FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Finch, McCullum power Gujarat , 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- 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 22 itive start but both the teams suf- only four of their batsmen reach- win, Gujarat Lions rode on a Ashwin for a bounadry 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 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 in 20 overs) 163 Delhi had finished 7th in the row. Earlier, Faf du Plessis Dhoni missed a regula- : 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 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 Janipur Club convincing- RP Singh, Sunil Sambyal,Vivek Kumar chipped in with 12 and 8 (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. Ambedkar Chowk, here. Veer Singh Jamwal, Aaditya Council Jammu and the organiz- overs. Sandeep Singh top scored RP Singh. India, who have been unim- The skaters raised various slo- Malhotra, Baharat Raj Gupta, pressive so far except for the 5-1 gans regarding communal harmo- Ankush Gupta, Prabal Singh Lawyers Annual Sports Meet victory over arch-rivals Pakistan, ny while holding the ply cards. Jamwal, Deeraj and Pardeep need to pull off a victory against Later the participants paid flo- Singh Jamwal. Malaysia tomorrow to ensure Legal Stars to face Paradise their place in the final match of the tournament, which they have Puraani Poonch Tigers enter QFs won five times and were bronze XI as Pranav slams ton medallists last year. in Police Martyrs T20 Tourney World champions Australia Excelsior Sports Correspondent a target of 149 runs before the have already qualified for the final District Police Poonch but the *Team A lifts football trophy to be played on Saturday with 15 POONCH, Apr 14: In the chasing team lost all wickets at Excelsior Sports Correspondent of 150 runs. Tournament, the first match was points from five successive wins. ongoing Police Martyrs T20 144 runs . In the second semifinal, played between the Great MLA Ramban Neelam Kumar Langeh declaring winner of India have had an edge in past Cricket League organized by The match was inaugurated JAMMU, Apr 14: Pranav Paradise XI defeated Royal XI Warriors and the "A" Team, main bout. encounters against Malaysia, who District Police Poonch in the by Dr Shazad Malik, Vice Kohli scored magnificent 123 by 64 runs. which the "A" Team won by 6-0. will, however, draw inspiration Irfan Mugal and Gulam Bhat locally called Kushti help in pre- memory of brave martyrs of Chancellor Sai Nath University runs off just 50 balls as Legal Paradise XI after winning Surinder Singh scored 3 brilliant from their 3-2 win over the Asian organized annual Maha Dangal serving rich old traditions Jammu and Kashmir, today the as the chief guest. Stars defeated Legal Riders by a the toss chose to bat first and goals, while A.P. Singh, Sanjay Games champions during last Puraani Poonch Tigers' team Over 64 teams and 700 huge margin of 150 runs in the scored 189 runs in 15 overs. Sharma and Jahanzaib Hamal at Ramleela ground here today. throughout the country and year's Sultan Azlan Shah Cup at won the pre- quarterfinal match, youth from far flung villages of semifinals today to seal berth in Sahil Aggarwal was the top pelted 1 goal each. In all, 30 bouts were played develop competitive spirit of the same venue. defeating District Police Poonch Rajouri and poonch districts are the finals of the cricket tourna- scorer with 69 runs whereas, In tanother match of Football in the one day long dangal. The youngsters. In the last meeting between by 5 runs at Degree College participating in the Tournament. ment as part of Lawyers Annual Narayan scored 47 runs and Tournament, Strikers XI defeat- Ist malli main bout was fought Meanwhile, some ex- these two teams, India shattered ground, here. While interacting with the Sports Meet at Jammu Guru Partap Singh contributed ed Great Warriors by 6-0. between Ramesh of Haryana wrestlers namely Abdullah, Jaan Malaysia's hopes of qualifying for Batting 1st, the PPT team set players, senior police officers University ground, here. 38 runs. For Royal XI, Varun Vikash Sharma scored 3 goals, and Hafiz of Jammu in which Mohd, Sant Ram, Jamal Din, the Olympic Games by winning and others, the VC lauded the Earlier, Legal Star after win- Raina, Rohit Gupta and Vishal while Avish Sharma scored 2 Hafiz won the bout with cash Kaka Ram and Shajaan were 3-2 in last year's World League India’s campaign district SSP JS Johar for organiz- ning the toss and batting first Parihar took 1 wicket each. goals and Bawa Ditta pelted prize of 9000 while runners-up also felicitated by the MLA in Semifinals at Antwerp (Belgium). ing this event which, he said will got 6000. The second mali com- the presence of Commandant Avenging that loss will be on ends at Singapore scored a mammoth total of 213 Chasing the target, Royal XI one. not only help to highlight the tal- petition was fought between IRP 9 Battalion, Rajesh Kumar, Malaysia's mind, although they runs in the allotted 15 overs. scored 126 runs. Touqeer was The final Football match was ent of over 700 youth from Jagroop and Amandeep in which Dangal Committee president have faint hopes of qualifying for Open badminton Pranav Kohli was the highest the highest scorer with 47 runs, played between Strikers XI and remote villages but also called it Jagroop lifted the title with 5000 and members amid big mass the final after being held to a draw SINGAPORE, Apr 14: scorer with 123 runs, while whereas Vishal Parihar scored the A 'Team' which was won by a righteous way to pay homage while his opponent got 3000. gathering. by Canada two days ago.(PTI) Gourav Jamwal remained 19 runs and Aditya Gupta Team-A led by AP Singh by 5-2. India's campaign at the to the martyrs of the police. unbeaten on 28 runs. Sarjeevan chipped in with 14 runs. For For Strikers XI, 2 goals were Nisha Thakyal, D/o Vijay Roopali Sethi, W/o Avinash Arvind Kumar, S/o Om Prak- Singapore Open Super Series Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, DySP took 3 wickets for Legal Riders. Paradise XI, Nitin Bhasin took 3 scored by Avish Sharma. For 'A' Kumar Thakyal, ash, R/o Begana, Gupta, R/o Ward ended today after ace shuttler P V Headquarter, Poonch presented In reply, Legal Riders bun- wickets, Rohan and Ajay Singh Team, Ravinder Kumar scored 3 R/o Sanjay Nag- No-4, Samba, Kishtwar, who Sindhu as well as men's and mixed vote of thanks and informed that dled out for 63 runs. Sarjeevan Manhas took 2 wickets each, goals, while Jahanzaib and ar, Jammu, who who has quali- has qualified Na- doubles pairs lost their respective the Poonch Police will continue was the highest scorer with 21 while Ravi Abrol and Guru Surinder netted one goal each. has qualified fied National tional Eligibility second round matches to crash out to organize such sports activities runs, while Rohit scored 18 Partap Singh took 1 wicket each. National Eligibil- Eligibility Test Test (NET) in of the tournament here. in the district. runs. For Legal Star XI, Parvesh Meanwhile, in the Football Raspreet Kour, D/o Satmeet ity Test (NET) in (NET) in Educ- Political Science, Sindhu conceded a one-game Prominent among others who Salaria and Samiullah took 2 Aayush Pandit, S/o Surinder Kour and Charanjeet Singh, Psychology, the ation, the result the result of advantage to go down 21-11 14- witnessed the match included wickets each, while AP Singh, Kumar and R/o Karan Bagh, result of which was declared by of which was declared by which was declared by Central 21 14-21 to China's He Bingjiao Masroor Mir, Additional Sanjay Sharma and Irfan Khan Neelam Devi, R/o Gadi Garh, Central Board of Secondary Central Board of Secondary Board of Secondary Education in a hard-fought women's singles Superintendent of Police, took 1 wicket each. Legal Star Barrian, Jammu, who has Education (CBSE) recently. Education (CBSE) recently. (CBSE) recently. match that lasted 55 minutes. Mujeeb-ur-Rehman and DySPs. won the match by a huge margin Udhampur, who qualified Nati- It was also curtains for the Shevali Raina, D/o Raj Kumar has qualified onal Eligibility men's doubles pair of Pranaav Raina and Sarla Imran Ali, S/o Mehdi Ali, R/o National Test (NET) in Jerry Chopra and Akshay Sher, R/o H-No Bogdang, Nubra, Eligibility Test Education, the Dewalkar and mixed doubles 520, Sector-3, Leh, Ladakh, (NET)-JRF in Geography, the result of which was declared by duo of Pranaav and N Sikki Channi Himmat, who has quali- result of which was declared by Central Board of Secondary Reddy. (PTI) Jammu, who has fied National Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recently. Eligibility Test Kanchan Mala, D/o Rattan qualified Nati- Education (CBSE) recently. Vinod Kumar Kale, S/o onal Eligibility (NET)-JRF in Chand and Abdul Qayoom, S/o Bagh Ali Mangal Dass and Kamlesh Test (NET) in Sociology, the Economics, the Nirmala Devi, and Mukhtyar Bibi R/o Rail Kumari, R/o result of which was declared by result of which was declared by R/o Panyalag, Head Complex, Village Raipur, Central Board of Secondary Central Board of Secondary Bani, Kathua, Panama Chowk, Gujran, Dable- Education (CBSE) recently. Education (CBSE) recently. who has quali- Jammu, who has har, RS Pura, fied National Sameeksha Sadotra, D/o Shivali Verma, D/o Krishan qualified Nati- Jammu, who has Eligibility Test Subash Chander Lal and Santosh onal Eligibility qualified Natio- (NET)-JRF in Commerce, the and Surishta, R/o Kumari, R/o Test (NET) in nal Eligibility result of which was declared by Chak Chimna, Bogdang, Nubra, Political Science, Test (NET) in Political Central Board of Secondary Bishnah, Jammu, Leh, Ladakh, the result of which was Science, the result of which Education (CBSE) recently. who has qualified who has quali- declared by Central Board of was declared by Central Board of Secondary Education Jai Bhawani Singh, S/o Prof National Eligibil- fied National Secondary Education (CBSE) (CBSE) recently. Jagir Singh and ity Test (NET) in Eligibility Test recently. Sat Shama Thak- Education, the result of which (NET) in Education, the result ur, R/o Paloura was declared by Central Board of which was declared by Top, Jammu, of Secondary Education Central Board of Secondary who has quali- (CBSE) recently. Education (CBSE) recently. fied National Eligibility Test (NET) Political Science, the result of which was declared by Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE) recently. Neha Shivgotra, D/o Prof C L Shivgotra and Vijay Laxmi, R/o 333/IA, South Ext. Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, who has quali- fied National MLA Chenani Dina Nath Bhagat inaugurating three day Eligibility Test (NET) in Mela at Barmeen where thousands of people participated. Economics, the result of which Chairman of Mela Committee, Advocate Naresh Bhagat, was declared by Central Board Berinder Sharma, Bansi Lal and Rakesh Sharma were present. of Secondary Education The MLA also inaugurated Wrestling Competition at Nansoo in (CBSE) recently. Udhampur.