MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU ADGP Mukesh Singh inaugurates 3rd PPCPL De Villiers, Maxwell fire all-round Magnificent Dhawan takes DC *Elite Tigers, Rising Stars script wins RCB to 38-run win against KKR CHENNAI, Apr 18: Kohli to go over cover with a to emphatic win over Punjab Excelsior Sports Correspondent tossed-up delivery that drifted Glenn Maxwell was good but away from the right-hander, MUMBAI, Apr 18: JAMMU Apr 18 : Additional AB de Villiers was better as Rahul Tripathi pulled off a sensa- Director General of Police Royal Challengers Bangalore tional catch running back from Shikhar Dhawan struck a Mukesh Singh inaugurated the 3rd bested Kolkata Knight Riders by extra-cover. The top batsman was swashbuckling 92 as Delhi Police Public Cricket Premier 38 runs in their IPL match here on nowhere close to the ball. Capitals made short work of a league in an mega opening func- today. Chakravarthy then went 196-run target for a six-wicket win tion at KC Sports Club Jammu Batting first, De over Punjab Kings in the IPL here which is being organized under the Villiers' master class SCOREBOARD today. banner of Zonal Police and Maxwell's count- Royal Challengers Bangalore Dhawan looked in sublime Headquarters Jammu in collabora- er-attacking half-cen- Virat Kohli c Tripathi b Varun 5 form during his 49-ball knock that Devdutt Padikkal c Tripathi b Prasidhrishna tion with Sr. Cricketers of J&K tury propelled RCB to was studded with 13 fours and two and KC Sports Club. 25 ADGP Mukesh Singh interacting with team players during an imposing 204 for Rajat Patidar b Varun 1 sixes. In an inauguration ceremony inaugural ceremony of 3rd PPCPL at Jammu on Sunday. four. In reply, KKR Glenn Maxwell c Harbhajan b Cummins 8 Dhawan was ably supported Mukesh Singh ADGP was the were stopped at 166 AB de Villiers not out 76 by Prithvi Shaw (32 off 15) first up Former Ranji Player, Shahid secured 2 wickets while kartik, chief guest, Chandan Kohli SSP for eight as RCB Kyle Jamieson not out 11 and then skipper Rishabh Pant Parvez, Surinder Singh Bagal, Vansh and Naveed took 1 wicket Jammu was the guest of honour regained the top spot Extras: (NB-3, W-5) 8 (15) and Marcus Stoinis (27 not Rakesh Koul former Ranji each. whereas SP Naresh, Shahid Parvez in the pecking order. Total: (for 4 wickets in 20 overs) 204 out) as DC chased down 196 in Players, Arjun Choudhary MD In reply Friends Club Kathua Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-9, 3-95, 4-148 and Surinder Bagal Sr. Cricketers RCB smashed 56 18.2 overs. Shikhar Dhawan playing a shot against Punjab Kings at KC Sports Club, Ashish Singh could not chased the target and Bowling: Harbhajan Singh 4-0-38-0, Varun of J&K were the special guests on runs in the last three Put in to bat, Mayank Agarwal Mumbai on Sunday. MD Horizon Sports Club, Sudhir managed to score 104 runs for 8 Chakravarthy 4-0-39-2, Shakib Al Hasan 2-0-24- the occasion. Others who present overs, including 21 in and captain K L Rahul stitched a Singh ,Sanjeev Mahajan, RP wickets in the allotted 20 overs, 0, Pat Cummins 4-0-34-1, Prasidh Krishna 4-0- Rahul upped the ante after a rela- straight to Shikhar Dhawan at on the occasion are Rajesh Gill the final six deliveries, century-run opening stand to guide Singh, Saleem Ur Rehman BCCI thus lost the match by 12 runs. 31-1, Andre Russell 2-0-38-0. tively sedate start. sweeper cover in the 13th over, Chief Prosecuting Officer, Hamid thanks to de Villiers Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab to a challenging 195 for Level 1 Umpires. Damanpreet Singh 35 runs, Akrit Agarwal and Rahul adopted an Rahul handed a simple catch to Choudhary Dy SP DAR, 34-ball 76 not out. Nitish Rana c Padikkal b Chahal 18 four. The sponsors of the league 22 runs and Sourav Saini 13 runs aggressive approach against debu- Marcus Stonis at midwicket off Kousheen Koul SDPO Domana Maxwell blazed Shubman Gill c sub (DT Christian) Agarwal made 69 off 36 balls, includes Zonal Police were the main scorers. From ,Sudhir Singh, RP Singh, Saleem away to 78 off 49 b Jamieson 21 while Rahul scored 61 off 51 Headquarters Jammu, Pepsi, bowling side, Harjeet Dogra Rahul Tripathi c Mohammed Siraj Today’s Fixture Ur Rehman, and the teams owners deliveries, hitting nine deliveries as Punjab made a flying Wheelocity Skoda, Rivazo clinched 3 wickets, Sushant took b Washington Sundar 25 While speaking on the occa- boundaries and three start to their innings. CSK versus Rajasthan Royals (Mumbai) 7.30 pm Homes, Horizon sports Club, 2 wickets. Eoin Morgan c Kohli b Patel 29 sion, the chief guest stated that the maximums before the Chasing 196, Dhawan and Women Club and KC Sports Club Sunoop Bhagat declared man Dinesh Karthik lbw b Chahal 2 SCOREBOARD main objective of the J&K Police genius from South Shakib Al Hasan b Jamieson 26 Shaw made a quick start, sharing Jammu., of the match with Rs. 2000 spon- Punjab Kings is to engage the youths at grass Africa strode in and Andre Russell b Patel 31 59 runs in just 33 balls for the Earlier in the first match Elite sored by Rivazo Homes. K L Rahul c Stoinis b Rabada 61 root level in different sports activ- struck the same num- Pat Cummins c de Villiers b Jamieson 6 opening wicket. Mayank Agarwal c Dhawan b Meriwala 69 Tigers defeated Game Changer by Amit Gupta,Harbinder Singh, ities, so that they become able to ber of fours and sixes Harbhajan Singh not out 2 Shaw continued his fine form Chris Gayle c sub (RV Patel) b Woakes 11 51 runs. JD Singh, Ashok Kumar and Varun Chakravarthy not out 2 showcase their sports skills and as his teammate from and smashed a 17-ball 32 before Deepak Hooda not out 22 Batting first Elite Tigers Saleem ur Rehman were the offi- Extras: (W-4) 4 maintain a positive view in studies Australia. being holed out to Chris Gayle off Nicholas Pooran c Rabada b Avesh Khan 9 scored 154 runs for loss of 7 wick- cials in todays matches. Total: (for 8 wickets in 20 overs) 166 Shahrukh Khan not out 15 and sports. He further said that The Knight Riders Arshdeep Singh. ets in 20 overs with Musaif Aijaz Tomm fixture : KAP Smasher Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-57, 3-66, 4-74, 5-114, Extras: (LB-6, NB-2) 8 Cricket is the main game in our were off to a brilliant Steve Smith, playing his first 36 runs, Akshit Gandral 34, Versus Vriddhi Royals at 1 pm 6-155, 7-161, 8-162 Total: (for 4 wickets in 20 overs) 195 country which unites all section of start with leg-break Bowling: Mohammed Siraj 3-0-17-0, Kyle match for DC, looked a pale shad- Harman Deep 26 and Rohan Gill Fall of wickets: 1-122, 2-141, 3-158, 4-179 the society besides there are lot of bowler Varun Jamieson 3-0-41-3, Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-34-2, ow of himself before becoming 24 runs. From the bowling side, Bowling: Chris Woakes4-0-42-1, Lukman Meriwala 3-0-32-1, scope and career in cricket so Maxwell and de Chakravarthy leaving Washington Sundar 4-0-33-1, Glenn Maxwell2- Riley Meredith's first victim of the Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-28-0, Kagiso Rabada 4-0-43-1, Lalit Yadav 1- Ritesh took 3 wickets, while youths must adopt the game of RCB in early trouble 0-24-0, Harshal Patel 4-0-17-2. day. 0-11-0, Avesh Khan 4-0-33-1. Ranjot, Amit and Aqib Rather cricket as a career. Villiers' knocks made at 9/2 with the big But the wickets hardly had any Delhi Capitals took 1 wicket each. through the defence of Patidar The chief guest also lauded the wickets of skipper Virat Kohli (5) impact on Dhawan, who contin- Prithvi Shaw c Gayle b Arshdeep 32 In reply, Game Changer could the difference: Kohli with one that darted back on Shikhar Dhawan b Richardson 92 efforts of organizing team spe- and Rajat Patidar (1) in the sec- ued his attacking strokeplay to not chased the target and managed landing. Steven Smith c Richardson b Riley Meredith 9 cially Rajesh Gill CPO and former CHENNAI, Apr 18:) ond over. bring up his fifty off 31 balls. to score 109 runs for all wickets in Mixing aggression with cau- Rishabh Pant (c) c Deepak Hooda b Richardson 15 Ranji player for organizing a Glenn Maxwell has taken Opening the bowling for Needing 71 off 42 balls, DC the allotted 20 overs, thus lost the tion, Maxwell and Devdutt Marcus Stoinis not out 27 mega cricket event on the pattern his new team to "like duck to KKR, veteran off-spinner struck gold by picking up 18 runs match by 51 runs. The main scor- Padikkal (25) revived the RCB Lalit Yadav not out 12 of IPL for J&K Cricketers. water" and AB de Villiers' Harbhajan Singh bowled a tight off the 14th over. Extras: (LB 2, W 6, NB 3) 11 ers Samarpit Raina 42 runs, Aqib innings after the early blows at A mesmerizing patriotic song "love" for the franchise too has line and length to stifle the RCB Dhawan hit Meredith for a hat- Total: (4 wkts, 18.2 Ov) 198 14 and Ram Pandey 11 runs.