ple. 112 runs in 10.4 overs. Nitin wickets. Lablu, Happy and Abhishek Sharma, SI (PTS J and K Bank, Gujjar Nagar, organized a "Baisakhi Mela" for Cultural performances were a Mehra top scored with 33 runs, Bawa took one wicket each. Kathua), Bilal Ahmad, SI (PTS Jammu from 10 am to 2 pm. Orphan children of Ved Mandir, center of attraction for the public. while Sarthak Peshin and Abdul In reply, Singh Club bundled Manigam) wwere declared 1st The body weight of the play- Jammu and elders from Oldage Famous Yogi SK Jain also Samad contributed 31 and 15 out for 106 runs in 15.5 oers, and 2nd respectively. ers will be taken on April 15 at home Jammu at Sutechgarh presented his skills. The stage on runs to the total respectively. For thus lostthe match by 50 runs. Abdul Rashid Dar Royal Health Club, Gujjar Border, RS Pura, here today. the occasion was hosted by Puja Young United CC, Vikas took 3 Kavi top scored with 44 runs, (Prosecuting Officer, SKPA) and Nagar, Jammu. Minister for PHE, Irrigation Gupta, Nivedita Rohmetra, wickets, while Akshit and while Bawa and Binny con- S. Gurpreet Singh, Inspector 150 players are expected to & Flood Control, Sham Lal Sanchit Mittal and Shakshi Bharat bagged 2 wickets each tributed 19 and 12 runs respec- (PTTI Vijaypur) shared the take part in this Championship. Chowdhary was the chief guest Aggarwal. and Sohail claimed one. tively. For NCC, Bodh Raj took 3rdspot. The meeting was attended by on occasion and DIG BSF, Addressing the gathering, In reply, Young United Club 3 wickets, while Pranav Students presenting cultural activity during Annual Day cel- The motive of conducting Ajay Sharma, Rajiv Charak, Baljeet Singh Ksana was the DIG BSF Baljeet Singh Ksana scored 103 runs in 20 overs, thus Mahajan and Vijay Dogra ebration at Ramisht College of Education, Basohli. Dharender debate competition was to Prem Choudhary, Vinay Sharma, guest of honour. acknowledged people with the lost the match by 9 runs. Asif claimed 2 wickets each. Singh, Sub Divisional Magistrate Basohli was the chief guest spread awareness in respect of Rahul Sawhney, Sanjeev Singh Welcoming the gathering, social activities of BSF. top scored with 39 runs, while The matches were officiated and Prem Sagar Aziz, former Minister was the guest of honour. Human Rights and Natural/ Rakwal, Anshuman Sharma, chairman PAHAL Deepak Meenakshi Barghav, presi- Rahul Salotra contributed 13 by Surinder Mehra, Rajinder The event began with the lighting of the traditional lamp, follow- Constitutional Laws among Tajinder Singh and Rinku Aggarwal highlighted the activi- dent PAHAL presented the vote runs to the tota. Nitin Mehra was Singh, Sandeep Manchanda and ing by cultural programme. Police Personnel. Khajuria. ties carried out by the organiza- of thanks. pick of the bowlers for Tawi Sanju.