THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Red-hot Gujarat Lions take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL RAJKOT, Apr 20: Lions. Finch, who had to battle Unbeaten in all the three muscle cramp in Lions' win games they have played so far in against , started the IPL the tournament, Gujarat Lions season in sparkling touch, scor- would look to continue with ing 74, 50 and 67 . On their impressive winning run each occasion, he has been when they take on Sunrisers named the man of the match, Hyderabad in an IPL match here only the second time in IPL his- tomorrow. tory a player has won the award The Lions have been in red- three consecutive times. hot form in their debut season Kiwi hard hitter Brendon Minister for IT, Tech Edu and YS & Sports, Moulvi Imran Raza Ansari interacting with hock- ey players during his surprise visit to KK Hakhu Astroturf Hockey stadium. TODAY'S FIXTURE Gujarat Lions Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Rajkot) DG Sports apprises Minister about functioning of Deptt

with convincing wins in all the McCullum is yet to score a big three games and they would one as his highest in three Ansari directs for early completion of Indoor Rohit Sharma plays the ball past short fine leg during his knock off 62 runs against RCB at seek to maintain a clean slate matches has been 49 against Mumbai on Wednesday. tomorrow at the Saurashtra Rising Super Kings, and he Cricket Association Stadium. would look to make his mark stadium & pavilion at KK Hakhu Astroturf Rohit, Pollard blast RCB as The home side will also be tomorrow. bolstered by the return of all- Captain Suresh Raina is yet *Pays surprise visit to various offices, stadia rounder who to capitalise on the starts he has did not play in the Lion's seven- got in the previous games and he Excelsior Sports Correspondent players to put in dedicated Joint Secretary State Sports MI win by six thrashing of defending can be expected to score big efforts to achieve success and Council, Shiv Kumar Sharma MUMBAI, Apr 20: by that saw Rayudu got out just when he champions in runs at home turf. Dinesh JAMMU, Apr 20: Minister bring laurels for the state. and other officers were also Pollard hit two huge sixes -- one was getting into the groove with a Mumbai due to his wedding. Karthik, Dwayne Bravo and for Youth Services & Sports, Later the Minister also con- present in the meeting Skipper Rohit Sharma laid the down the ground and another couple boundaries off Harshal. "Jadeja is all set to return to Jadeja would be handy in the Technical Education and ducted surprise visit to offices The Minister asked foundation with a stylish half- hook shot behind square to swing He tried an ambitious slog sweep the team as all post marriage rit- batting front for the Lions. Information Technology, of the Directorate General of Secretary Sports Council for century as Mumbai Indians it decisively in Mumbai Indians' off left-arm spinner Iqbal uals got completed," Lions team The bowling attack has Moulvi Imran Raza Ansari Youth Services & Sports and ensuring speedy completion of romped home against Royal favour. Abdullah to be caught at deep sources said. also been up to the task with today paid a surprise visit to K J&K State Sports Council and new Indoor stadium which is Challengers Bangalore by six In the next over, Pollard hit mid-wicket boundary by Kane The IPL debutants have won Bravo, James Faulkner and K Hakhu Astroturf Stadium and reviewed functioning of various being constructed at an cost of wickets in an Indian Premier another six off Shane Watson as Richardson. their two away matches against Praveen Kumar doing well in MA Stadium to take stock of units including Rajiv Gandhi Rs 7 Crore and gave a 4 months League encounter, here tonight. the required number of runs came Rohit-Rayudu duo added 76 Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai the pace department while infrastructural facilities and Khel Abhiyan section. He asked deadline for the completion of Chasing a target of 171, Rohit in single digits. He then finished in 9.1 overs for the second wick- Indians. They also defeated Jadeja's return will bolster spin sports activities underway. the officers to work with utmost the stadium. set the pace with yet another the match with two successive et. Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led department which also has the During his visit to MA dedication to provide conducive Ansari directed for complet- attractive knock of 62 off 44 balls, boundaries. Rayudu's departure brought Rising Pune Supergiants at likes of Pravin Tambe and Stadium the minister inspected environment to the players. ing renovation of pavilion and it was Kieron Pollard, who fin- Rohit was at his elegant best Jos Buttler who started by guid- home by seven wickets. Shadab Jakati. various sports sections and He also convened a meeting parking of K K Hakhu stadium ished with a flourish hammering during the chase as he played an ing Abdullah to the third man Australian opener Aaron Bravo has taken six wick- directed the concerned to wherein Director General within 2 months besides instal- an unbeaten 40 off 19 balls as the effortless frontfoot pull-shot off boundary. Finch, who has hit three fifties ets in three matches while Jadeja improve the lighting system and Sports, Jahangir Mir apprised lation of chairs in the pavilion home team notched up their sec- Varun Aaron to dispatch him into A pulled boundary off Stuart in three matches, will once again have four from the two matches install water purifier and music the Minister about the function- instead of tiles .He also directed ond win in 18 overs. Jos Buttler the stands. His second six was a Binny followed by a single be the batting mainstay for the he played. (PTI) system for gymnastic players. with 28 off 14 balls also did his Nataraja Shot where he whipped brought up his second half-centu- ing of the department. Secretary for immediate installation of bit. one behind backward square leg ry in this edition of IPL. He further directed for starting a Sports Council, Javaid Ahmad water gun in the Astroturf field The giant Caribbean hit four off medium pacer Harshal Patel. Bustling with confidence, Poonch XI drubs YCC to enter cleanliness drive in the stadium Shah, Vice Chairman Sports of the stadium to facilitate the boundaries and three sixes. This While played Rohit sent Abdullah into the cow premises for ensuring hygienic Council, Jammu, Ranjeet Kalra, players. was MI's second win in five the second fiddle chipping away corner stands followed by a environment to the players. matches. RCB have now lost two with singles and occasional thumping boundary wide of long- finals in Police Martyrs T20 While inspecting Basketball MLA Kokernag inaugurates out of three matches. boundaries, Rohit seemed to on. But his indiscretion cost him stadium, the Minister asked for It was in the 17th over bowled caress the ball to the boundary. as he tried to hit a second six off Excelsior Correspondent Earlier, YCC won the toss, installation of four flood lights Abdullah only to be holed out elected to bat first and scored so that players can practice till Woodball Coaching Camp JAMMU, Apr 20: Poonch XI 151 runs, while chasing the tar- long-off. late hours in the evening Excelsior Sports Correspondent providing the local youth an defeated YCC by 7 wickets to get Poonch-XI scored 152 runs Rohit's 62 off 44 balls had At K K Hakhu Astroturf, the opportunity to get trained for seal berth in the finals of the and won the match by 7 wickets. four boundaries and three sixes. Minister held interaction with ANANTNAG, Apr 20: A 4- national level tournaments. He ongoing Police Memorial T20 Huge gathering of sports With Mumbai Indians in a the team which will participate day long International Coaching said that such events also pro- Cricket Tournament, being lovers witnessed the match. tricky position at 109 for 3, RCB in the junior National Hockey Camp on Woodball was today vide a boost to the State organized by District Police Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman, DySP skipper brought back championship and inquired inaugurated by MLA Kokernag, tourism. Poonch, under Civic Action Hqrs Poonch was the chief guest Aaron with relatively new pair of about the facilities being pro- Abdul Rahim Rather. National organizer Woodball, Programme at Govt Degree on the occasion. Pollard and Buttler at the crease. vided to them. He asked the About 50 players from M K Tiwari, on the occasion, College ground, here today. (PTI) Maharashtra, Rajasthan, said that among the 50 players Inter-School Basketball Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Delhi, who are participating in the Jagruk Hindustani Premier Orissa, UP, and camp, best players will be select- Telangana States are participat- ed for the World Woodball Tournament organized ing in the camp. Championship to be played at Volleyball League in full swing Excelsior Sports Correspondent while District Youth Services In his inaugural address, the Taiwan in the month of May this Winners posing for a group photograph at Mandal Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent Janglot are participating in the and Sports Officer, Samba, MLA lauded the role of the year. ground on Wednesday. event with the aim of reaching the SAMBA, Apr 20: The Subash Chander Bhardwaj was National Woodball organizers District Youth Services and JAMMU, Apr 20: After the grand finals to be played at Department of Youth Services also present on the occasion. and divisional president for Sports Officer Anantnag was successful conduct of 'Jagruk Samba on 14th May 2016. and Sports District Samba, Speaking on the occasion organizing the event for the present on the occasion. 2nd Holi Cup T20 Tournament Hindustani Premier Cricket The sport will give an oppor- organized Inter School District both the dignitaries stressed on first time in the State and for Among others, the camp League' in October 2015, an tunity to the local youth of Level Basketball Tournament more and more participation of selecting Kokernag as its was attended by District presi- Media XI wins by 6 wkts as event that struck a popular cord Jammu to come to the forefront Under-17 (Boys) at Kristu youth in such events. venue. dent PDP, Sheikh Javaid with the border area youth of the and inculcate the spirit of healthy Jyothi Convent High School, Prominent among others The MLA stressed upon the Ahmad besides people from Jammu Region, Rising Star Corps competition. here. present on the concluding cere- authorities to organize more adjoining areas. Bunty butchers NYC bowlers is organizing a similar event this A total of 26 matches were All the five zones participat- mony were Rakesh Verma, BD sports events in the area and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rahil contributed 37 runs to the time for 'Volleyball' which is one held today in the ongoing Phase I ed in the tournament with total Sharma, Vijay Singh Slathia, total. Anshu Bhat also chipped of the most popular sport in the of the Jagruk Hindustani Premier number of 5 teams and 41 par- Pardeep Singh and Raghubir Speed Ball introduced at JAMMU, Apr 20: in with 10 runs. Arun took 2 border and rural areas of Jammu Volleyball League. Teams of ticipants from all over the dis- Singh. Magnificent knock of 84 runs by wickets, while Sachin claimed region. Deani, Jatwal, Regal, S Kalan, trict. The Tournament was inau- The final match was played Sunil Bali (Bunty) helped Media one. Jagruk Hindustani Premier Raiyan, Damana, Pargawal, gurated by Sister Archana, between Humanity Public PTTI Vijaypur XI to thrash NYC by 6 wickets In reply, Media XI chased Volleyball League for youth of Molu, Dehi Chak, Alla, Fathu Principal of the host School, School, Bassi Kalan Bari in the ongoing 2nd Holi Cup the target easily by losing 4 border region from Jammu, Chak, Salehar, Samka, Mela Brahmana and Rich Harvest Excelsior Sports Correspondent Nanda, general secretary of T20 Cricket Tournament at wickets as Bunty sent the rival Samba and Kathua districts Club, Degree College Kathua, Inzamam agreed on High School, Bari Brahmana. Speed Ball Association IN intro- Mandal Cricket ground, here bowlers on a leather-hunt. He kicked off yesterday and was in Harkeet Club, Jai Baba condition that he gets a The match was won by SAMBA, Apr 20: An event ducing this game in Police today. was simply in sublime touch and full swing, here today. Sidhgoria, Kaulpur, JBC, Khaur, Humanity Public School by 15 was organized at Police Technical Training Institute The Tournament is being hit the ball with fluidity and A total of 64 teams compris- Janial I, Janial II, 2r, Baniyari 2 three-year term points. Technical Training Institute Vijaypur. organized by Sachin Singh, grace. Gajdeep Singh and Rahul ing of local participants from and Gurjar Chak emerged victori- The officiating panel includ- (PTTI), Vijaypur, where KARACHI, Apr 20: Mukesh Sharma and Sunil Khatri contributed 39 and 18 Damana, RS Pura, Bari ous in the keenly contested ed Anirudh Singh Slathia, Rekha Speedball game was introduced Mansi, Rafit, Sobia Kumar, under the chairmanship runs to the total respectively. Brahmana, Samba, Kathua and matches that were held today. Pakistan's former captain Sambyal, Raju Sharma, Suman for the very first time. of Ankush Abrol, Member Sachin Sharma took 2 wickets, Inzamam-ul-Haq agreed to Raj Singh, Sanjay Gupta, Over 100 trainees participat- emerge winners in BCCI. while Mukesh Sharma and become the new chief selector Davinder Singh and Madhuri ed in this Camp. This camp was Earlier, batting first, NYC Rahul Khatri claimed one wick- Vishwa Bharati celebrates only after being assured in prin- Jamwal. introduced by J&K Sports seminar scored a decent total of 156 runs et each. ciple by the PCB that he would Speedball Association. Excelsior Correspondent be given a three-year term. Advani in pre-quar- On this occasion Kanwar in the stipulated 20 overs. The match was officiated by POONCH, Apr 20: District 66th Foundation Day "Inzamam made it clear to Ranjit (SSP) was the chief guest Tajinder scored brilliant 53 runs, Bablu and Varinder as umpires. Institute of Education and the board he would only resign terfinals of Asian and DySP, Satish Sharma and Sr Excelsior Correspondent institution including Dr O P Training (DIET) organized a as the head coach of the PO, Reyaz Ahmad were also Razdhan, Prof A N Sadhu and Snooker C’ship seminar on “Beti Bachao Beti Afghanistan team and become present. This event was success- JAMMU, Apr 20: 66th Dr S K Koul. Padhao”, in which students the new chief selector if he was DOHA, Apr 20: fully conducted under the super- Foundation Day of Vishwa The Principals of various from various institutions took given time to prepare a squad vision of Susheel Aryan Bharati Educational Foundation wings of Jammu units were also Pankaj Advani beat Iraq's part. for the next World Cup in 2019 (Inspector) and Charanjeet was celebrated with great enthu- present along with the staff and Alijali Ali 4-1 to enter the pre- The programme was in England," an official source Singh (Inspector). siasm and fervour, here today. students. quarterfinals of the Asian presided over by Narinder in the board said today. Speaking on the occasion, The day long programme A hawan was organized in Snooker Championship here Singh, HoD DIET and Balwant The board approached Kanwar Ranjit threw light on started with pooja ceremony in primary wing and sacred today. Singh, HoD was the coordinator Inzamam to take over as chief the importance of the game and the school premises. The ritual mantras were chanted by the Advani pocketed the first of the programme. ceremony was performed in the Pandit for the growth and wel- selector after it dissolved the three frames 78-54 107-2 74-9 lauded the efforts of Sunny previous national selection In the programme, Mansi school auditorium by the mem- fare of the institution. with breaks of 73 and 85 in the Sharma of GHS Jhulass, Rafit bers of governing board of the Prashad and sweets were committee headed by Haroon first two frames. In the fourth Rasheed after Pakistan's dismal Adil Ashraf Khan of Royal Khanum of GHS Chandal and served to all the students and frame, Pankaj put up a strong Health Club, Gujjar Nagar, Sobia Sadeeqi of GHS Harni Pranaav-Akshay teachers after the completion of show in the Asia Cup and World fight, but lost the frame 29-65. T20. (PTI) Jammu, who were adjudged first, second and enter second round pooja ceremony. Playing a best of 7 frames, won gold medal third respectively. the Indian ace won the fifth in 93 kg weight MO Sharma and Bashir of Masters frame 57-44 to seal the match in category of 13th Khan, HoDs and Nighat his favour. , Apr 20: Open Bench Choudhary acted as jury mem- In the round of 16, Pankaj Pressbers. will face fellow Indian and Championship Later, prizes were distrib- Indian men's doubles pair of 2015 National Sub-Junior SSP Samba, Joginder Singh and other dignitaries interacting Pranaav Jerry Chopra and held at MA Stadium, Jammu, uted among the winners. with players during Sports Mela on Wednesday. Snooker Winner, 19-year-old recently. He became Akshay Dewalkar crossed the Ishpreet Singh Chadha. (PTI) opening hurdle, reaching the Powerman and created new Anjali Sharma, D/o Thoru second round of the China record by lifting 200 kg Ram and Gita Sharma, R/o Samba Police organizes Sports Mela Sonika Verma, D/o Madan Lal (Equipped). Supwal Samba, Masters Grand Prix Gold bad- Verma and Madhu Verma, R/o Excelsior Sports Correspondent youth regarding the eradication minton tournament here today. who has quali- of social evils and evil designs Lower Shiv Renu Bala, D/o Prem Chand fied National Pranaav and Akshay beat Nagar, Jammu, SAMBA, Apr 20: of the Anti-Social elements by 's Yong Kai Terry Hee Motan and Kamala Devi, R/o Eligibility Test who has quali- (NET) in Continuing with the J&K participating in such sports and Kean Hean Loh 21-18 21- Players of RCC Srinagar posing for a group photograph along- Nanak Chak, fied National Education, the Police’s endeavour to strengthen activities. He stressed that youth 13. They will meet seventh seed- with C L Suri, president of the Club in Jammu on Wednesday. Samba, who has Police-Public relations and to are the future of our country and Eligibility Test qualified National result of which ed Chinese pair of (NET) in promote sports activities among we have to give them the oppor- and Wen. Eligibility Test was declared by Central Board the youth, District Police Samba tunities and platform to show RCC Srinagar presents uniforms, Environmental (NET) in of School Education (CBSE), Eighth seeded Indian Sciences, the result of which today organized Sports Mela their excellence. combo of and B Education, the recently. under the Civic Action Raja Aadil Hamid, was declared by Central Board result of which Sumeeth Reddy, however, lost cricket gear to players Shamsher Singh, S/o Vishno Programme at Youth Sports & Additional Superintendent of of School Education (CBSE), was declared by Central Board 19-21 16-21 to Dutch pair of Excelsior Sports Correspondent on the occasion, who distributed Devi and Kirpal Singh, R/o Services Stadium, Arazi here Police, Samba also welcomed recently. of School Education (CBSE), Ruud Bosch and Oliver Leydon- uniforms among the players and Bathari, Billawar, today. the participating teams and Davis in the opening round. recently. Kabaddi, , advised all the players to main- JAMMU, Apr 20: The man- lauded their efforts for keeping Tariq Aziz, S/o Choudhary Manir who has been Swiss Open winner, H S agement of Rainawari Cricket the Club's flag high in the local declared qualified Volleyball, Cricket and Hockey tain sportsman spirit during the Prannoy had beaten 's Hussain Gorsi and Choudhary Ruchi Pangotra, D/o Ashok Tournaments are part of the said tournaments. Club (RCC) Srinagar presented tournaments. Rajesh Dhar, gen- Gulzar Begum Kumar and Swarna Devi, R/o for the award of Joo Ven Soong 19-21 21-14 21- cricket uniforms to the playing eral secretary of the Club was the degree of Mela. Virender Singh, DySP HQ 18 in the opening round yester- Gorsi, R/o Prori Deoli, Bishnah, Joginder Singh, SSP Samba Samba, S S Sambyal, SDPO members of the Club in a simple also present on the occasion. Gujjran, Koteranka, Jammu, who has Doctor of day. function, here today. Prominent among others pres- Philosophy (Ph.D) invited the senior citizens pres- Vijaypur and other Top Indian shuttler K Rajouri, who has qualified National ent on the occasion to declare prominent/senior citizens of Twenty members of the Club ent on the occasion were coach, qualified National Eligibility Test in Urdu by the University of Srikanth, however, suffered yet were presented with uniforms Madan Mohan, skipper Kuldeep Jammu. He worked on the the Kabaddi Tournament open. District Samba were also pres- another first round exit after los- Eligibility Test (NET) in While speaking on the occa- ent on the occasion. and a cricket kit bag which Kumar, vice captain Puneet (NET) in Economics, the topic, "Taraqqi Pasand ing to Chinese 's Lin Yu included two English willow Wattal and senior players includ- Tehreek Aur Ahmed Nadeem sion, SSP Samba said that The tournaments in other Hsien 21-12 21-17. National Economics, the result of which result of which organizing such Civic Action games viz Badminton, bats. ing Parveen Singh, Dilbagh was declared by Central Board of was declared by Central Board of Qasmi Ki Afsana Nigari," champion Sameer Verma had Chaman Lal Suri, president Singh, Sourav Chopra, Satish under the supervision of Prof Programme by J&K Police is to Volleyball, Cricket & Hockey withdrawn for the event. (PTI) School Education (CBSE), School Education (CBSE), create awareness among the shall be held from tomorrow. of the Club was the chief guest Kumar and Rahul Mussa. recently. recently. Zia-ud-Din.