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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2020 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Bowlers seal incredible win for KXIP Play with freedom, not with survival Chakravarthy stars with five-for against SRH to stay afloat in IPL mind-set: Shreyas Iyer to teammates DUBAI, Oct 24: making the play-offs, but for that to but both the players struggled to up ABU DHABI, Oct 24: held to 135/9 as mystery spinner in KKR's 59-run win over DC happen they will need to win their the ante and departed in the process. Kings XI Punjab made an Varun Chakarvarthy (5-20) ABU DHABI, Oct 24: successive loss but they still main- In his next over, Chakravarthy remaining three games with good From thereon, SRH batsmen Capitals skipper wrecked the in-form line-up. incredible comeback at the death, net run rates. made heavy weather of the chase as Shreyas Iyer today urged his tained the second spot. dismissed Marcus Stoinis and then taking five in the final two Delhi have won seven of their 11 Leg-spinner Varun Skipper Sheryas Iyer was the picked his five-for in the fifth ball, SRH made a brisk start to their KXIP bowlers reduced the equation teammates to toughen up their games so far. Chakravarthy dished out the best overs to beat chase with skipper Warner and to 17 runs off the last two overs. minds after they crashed to a 59- top-scorer for DC with 47 as he, cleaning up Axar Patel with a by 12 runs in an Indian Premier "We need to be strong in our performance of this IPL along with Rishabh Pant (27), held straight one. Bairstow adding 56 runs for the Bowling the penultimate over, run loss at the hands of Kolkata mind and play with freedom, not with a five-for after his col- League match here today. opening stand in 6.2 overs before (3/17) dismissed Jason Chasing a modest 127-run tar- have a survival mind-set," Iyer leagues stepped up in style as SCOREBOARD KXIP bowlers inflicted three quick Holder and in succes- beat Delhi get, SRH batsmen committed told official broadcaster 'Star Kolkata Knight Riders Innings: blows to make a return to the con- sive deliveries to tilt the match in Sports' in the post-match presen- Capitals by 59 runs here today. 'harakiri' after a solid 56-run open- test. KXIP's favour. c Patel b Nortje 9 tation ceremony. Promoted to open the innings, c Deshpande b Stoinis 81 ing stand between skipper David Both Warner and Bairstow soon With 14 runs needed from the Warner (35) and "...We could've put more Nitish Rana revelled in his new role b Nortje 13 perished in quick succession before last over, Arshdeep Singh (3/23) pressure on them and we as he overcame a personal tragedy c Pant b Rabada 3 (19) to be all out for 114 in 19.5 Abdul Samad (7) too failed to rise to dismissed and overs. could've gone more attacking to smash a whirlwind 81 and shared c Rahane b Rabada 64 the occasion. , and Khaleel c Rabada b Stoinis 17 The win, their fourth on the trot, but the way they played in a game-changing 115-run stand After the three quick blows, the Ahmed was as KXIP between especially Sunil Narine with Sunil Narine (64) to lift KKR 0 kept KXIP in the fray for play-offs Extras: (LB-1,W-6) 7 going became tough for SRH as recorded a memorable victory. coming and changing the to an imposing 194/6 after being put Earlier, SRH bowlers produced Total: (for 6 wickets in 20 overs) 194 Today’s Fixture momentum towards them. in to bat. Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-35, 3-42, 4-157, 5-194, 6-194 a clinical performance to restrict "I think that was the chang- Chasing a stiff target, RCB V/s CSK (Dubai) 3.30 PM Bowling: Tushar Deshpande 4-0-40-0, Anrich Nortje 4-0-27-2, Kagiso KXIP to a modest 126 for seven. ing point and also we could've Chakravarthy (5/20) and Pat Rabada 4-0-33-2, Axar Patel 1-0-7-0, Marcus Stoinis 4-0-41-2, Rajasthan Royals V/s (Abu Dhabi) 7:30 PM SRH bowlers responded Knight Riders, a rare poor show bowled in perfect areas, we Cummins (3/17) gave the Delhi Ravichandran Ashwin 3-0-45-0. impressively to their Warner's deci- for the side this IPL season. SCOREBOARD couldn't execute our plans," he Capitals batsmen a torrid time to Delhi Capitals Innings: sion to field first, picking wickets at Chasing a massive 194/6, added. restrict them to 135 for 9 in 20 Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Cummins 0 Kings XI Punjab Innings: regular intervals to control the which KKR posted courtesy half Iyer also said that losing overs. b Cummins 6 KL Rahul b Rashid Khan 27 Shreyas Iyer c Nagarkoti b Varun 47 innings. centuries by Nitish Rana (81) early wickets did no good for the Cummins gave a perfect start, Mandeep Singh c Rashid Khan b Sandeep Sharma 17 KXIP Skipper KL Rahul (27), and Sunil Narine (64), DC were Rishabh Pant c Shubman Gill b Varun 27 c Warner b Holder 20 team especially while chasing a dismissing both the openers Shimron Hetmyer c Tripathi b Varun 10 Chris Gayle (20) Mandeep Singh not out 32 Our most complete big total. Ajinkya Rahane (0) and in-form Marcus Stoinis c Tripathi b Varun 6 Glenn Maxwell c Warner b Sandeep Sharma 12 (17), who lost his father Hardev "I feel it's really important Shikhar Dhawan (6) in his first two Axar Patel b Varun 9 st Bairstow b Rashid Khan 0 Singh earlier on Saturday, all got performance so far: that you get off to an amazing overs. c Tripathi b Cummins 9 Chris Jordan c Ahmed b Holder 7 starts but their innings never got start when you are chasing a Then Chakravarthy played the Ravichandran Ashwin not out 14 run out (Shankar) 4 going as they failed to grab the Morgan total in excess of 190, need 50 finisher's act in the back-end of the Tushar Deshpande c Morgan b Ferguson 1 not out 0 momentum. innings to choke the DC run chase. Anrich Nortje not out 0 Extras: (B-1, LB-1, W-5) 7 ABU DHABI, Oct 24: runs at least in the first six overs. Extras: (LB-1, NB-2, W-3) 6 Even though Mandeep didn't Losing two wickets put a lot of Coming on the back of a horror Total: (for 7 wickets in 20 overs) 126 make a significant score, he and Total: (for 9 wicckets in 20 overs) 135 Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-66, 3-66, 4-85, 5-88, 6-105, 7-110 Kolkata Knight Riders skip- pressure on the batsmen coming batting show against Royal Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-13, 3-76, 4-95, 5-95, 6-110, 7-112, 8-132, 9-135 Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 4-0-29-2, 4-0-31-0, Jason Nitish Rana, who made 81 for KKR per Eoin Morgan on Saturday behind but you can't give that as Challengers Bangalore when they Bowling: Pat Cummins 4-0-17-3, M 2-0-19-0, Kamlesh Holder 4-0-27-2, Rashid Khan 4-0-14-2, T Natarajan 4-0-23-0. despite the bereavement of his said his team produced its most a reason. crumbled to 84/8, KKR ticked all Nagarkoti 2-0-11-0, 4-0-30-1, Sunil Narine 4-0-37-0, CV Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings: father-in-law Surinder Marwah, complete performance of the He said that the loss has the boxes to keep their playoff Varun 4-0-20-5. c Rahul b Bishnoi 35 drew appreciation from batting season so far when it upstaged come at the right time and there hopes alive by securing their sixth on after Cummins' twin strike. They Earlier, Nitish Rana revelled in Jonny Bairstow b M Ashwin 19 maestro Sachin Tendulkar for their the fancied Delhi Capitals by 59 are several lessons to be taken win, with three matches left. Manish Pandeyc (sub) Suchith b Jordan 15 took on the opposition attack in the his new opening role with a whirl- lion-hearted efforts to play the runs to stay alive in the IPL For DC, this was their second Abdul Samad c Jordan b Shami 7 from the game.(PTI) second half but KKR's strategy to wind 81, while Sunil Narine, play- games. here. Vijay Shankar c Rahul b Arshdeep 26 "Loss of loved one hurts, but press in Chakravarthy paid divi- ing in her first match after being c Mandeep b Jordan 5 Having suffered a massive dends. cleared of suspect bowling, Priyam Garg c Jordan b Arshdeep 3 what's more breathtaking is when defeat to Royal Challengers one doesn't get to say a final good- The spinner opened his account smashed a 32-ball 64 to propel Rashid Khan c Pooran b Jordan 0 Bangalore after putting up 84/8 after Pant holed out at deep square KKR to 194 for 6 after being asked Sandeep Sharma c Ashwin b Arshdeep 0 bye. Praying for @mandeeps12, in their last outing, KKR were T Natarajan not out 0 @NitishRana_27 and their fami- leg and in his next over he got two to bat. not given much of a chance in two, dismissing Shimron Promoted to open, Rana Khaleel Ahmed run out (Ravi Bishnoi) 0 lies to heal from this tragedy. Hats against the high-flying Delhi Extras: (w 4,) 4 Hetmyer (10) and Iyer off consecu- smashed 13 fours and one six in his off for turning up today. Well Capitals. Total: (10 wkts, 19.5 Ov) 114 played," tweeted Tendulkar, who tive balls. 53-ball 81, while Narine also came Fall of Wickets: 1-56, 2-58, 3-67, 4-100,5-110, 6-112, 7-112,8-114, 9-114, But Nitish Rana and Sunil Hetmyer fell while trying to out all guns blazing, smacking four 10-114. too lost his father a day before Narine stepped up in style to lift scoring an emotional unbeaten 140 clear the long on boundary, while sixes and six fours as KKR put Bowing: Mohd Shami 4-0-34-1, Arshdeep Singh 3.5-0-23-3, Murugan them to 194/6 and then Varun Iyer could not connect well and was behind their horror show against Ashwin 4-0-27-1, Ravi Bishnoi 4-0-13-1, Chris Jordan 4-0-17-3. against Kenya during the 1999 Chakravarthy's five- haul ODI World Cup. caught by at Royal Challengers Bangalore to (5/20) along with Pat Cummins' Newly elected office bearers of J&K Handball Association as they jumped to fifth spot in the KXIP bowlers used the slow condi- SRH perfectly planned Gayle's long on. post a stiff total.(PTI) three-wicket effort choked DC, during the meeting at SKICC House, Srinagar. eight-team standings with 10 points tions to perfection to take the match dismissal who came at one down. from 11 games. who are sitting pretty on second deep. They kept the big-hitting batsman in the points table.(PTI) The defeat made life difficult for SRH's last match heroes, quiet for a long time, consistently Ranjeet Singh elected as J&K SRH even though they are mathe- (15) and Vijay bowling wide of the off stump and Volleyball matically still in with a chance of Shankar (26) looked in good nick in the process frustrated him.(PTI) Handball Association president tournament concludes Excelsior Sports Correspondent Jamwal, Kaiser Asror Wani and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rajesh Kapoor were elected SRINAGAR, Oct 24: joint secretary while Sorab REASI, Oct 24: Police Ranjeet Singh Chib, Rajesh Martyrs Volleyball tournament, Sharma, Pawan Sharma, Abdul Chandan and Mohd Ashraf Rouf and Jinder Pal Singh have organised by District Police at Parray have been elected as Arnas, concluded, here today. been nominated as executive president, general secretary and members of the Association. SSP Reasi, Rashmir Wazir treasurer of J&K Handball The election was made dur- Dignitaries and players posing for a group photograph after was the chief guest while Addl Association respectively in a ing the annual general body the match at Poonch. SP Surjeet Kumar Bhagat was meeting held at SKICC House, the guest of honour of the con- meeting of Adhoc committee of here today. the Association. cluding ceremony. About eight Narendra Mahajan has been SLHA defeats Poonch XI by 2 goals teams of Arnas and its adjoining Mohd Iqbal from J&K elected as chairman while Excelsior Sports Correspondent guest of honour of the today’s areas participated in the tourna- Olympic Association, Tej Raj Ashwani Kumar Raina was event. ment. Singh from HFI, and Mushtaq elected as senior vice president POONCH, Oct 24: Sham Lal Addl SP, Khalid Ameen, The chief guest awarded the Ahmed Zargar from J&K Sports and Ravi Singh and Praval Hockey Academy (SLHA) DAR Sachin Gupta, DySP HQ, winning team (Judda team) with Council were present as Players along with dignitaries posing for a group photograph at Country Stadium Kumar were elected as vice trounced Poonch XI by two Mudasar Choudhary and cash prize Rs 3000 along with observers while KV Singh acted Gharota, Jammu. presidents. goals in a Hockey match, organ- Hockey coaches including winning trophy while runner-up as Returning Officer during the Mohd Yousaf, Sanjeev Singh ised by District Police to pay Pawan Kumar, Matinder Pal Mohammed Sagir, S/o team was awarded with Rs 2000 election. homage to police martyrs, here Singh, Ranveet Singh and Aarav slams ton as KCCC Mohammed cash prize along with runner-up today. Novjot Singh also graced the Hussain SDPO Arnas, Dr Satish SCC beats Amriteshwar Ranveet and Gurjot scored event. and Jaan Bhardwaj, SHO Arnas Inspector Reds beats Greens by 62 runs two goals in 15th and 25th min- The match was organised Begum, R/o Rajesh Gautam and prominent Excelsior Sports Correspondent Greens, Sahil took 2 wickets, utes of the match respectively under the supervision of PTI, Village citizens of the area were also for winning team. while Imran, Sourav and Vasu Patrara, CC by 36 runs in KPL Mukesh Kumar whereas PTI, JAMMU, Oct 24: Promising claimed 1 wicket each. graced the function. SSP, Ramesh Kumar Angral Tehsil Excelsior Sports Correspondent 47 runs while Vijay and Sanjay Vikas Sharma, PTI, Harmik youngster Aarav Mahajan In reply, KCCC Greens man- Speaking on the occasion, was the chief guest whereas scored a cracking century as Manjakote, contributed 28 and 21 runs Singh, ReK, Kavaldeep Singh aged to score 220 runs in the the SSP congratulated all the JAMMU, Oct 24: Surinder Narjeet Singh, Retd ZPEO and KCCC Reds defeated KCCC Rajouri, has respectively. For ACC, Ronak were part of the technical panel. allotted overs, thus lost the teams for participating in Police Cricket Club (SCC) beat veteran Hockey player was the Greens by a big margin of 62 been declared qualified for the Koul took 5 important wickets. match by 62 runs. Vansh scored Martyrs Memorial tournament. Amriteshwar Cricket runs in a friendly cricket match, award of degree of Doctor of In reply ACC bun- 43 runs, while Daman and Vasu She said our martyrs without Club (ACC) by 36 runs organized by Kishan Chand Philosophy (Ph.D) in dled out at 101 runs contributed 34 and 27 runs to the caring for their lives fought till in the ongoing KPL Cricket Club at Country Cricket International Studies from and lost the match by total respectively. For KCCC their last breath for peace of Veteran Cup played at Stadium Gharota, here today. Academy of International 36 runs. From SCC, Reds, Manik took 2 wickets, J&K and gave supreme sacri- KC Sports Club Batting first, KCCC Reds Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Rajesh took 3 wickets while Tanish, Divesh and Aman fices of their lives while protect- Ground, here today. rode on a brilliant century by New Delhi. He worked on the while Sunny Bhan and claimed 1 wicket each. ing and safeguarding the nation. Superb all round Aarav Mahajan to set a huge tar- topic, "The Economic and Vicky took 2 wickets The match was inaugurated "Reasi Police will organize performance by Rajesh get of 283 runs for the rivals. Environmental impact of each. by Ankush Abrol, former mem- more such sports events in near Salhotra helped SCC to Aarav Mahajan top scored with Indus Water Treaty on the Rajesh Salhotra ber BCCI and working commit- future to provide a platform to trounce ACC in the ongoing 111 runs, while Dhruv and riparian regions of India and was declared as Man of the tee member JKCA, in the pres- the local youth for excelling tournament. Reshiv contributed 77 and 31 ," under the supervi- Match for his outstanding per- ence of organiser Sunil Kumar, their talent in the respective Batting first, SCC made 137 runs respectively. From KCCC sion of Prof GM Shah. formance with bat and ball. coach and Sheshu Pal. sports field," she added. wherein Rajesh Salhotra scored

SSP Reasi, Rashmi Wazir along with dignitaries and stu- dents posing for a group photograph after the competition at Katra. District level debate competition held Excelsior Correspondent coordinating agencies for their co-operation. DODA, Oct 24: District Meanwhile, another District Police organized a District level debate competition was level debate competition on also organised by police under “Role of Police in Nation Civic Action Programme at Building’ at District Police Katra wherein SSP Reasi, Lines, here today. Rashmi Wazir was the chief About 10 selected students guest. including boys and girls from On this occasion, Jatindra different education institutions Kumar Gupta, CO CRPF 6th of the district participated in Bn was the guest of honour the competition. while SP Katra, Amit Bhasin Muzmial Irshad of Chenab welcomed all the guests and Valley Higher Secondary prominent citizens as well as School bagged 1st position participants of the competition. whereas 2nd position was About 11 students partici- clinched by Quratul-Ain of pated in the event. The 1st prize Govt. Girl Higher Secondary was bagged by Bhoomi School and 3rd position was Mahajan of 8th class while 2nd secured by Deevanshi Katoch prize was shared by Kartika of Govt. Girls Higher Sharma and Shreya Kaushik Secondary School.The partici- both of them from 8th class and pants were awarded with 3rd prize was secured by appreciation certificates and Khushi Dogra and Himanshi cash reward. Kapoor of 9th and 12th classes ADC, Kishori Lal, Addl SP, respectively. Master Popsy, District The event was adjudged by Education Planning Officer, Renu Bhasin, Assistant Mohd Ayaz Mughal, Principal Commissioner Relief Govt Boys Higher Secondary (Migrant), Ajay Baru and School, Tanveer Ahmed Wani Kuljeet Singh, SDPO Katra. along with teaching faculty of SSP Reasi distributed the various schools and civil socie- prizes among winner students ty members were also present whereas vote of thanks was during the event. presented by Kuljeet Singh, SSP, Mumtaz Ahmed SDPO Katra. thanked the participants and