MONDAY, MAY 6, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU CSK get to play Qualifier in Chennai MI beat KKR by 9 wkts to top IPL table, despite six-wicket loss against KXIP help Sunrisers qualify at 4th spot CHANDIGARH, May 5: including Rahul, Gayle and MUMBAI, May 5: coming form powerplay without Mayank Agarwal. However losing any wicket. South African KL Rahul's scintillating Pooran played a cameo to Rohit Sharma struck an Quinton de Kock hitting two con- 36-ball-71 paved the way for a ensure happy ending for the unbeaten 55 to lead Mumbai secutive sixes and a four off Andre consolation six-wicket victory home team. Indians to an easy 9-wicket win Russell in the fourth over was the for Kings XI Punjab here Earlier, Faf du Plessis over Kolkata Knight Riders, which highlight. today but not before CSK missed out on a well-deserved gave them the pole position in the De Kock (30) was out the first ensured a top-two finish with hundred by four runs as Kings IPL table and also ensured a lucky ball after powerplay with wicket- chance to play the first IPL XI Punjab bowled well at the fourth place finish for Sunrisers keeper Dinesh Karthik taking a Hyderabad, here Sunday. brilliant running catch off the Qualifier at their happy hunt- death to restrict Chennai Rohit stitched two crucial part- bowling of Prasidh Krishna. ing home ground Chepauk. Super Kings to 170 for 5. nerships, first a 49-run stand with That was the only success With nothing to lose in the Courtesy Du Plessis' 96 off 55 Quinton de Kock for the opening KKR had as Rohit and Yadav took final game of the season, balls and his 120-run stand wicket and then another 88 runs for MI home in 16.1 overs. Yadav hit a Rahul, Chris Gayle (28 off 28 with Suresh Raina (53 off 38 the unconquered second wicket towering six to end the match. balls) and Nicholas Pooran balls) set a platform for the with Suryakumar Yadav (46 not) as Earlier, Andre Russell failed to (36 off 22 balls) were the key defending champions. MI chased down the target of 134 Rohit Sharma celebrating his half-century against Kolkata deliver when it mattered the most contributors in KXIP's suc- However Sam Curran K L Rahul celebrating his half-century against CSK at with 3.5 overs to spare. Knight Riders at Mumbai on Sunday. as Kolkata Knight Riders scored a cessful chase of 171 in in 18 Mohali on Sunday. (3/35) and Mohammed Shami The MI captain carried his bat sub-par 133 for 7 in their 'do-or die' overs. (2/17 in 3 overs) bowled well through the innings, hitting eight SCOREBOARD game. However CSK will be SCOREBOARD in the final few overs as CSK fours off 48 balls while Yadav con- Kolkata Knight Riders Innings: KKR's top run-scorer of this happy that with a net run-rate Chennai Super Kings Innings: seemed at least 10 runs short sumed 27 balls for his unbeaten 46. Shubman Gill lbw b Hardik 9 IPL, Russell (510 from 13 innings) of +0.131 which is far better Faf du Plessis b S Curran 96 of par score. MI ended the league phase Chris Lynn c de Kock b Hardik 41 was dismissed for a first ball duck with 18 points from 14 matches -- than Delhi Capitals' (+0.044), Shane Watson b S Curran 7 Du Plessis' knock had 10 Robin Uthappa c Rohit b Bumrah 40 as the visiting side frittered away a the defending champions will Suresh Raina c Shami b S Curran 53 fours and four sixes and was the same as Chennai Super Kings good start to post a modest total and Delhi Capitals -- but they Dinesh Karthik c Krunal b Malinga 3 remain in the top two with two MS Dhoni not out 10 dismissed by brilliant Curran after being sent into bat. secured the top spot by virtue of Andre Russell c de Kock b Malinga 0 clear shots at summit clash Ambati Rayudu c Mandeep b Shami 1 yorker in the 19th over. Nitish Rana c Pollard b Malinga 26 Openers Chris Lynn (41 off 29 qualification even if MI beat better run rate. MI ended at a net balls) and Shubman Gill (9 off 16 Kedar Jadhav b Shami 0 Du Plessis destroyed the run rate of 0.421 as against 0.131 Rinku Singh c Hardik b Bumrah 4 KKR in the evening game. Dwayne Bravo not out 1 Kings XI bowling attack, par- Sunil Narine not out 0 balls) put up 49 runs together in 6.1 and 0.044 of CSK and DC respec- overs but KKR suffered a middle- Such was Rahul's domina- Extras: (LB-1, W-1) 2 ticularly punishing medium tively. Extras: (LB-2 W-7 NB-1) 10 order collapse as Mumbai bowlers tion that Universe Boss Total: (For 5 wkts; 20 overs) 170 pacer Andrew Tye (0/37 in 3 MI's win meant that the KKR Total: (For 7 wkts in 20 overs) 133 made a splendid comeback. Gayle's run-a-ball knock paled Bowling: Harpreet Brar 3-0-24-0, Mohammed Shami 3-0-17-2, overs) and spinner Murugan are knocked out of the tournament Bowling: Mitchell McClenaghan 4-1-19-0, Krunal Pandya 4-0- It was left to Robin Uthappa in comparison as the duo Sam Curran 4-0-35-3, Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-23-0, Andrew Ashwin (0/33 in 3 overs), hit- with Sunrisers making it to the 14-0, Lasith Malinga 4-0-35-3, Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-31-2, Rahul added 108 runs in only 10.3 (40 off 47 balls) and Nitish Rana Tye 3-0-37-0, Murugan Ashwin 3-0-33-0. ting two boundaries and a six in play-offs at their expense on better Chahar 1-0-12-0, Hardik Pandya 3-0-20-2. overs to seal the match. (26 off 13 balls) to stitch a 47-run Kings XI Punjab Innings: one of their over. net run rate. Kolkata Knight Riders Innings: While senior off-spinner stand for the fifth wicket to take K L Rahul c Tahir b Harbhajan 71 Raina gave him good sup- KKR and SRH ended the Quinton de Kock c Karthik b Prasidh 30 Harbhajan Singh got three league phase on 12 points each but KKR past the 120-run mark. Chris Gayle c D Shorey b Harbhajan 28 port at the other end, hitting Rohit Sharma not out 55 wickets, he was hit for 57 runs Nicholas Pooran c Dhoni b R Jadeja 36 the Hyderabad-based side sneaked Lasith Malinga (3/35), Hardik five boundaries and two sixes. Suryakumar Yadav not out 46 Pandya (2/20) and Jasprit Bumrah in four overs. Mayank Agarwal c R Jadeja b Harbhajan 7 to the play-offs with 0.577 net run Raina, who along with du Extras: (W-2 NB-1) 3 (2/31) were the main wicket-takers In fact, Dhoni's ploy to use Mandeep Singh not out 11 rate against 0.028 of the Kolkata Plessis tried to accelerate the side. Total: (For 1 wkt in 16.1 overs) 134 for the home side. Harbhajan in the Powerplays Sam Curran not out 6 Bowling: Sandeep Warrier 4-0-25-0,Harry Gumey 3-0-20-0, which had worked wonderful- pace of scoring, fell when the MI and Chennai Super Kings Lynn and Gill started slowly Extras: (B-4, LB-5, W-5) 14 Andre Russel 2.1-0-34-0, Sunil Naraine 4-0-33-0, Prasidh ly at the Chepauk, backfired score was 150 in the 17th over play against each other in Chennai before they started playing their big Total: (For 4 wkts, 18 overs) 173 Krishna 3-0-22-1. on a placid Mohali track as he off Curran's bowling. The in the Qualifier 1 on Tuesday while shots. Lynn hammered veteran Bowling: Deepak Chahar 4-0-28-0, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-57-3, Delhi Capitals -- who finished third The Qualifier 2 -- between the Visakhapatnam on Friday. Malinga for a four and a six in the went for 41 runs in his first Dwayne Bravo 4-0-27-0, Imran Tahir 4-0-36-0, Ravindra Jadeja England all-rounder at the two overs --17 in the first and onset had dismissed Shane -- take on SRH in the Eliminator at losing teams of Qualifier 1 and Chasing 134 for a win, MI fourth over as KKR fetched 13 2-0-16-1. Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Eliminator -- will also be played at made a good start with 46 runs 24 in the second. Watson. runs of it. (PTI) In that second Harbhajan century off 19 balls. Powerplay batting left a lot to Ambati Rayudu (10) and over which was fourth of the He scored at fast clip albeit be desired. Kedar Jadhav's (0) wickets innings, Rahul hit the veteran coming only after skipper Harbhajan was far better in were claimed by pacer Mohd Patel Club registers big win in for three boundaries and two Ravichandran Ashwin's public his final two overs as he took Shami in the final over of the sixes, completing his half- admission that KXIP's three wickets for 16 runs innings. (PTI) JKCA's Jammu District Tournament Excelsior Sports Correspondent scored with 64 runs, while Aryan Dogra and Ahtshyam contributed BCC wins Shaheed Subedar JAMMU, May 5: Patel Cricket 54 and unbeaten 52 runs to the Club defeated Kiwi Cricket Club total respectively.