WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Resurgent Pune face formidable KKR in IPL Joshi faction defiant, PUNE, Apr 25: tributed from time to time and Gautam Gambhir (C), Darren Manoj Tiwary has also played a Bravo, Trent Boult, Piyush to hold EGM today On a roll after three back-to- few useful cameos. Chawla, Nathan Coulter Nile, JAIPUR, Apr 25: not be stopped and it should back wins, the resurgent Rising In the bowling department, Colin De Grandhomme, Rishi appoint new election officer and Pune Supergiant will face a tough spinner Imran Tahir has taken 10 Dhawan, Sayan Ghosh, Shaikb- The tug-of-war in the issue a fresh date for polls. challenge when they take on two- wickets so far to emerge as the Al-Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Rajasthan Cricket Association “Meanwhile, we would go time champions Kolkata Knight team's best bowler, while Stokes Ishank Jaggi, Kuldeep Yadav, continued today with a defiant ahead with the EGM and consti- Riders in an IPL encounter here and Unadkat snapped six and five Chris Woakes, Chris Lynn, Sunil CP Joshi faction insisting on tute a five-member committee to tomorrow. wickets respectively so far. Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusuf holding the body's EGM tomor- look after the affairs of RCA After languishing in the bot- Kolkata, on the other hand, Pathan, Ankit Rajpoot, Surya row despite the cancellation since top four officials have tom-half of the table initially, have been pretty consistent this Kumar Yadav, Robin Uthappa declared by RCA general secre- already been suspended in an Supergiant notched up three suc- season and are placed second in and Umesh Yadav. tary Sumendra Tiwari. EGM on Monday. We have the cessive wins to grab the fourth the points table with two losses Rising Pune Supergiant: The 18 of the 33 District majority and we would prove it place. and five wins in seven matches. Steve Smith (C), Ajinkya Cricket Associations, which in the EGM,” he added. Last night, Pune eked out a Skipper Gautam Gambhir led Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni claimed to have suspended pres- Modi faction, however, rub- three-run victory over Mumbai TODAY’S FIXTURE ident Lalit Modi and top three bished the claims of suspension Indians in a thrilling encounter, Rising Pune Supergiants Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (8 PM) Pune office-bearers, announced that of its office-bearers. thanks to some effective bowling they would go ahead with the With top lawyers at work, by Ben Stokes and Jaydev from the front with two half- cen- (WK), Ashok Dinda, Faf du Extraordinary General Meeting Modi has already approached Unadkat at the death. turies in the initial phase and Plessis, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit (EGM) as scheduled. the Apex Court against the deci- Opener Rahul Tripathi's bat- when he failed to contribute, Sharma, Baba Aparajith, “We are moving the court sion of Registrar who had not Winners posing for a photograph along with chief guest Romesh Mahajan and guests of hon- ting has also boosted their cam- Robin Uthappa and Manish Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, and plead that once the election ratified the amendments in the our Ankush Abrol and Desh Rattan Dubey at GGM Science College ground on Tuesday. paign. The 26-year-old from Pandey have stepped up to do the Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, process is started, it cannot be constitution of RCA. Maharashtra came up with scores bulk of scoring. Dan Christian, Lockie stopped. Moreover it should be “We are heading back to the RCC Srinagar drubs Talab Tillo CC by 47 runs of 31, 59 and 45 in the last three In fact, Yusuf Pathan also Ferguson, Imran Tahir, Jaskaran the call of the Election Officer to days when RCA office was put matches. produced a 39-ball 59 against Singh, Usman Khawaja, take a decision. How can the under locks. We want to let these Former skipper Mahendra Delhi Daredevils to rescue his Saurabh Kumar, Ben Stokes, general secretary call off the office bearers fight among them- Mahajan inaugurates 5th Jammu Singh Dhoni too showed his vin- team once. So overall, KKR Washington Sundar, Milind EGM in which elections were to selves. The elections are due in tage form with a sparkling 61 not boasts of a formidable batting Tandon, Manoj Tiwary, Adam take place?" questioned an offi- November and before that we out against Sunrisers Hyderabad. line-up. Zampa, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishwar cial from the Joshi faction. have to play our domestic sea- Tawi Premier T20 Cricket Tourney Skipper Steve Smith and Teams (from): Pandey, Rahul Tripathi, Shardul “We would plead in the court son,” said a dejected state crick- Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Arun Dogra. wickets, while Nitin Mehra Ajinkya Rahane have also con- Kolkata Knight Riders: Thakur. (PTI) that the election process should eter. (PTI) Prominent among those pres- claimed one wicket. JAMMU, Apr 25: Former ent on the occasion were Shashi In reply, Talab Tillo Cricket SRH-RCB match Chairman and working committee Paul, Organizing Secretary; Sachin Club bundled out for paltry total of member, Jammu and Kashmir Singh, Surender Kumar and Amit 93 runs in 14.4 overs, thus lost the Cricket Association (JKCA), Sharma. match by a big margin of 47 runs. called off due to rain Romesh Mahajan inaugurated the The proceedings of the inaugu- Nitin Mehra was the top scorer 5th Jammu Tawi Premier T20 ral function were conducted by with 25 runs off 26 balls, while BENGALURU, Apr 25: Though the cut-off time for a Cricket Tournament, being organ- Rajesh Dhar, Chairman Media Rinku and Surender contributed 15 five-over shootout match was ized by Jammu Tawi Sports Committee JKCA. and 10 off 17 and 6 balls respec- The IPL match between 11.26pm, the umpires called off Cricket Club at GGM Science Earlier, winning the toss and tively. For RCC Srinagar, Sachin Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal the match at around 11pm. College Hostel ground, here today. batting first, RCC Srinagar scored Sharma, Praful Dhar and Dilbagh Challengers Bangalore was With the one point from the He was accompanied as guests a fighting total of 140 runs in the Singh bagged 3 wickets each, today called off without a ball abandoned match, RCB jumped of honour by Desh Rattan Dubey, stipulated 20 overs, losing 6 while Nitin claimed one wicket. being bowled as incessant rain to sixth spot with five points Joint Secretary JKCA (Jammu wickets in the process. Skipper Puneet was adjudged as man of the made the ground unplayable. from eight matches while SRH Wing); Ankush Abrol, former Puneet Wattal played a brilliant match for his magnificent knock. Both the sides got one point remained at third position with Ranji Trophy Player and Working innings of 64 runs off 60 balls, The match was officiated by each from the abandoned match nine points from eight games. Committee Member JKCA; studded with 9 boundaries, while Sadiq Hussain Malik and Rajinder at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. SRH had won the first-leg Sports Promoter, Rahul Mahajan Nipun Verma contributed valu- Singh as the umpires, while Vinod Heavy rain lashed the city in match between the two sides, Young hockey players posing along with Police officers in Poonch on Tuesday. from Kishan Chand Cricket Club able 36 runs off 38 balls with the Kandyara was the scorer. the evening but stopped an hour the tournament's inaugural help of 4 fours. Nitin chipped in In tomorrow's fixture, Singh before the start of the match. It match, by 35 runs in Poonch Police distributes BCCI miss deadline of naming India with 9 runs off 7 deliveries. Cricket Club Akhnoor will take on seemed for a while that the Hyderabad. Puneet and Nipun were in sub- WCC at 9:30 am and Kishan match would go ahead as sched- RCB, under India captain lime form, who hit the ball with Chand Cricket Club (KCCC) Blue uled and RCB players have Virat Kohli, were looking to squad for Champions Trophy hockey sticks among players fluidity and grace. For Talab Tillo will lock horns with Tawi Sports even started warming up on the come out of the embarrassing NEW DELHI, Apr 25: 1-18 event in the United Excelsior Sports Correspondent wholesome personality of the Cricket Club, Harinder took 3 Club at 1:30 pm. ground. batting debacle when they were Kingdom. India are defending players, help in bringing com- But, it began drizzling just all out for just 49 in their match The BCCI today became the champions. POONCH, Apr 25: Under munal harmony, peace and before the scheduled toss time against Kolkata Knight Riders only team that missed the April However, the ICC constitu- the supervision and directions of national integration, besides and it continued non-stop. Later, at the Eden Gardens on Sunday 25 deadline set for announcing tion allows countries to name SSP Poonch, Rajiv Pandey, helping in exchanging culture. rain intensified and forced the but they will have to wait longer the India squad for Champions their squads post the deadline DySP DAR Poonch, Mohd Rafi Hockey coaches Pawan abandonment of the match. to do so. Trophy with all the other seven under certain circumstances. Giri distributed hockey sticks Kumar and Mukesh Kumar There was no toss at all. SRH, on the other hand, countries already naming their As of now, BCCI is not among the hockey players, extended thanks to SSP Poonch Puddles of water were seen would have wanted to notch up team list. mulling on extreme step of under Civic Action Progarmme and DySP DAR for this gesture at several areas of the ground their first away win this season.