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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Finch, McCullum power Gujarat Delhi, Punjab look to bounce back after opening loss in IPL-9 Lions to comfortable win NEW DELHI, Apr 14: current India U-19 coach and RAJKOT, Apr 14: two sixes in the next over to Electing to bat earlier in the batting great Rahul Dravid as make his intentions clear. day, Du Plessis (69) and Kevin Perennial under-achievers their mentor and Paddy Upton as Aaron Finch and Brendon Finch raced to his 50 in just Pietersen (37) wnt hammer and Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI their coach. McCullum played destructive 33 balls with the help of seven tongs after the fall of Ajinkya Punjab will look to recover from They also have a new skipper knocks up the order to guide boundaries ans two sixes but Rahane (21) to raise hopes of a opening losses and put their in Zaheer Khan and the onus will Gujarat Lions to a comprehen- soon after he perished trying to 200-plus score for Supergiants at campaign back on track when be on him to inspire his team to sive seven-wicket win over hit another boundary, they clash in an IPL match here put the disappointments behind. Rising Pune Supergiants in the caught by Ishant Shama SCOREBOARD tomorrow. Against Kolkata, Delhi cut a battle of debutants at the Indian at fine-leg off Murugan Rising Pune Supergiants innings: Laggards last season, Delhi sorry figure when they were dis- Premier League, here today. Ashwin. Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Tambe 21 and Punjab had hoped for a pos- missed for 98 in 17.4 overs with Their second consecutive win After Finch's dis- Faf du Plessis st Karthik b Tambe 69 Kevin Pietersen b Bravo 37 TODAY'S FIXTURE propelled Gujarat Lions to the missal, McCullum took Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab (Delhi) 8 PM top of the points table. the onus of him and Steven Smith c Faulkner b Jadeja 5 Chasing a below-par 164 for struck Ravichandran Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 22 itive start but both the teams suf- only four of their batsmen reach- win, Gujarat Lions rode on a Ashwin for a bounadry Mitchell Marsh b Jadeja 7 fered contrasting defeats at the ing double figures and Zaheer powerful batting display to over- and a six in the 12th Rajat Bhatia not out 0 hands of Kolkata Knight Riders has to ensure that they come up whelm the target with two overs over before getting a life Extras: (B-1, LB-1) 2 and Gujarat Lions respectively. with a better performance tomor- to spare. when Mahendra Singh Total: (for 5 wickets in 20 overs) 163 Delhi had finished 7th in the row. Earlier, Faf du Plessis Dhoni missed a regula- Bowling: Kumar 2-0-12-0, Jakati 4-0-40-0, 2015 edition and they would be A lot was expected from Winners RCC Srinagar team posing for a group photograph along with chief guest, Alok Puri, smashed a quick half century tion stumping in the Tambe 4-0-33-2, Bravo 4-0-43-1, Jadeja 4-0- looking to get their combination Carlos Brathwaite, who became IGP Vigilance, Jammu. before Gujarat Lions pulled next ball. 18-2, Faulkner 2-0-15-0. right to get into the winning the toast of the cricketing world things back with fine death bowl- But the missed Gujarat Lions innings: mode. after hitting England's Ben ing display to restrict the stumping did not cost Aaron Finch c Sharma b M Ashwin 50 The Daredevils, who had Stokes for four consecutive sixes Satish bags man of series award, Varun man of match Supergiants to 163 for five. Supergiants much as Brendon McCullum c du Plessis b Sharma 49 qualified for Champions League to win the ICC World T20 final Coming out to chase the tar- McCullum got out soon, Suresh Raina st Dhoni b M Ashwin 24 T20 twice, have a new unit with for the West Indies. (PTI) get, Finch (50 off 36) and caught by Du Plessis of Dwayne Bravo not out 22 RCC wins 4th Baisakhi T20 Tri-Series McCullum (49 off 31) got Ishant Sharma as the Ravindra Jadeja not out 4 Gujarat Lions off to a breezy batsman went for an Extras: (B-2, LB-5, W-7, NB-1) 15 start, sharing 85 runs for the extravagant shot. Total: (for 3 wickets in 18 overs) 164 Cup; IGP Alok Puri distributes prizes opening stand in just 8.3 overs. But by that time the Bowling: RP Singh 2-0-21-0, Sharma 4-0-39- Excelsior Sports Correspondent ing committee included Ranjeet with 46 runs, while Parveen Finch was the initiator as he damage has already 1, R Ashwin 4-0-26-0, M Ashwin 4-0-31-2, Kalra, Vinay Gupta, Rajesh Singh and Ishtiaq contributed 23 used his power to great effect and been done and therafter Bhatia 3-0-30-0, Marsh 1-0-10-0. JAMMU, Apr 14: Outplaying Dhar, Satwant Singh, Ravi Kant, and 20 runs respectively. Satish smashed young leg-spinner Gujarat Lions captain Janipur Cricket Club convincing- RP Singh, Sunil Sambyal,Vivek Kumar chipped in with 12 and 8 Murugan Ashwin (2/31) for four Suresh Raina (24) and Dwayne one stage, but Gujarat Lions ly by 33 runs in the summit clash, Sharma, Anand Tripathi, David runs respectively. For Janipur boundaries in the sixth over. He Bravo (22 off 10) played sensibly pulled things back with brilliant Rainawari Cricket Club (RCC) Mattoo, Asif Gill, Sunny Gill, Cricket Club, Aman took 4 wick- then took on Rajat Bhatia and to take the hosts home with 12 death bowling from Ravindra Srinagar lifted the title trophy of Surinder Singh Bagal, Rajesh ets, Johnson and Sourav bagged clobbered the medium-pacer for balls to spare. Jadeja, who finished with the 4th Baisakhi T20 Tri-Series, Sharma, Dheeraj and Ankit 2 wickets each, while Deepak impressive figures off 2/18 from organized by Vishal Cricket Club Sharma,while Rajesh Gill, Chief claimed one wicket. his four overs. at Parade ground, here. Prosecuting Officer was the In reply, Janipur Cricket Club Hafiz of Jammu wins The Supergiants got off to a Inspector General of Police Coordinator of the event. bundled out for 99 runs in 17.1 flying start with Rahane playing (IGP) Vigilance, Jammu, Alok Speaking on the occasion, Mr overs, thus lost the match by 33 some great cricketing shots, wrestling competition which included two consecutive Puri was the chief guest on the Puri said that it is delight to runs. Deepak, Sourav and Excelsior Sports Correspondent Two competitions were boundaries of Shadab Jakati in valedictory function and distrib- watch budding cricketers per- Johnson scored 17 runs each. For fought for third mali bout the second over. (PTI) Budding skaters during run for communal harmony in uted trophies and other prizes forming brilliantly in shorter ver- RCC, Varun Choudhary bowled RAMBAN, Apr 14: To con- between Quyoom and Karnail Jammu on Thursday. among the winners and runners- sion of the game and watching magnificently to take 5 important tinue the old tradition of organ- Singh, Sunil and Nazir Ahmed India eye on final as up teams. them play brings sweet memo- wickets, while skipper Kuldeep izing annual wrestling competi- in which Quyoom and Sunil Roller Athlete Club skaters organise Prominent among others ries of the past. Kumar took 2 wickets. Ishtiaq, tions at various places, Maitra turned up winners with the cash they take on Malaysia present on the occasion were He lavished praize on the Dilbagh Singh and Praful Dhar Dangal Committee led by prize of 3000. The runners up Rajesh Gill, former Ranji Tophy organizers- Vishal Cricket Club claimed 1 wicket each. President Gopal Krishan Raina got 2000 each. in last league tie run for communal harmony Player, Vinay Gupta, Chairman and Jammu Sports Council for Varun was adjudged as man and other prominent members Lauding the efforts of IPOH (Malaysia), Apr 14: Excelsior Sports Correspondent ral tributes to Baba Saheb and Vishal Cricket Club and former holding the tournament with a of the match, while Satish Krishan Lal, Ranjay Kumar, Dangal Committee, MLA threw light on the life history of cricketers Ravi Kant Puri, Ajay twin purpose of helping young Kumar was declared as man of Mushtaq Mugal, Jagdeep singh, Ramban Neelam Kumar Langeh The loss to New Zealand JAMMU, Apr 14: On the Ambedkar among the partici- Vaid and Rajesh Dhar. cricketers to hone their skill and the series. Surinder Singh, Rashid Mir, who was also the chief guest on complicating matters for them, an occasion of birth anniversary of pants. The Tri-Series in which 3 celebrate major festivals through The matches of the Series Mohd Rafiq, Ramesh Singh, the occasion said that dangals inconsistent India will take on Dr BR Ambedakar, the skaters of The skaters who participated teams namely Rainawari Cricket the medium of sports. were officiated by Saleem-Ur- Malaysia in a do-or-die battle to Roller Athlete Skating Club, in the run were Gagan Singh Club, Janipur Cricket Club and Earlier, in the summit clash, Rehman, Sadiq Hussain Malik, secure a final berth in their final Jindrah organised a run for com- Jamwal, Narinder Malhotra, Arya Vishal Cricket Club participated RCC won the toss, elected to bat Sandeep Manchanda and Sanju, league fixture of the 25th Sultan munal harmony on skates from Vir Singh Jamwal, Avinash was organized by Vishal Club first to score 131 runs for the loss while proceedings of the valedic- Azlan Shah Cup hockey tourna- Gandhi Chowk, Satwari to Dogra, Prince Kumar, Abhay Jammu, under the aegis of Sports of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 tion function was conducted by ment here tomorrow.