MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Indian Premier League Dhruv stars as RCC Srinagar Gambhir guides KKR to a Smith, Faulkner steal thunder thrashes NCC to lift 2nd Tawi Cup from Yuvraj's superlative show Excelsior Sports Correspondent scored fabulous 61 runs off 42 16 and 15 runs respectively. For balls, studded with 10 delectable RCC Dhruv Mahajan, Kuldeep BANGALORE, May 11: total to Yuvraj and AB de Villiers JAMMU, May 11: First- boundries, while Satish Kumar Kumar and Satish Kumar took 2 (58) as they shared a magnificent Class cricketer Dhruv Mahajan and Puneet Kumar contributed wickets each, while Amandeep nine-wicket win over KXIP slammed splendid half-century In an incredible power-hitting 132 run stand, which powered 30 and 26 runs respectively. claimed 1 wicket. For his mag- CUTTACK, May 11: show, Steven Smith and James RCB to 190 for five after electing and took 2 crucial wickets to Ishan Gupta and Amandeep nificent all round show, Dhruv Today’s Fixture Faulkner rattled up a match-win- to bat. help RCC Srinagar thrash NCC Singh chipped in with 17 and 10 Mahajan was adjudged man of Skipper Gautam Gambhir Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians ning 85-run stand from no where Yuvraj, who was dropped on Jammu by 35 runs to lift the runs respectively. For NCC, the match. 2nd Jammu Tawi Premier T20 again led by example with a at Hyderabad (8:00 PM) as Rajasthan Royals pulled off a 47 by Sanju Samson, and de Deepak Singh Manhas was pick The match was officiated by match-winning half-century as stunning five-wicket win over Villiers put up a gallant fight as Cricket Cup, organized by SCOREBOARD match staying at the Royal Challengers Bangalore in RCB scored 84 runs in the last Jammu Tawi Cricket Club at M Kolkata Knight Riders crease right till the remained in contention for Kings XI Punjab:: an IPL match, here today. five overs to snatch the momen- A Stadium, here today. Virender Sehwag b Chawla 72 end. He added 82 Saif-ud-Din Soz , President play-off berth with a compre- Chasing a daunting 191 to tum from their rivals, who were Mandeep Singh c Uthappa b Morkel 0 runs for the unbro- PCC J&K was the chief guest on hensive nine-wicket win over win, Rajasthan were staring well in command till 12 overs. Wriddhiman Saha b Morkel 15 ken second wicket the valedictory function, while table toppers Kings XI Punjab down the barrel after losing five Sending the Rajasthan Glenn Maxwell c Morkel b Chawla 14 with Manish Pandey wickets for 106 runs in 14th over bowlers on a leather-hunt, the Raman Bhalla, Minister for in an IPL encounter, here today. David Miller b Umesh Yadav 13 (36 not out). but Smith (48 off 21) and hosts belted 120 runs in the last Housing, Horticulture, Culture Chasing a modest target of George Bailey not out 12 Uthappa contin- Faulkner (41 off 17) combined eight overs. and Youth Services and Sports 150 on a featherbed, Gambhir Rishi Dhawan b Chawla 4 ued in blazing form well to find boundary after Rajasthan too had to endure a was the guest of honour. The anchored the chase to perfec- Mitchell Johnson st Uthappa b Narine 14 as he hit a flurry of boundary. bad start as Yuvraj rocked the vis- chief guest and the guest of hon- tion with a well-crafted unbeat- Akshar Patel run out (SA Yadav/Uthappa) 1 boundaries in the In complete mayhem, the itors middle-order with his spin, our distributed trophies and cash en 65 after Robin Uthappa pro- Extras: (B-1, LB-1, W-2) 4 Powerplay overs Australian duo scored the last 65 starting the rot with the important prize among the winners and vided the momentum with a 28- Total: (For 8 wkts; 20 overs) 149 with skipper runs off just 17 balls to not only wicket of skipper Shane Watson runners-up teams. Hari Singh, ball-46. Such was their domina- Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-48, 3-87, 4-112, 5-120, Gambhir holding secure the win with seven balls to (1). Vice President PCC was the spe- tion that the match ended with 6-127, 7-148, 8-149. one end up. spare but also steal the thunder The left-armer also scalped cial guest. two overs to spare. Bowling: Jacques Kallis 3-0-38-0, Morne The floodgates from Yuvraj Singh, who had Rajasthan's top scorer Karun Nair Speaking on the occasion Mr Winners receiving trophy from Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz and Credit should also be given Morkel 4-0-20-2, Umesh Yadav 4-0-34-1, Sunil opened in the third roared back to form with a stroke- (56), Stuart Binny (1) and very Soz said that the coalition Raman Bhalla at MA Stadium, Jammu on Sunday. to leg-spinner Piyush Chawla Narine 4-0-30-1, Piyush Chawla 4-0-19-3, Ryan over bowled by ful; 83 and followed it up with talented Sanju Samson (13) to Government is leaving no stone (3/19) for his brilliant bowling ten Doeschate 1-0-6-0. Sandeep Sharma in four wickets. end with figures of 4-0-35-4. unturned in developing sports of the bowlers, scalping 3 Sadiq Hussian Malik, Sohail in the middle overs after Kolkata Knight Riders: which Uthappa got It all started in the 17th over Rajasthan were reeling at 106 infrastructure in the state and important wickets by conceding Yusuf, Rajinder Singh and Virender Sehwag had set the R Uthappa c Patel b Awana 46 three boundaries. A as Faulkner creamed off two for five in the 14th over but what assured the organizers of all 26 runs in his 4 overs while Bunty Kumar, while the tourna- tone for Punjab with a 50-ball- G Gambhir not out 63 flick, followed by fours and a six off the fellow followed was complete mayhem. help in promoting sports and Kavaljeet Singh took 2 wickets ment was organized under the 72. M Pandey not out 36 two lovely drives. Australian Mitchel Starc. Smith From nowhere, Smith in compa- games . and Vijay Dogra claimed 1 overall supervision of organiz- Extras (LB-2, WD-3) 5 Earlier, winning the toss and KKR now have eight points The next over began the next over, bowled by ny of James Faulkner changed wicket. ing committee including Raja Total (For 1 wicket in 18 overs) 150 batting first, RCC Srinagar rode and remain in the mix while from Mitchell Ashoke Dinda, with a six and two the game with their amazing abil- In reply NCC bundled out Vivek, president, Sanjeev Fall of wickets: 1-68 shots to the fence. ity to bat under pressure. on a brilliant batting perform- KXIP got a timely wake-up call Johnson was even for 130 runs in 18.1 overs. Sharma, general secretary Youth Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 4-0-32-0, M Johnson Faulkner then finished it off Steven Smith played a blind- ance by Dhruv Mahajan to score ahead of their bigger battles in better as he started Kavaljeet top scored with 31 Congress J&K, Neeraj Sharma, 3-0-33-0, A Patel 4-0-20-0, PAwana 2-0-20-1, R quickly in the 19th over, punish- er, scoring 48 off 21 balls with a decent total of 165 runs in the the knock-out stages of the with a pulled six. runs while Gokul Baru, Sagar Shashi Paul, organizing Dhawan 4-0-32-0, G Maxwell 1-0-11-0. ing Varun Aaron with two sixes four sixes and as many fours stipulated 20 overs, losing 7 competition. The shot was mist- Gupta, Inderjeet Singh and Secretary and Rajesh Dhar, con- and a four, stunning the RCB while Faulkner hit three sixes wickets in the process. Dhruv It's been a roller coaster ride date. imed but had enough meat to Vijay Dogra contributed 23, 20, vener technical committee. for Gambhir who started the He changed his approach camp and the home fans. and three fours in his 17-ball carry it over the ropes. It was With this win, Rajasthan have knock. tournament with a hat-trick of letting Uthappa dominate in the followed by three punchy 1st Stag Jammu Open Table Tennis C'ship ducks and now has completed a beginning and played himself strengthened their position in top- Yuvraj, who received criti- boundaries as 19 came of that four although they remained in cism for his slow batting and hat-trick of half-centuries. He in before going for the attack. particular over. now has 23 half-centuries Gambhir faced 45 balls hit- third position with 10 points. failures in this IPL, punished the The Powerplay yielded 55 RCB are still at sixth place with bowlers with seven fours and Manandeep to lock horns with Vishal across seven IPL editions --- ting seven fours and more runs and by then KKR had won maximum by any player till importantly finished off the six points. seven sixes in 38-ball knock. half the battle. (PTI) Bangalore owed their big (PTI) Ghai in Men singles final today Sanjay Hazare removed Mumbai can still make MCA-BCCI on collision from IPL umpires' panel *Manandeep & Ketan claim Junior Boys Doubles title Excelsior Sports Correspondent final. In the first frame, Singh and witnessed the semifinal NEW DELHI, May 11: top-four: Rayudu Manandeep crushed Gurvinder by match played between course over IPL final snub Umpire Sanjay Hazare has JAMMU, May 11: 11-9 and also claimed the second Manandeep Singh and Gurvinder MUMBAI, May 11: could have swung either ways.