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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Clinical Mumbai register RR trounce CSK by 8 wickets, first win in IPL 8 BENGALURU, Apr 19: again by Lasith Malinga. register 5th straight IPL win But the dropped chances did AHMEDABAD, Apr 19: smashed 8 fours and a six while Pravin Tambe (1-36) after he Mumbai Indians produced a not have an adverse affect on Dhoni played the sheet anchors mistimed a pull to James Faulkner clinical performance to beat Mumbai Indians as an off-colour A rampaging Rajasthan Royals role but was a tad slow in his 37- at mid-on. Royal Challengers Bangalore by Gayle perished in the ninth over thrashed Chennai Super Kings by ball stay. Suresh Raina (4) was the next to 18 runs in a high-scoring affair when Harbhajan went through eight wickets as openers Shane Dwayne Smith also struck a go as Chris Morris (1-19) got the left- and register their maiden win in his defence. Watson and Ajinkya Rahane hit 29-ball 40 to give the much-need- hander caught behind in the sixth over. this year's Indian Premier RCB skipper Virat Kohli (18 strokeful fifties to help the team ed boost after CSK were in trou- Young left-arm spinner Ankit League here today. 0ff 18) showed glimpses of his register its fifth straight win in this ble at 39 for three. Sharma (1-26), who opened the Sent into bat, Lendl potential but he too perished in season of the IPL, here today. Looking to make full use of bowling for the Shane Watson-led Simmons and Unmukt Chand search of quick runs, caught by Chasing 157 for a win at their the powerplays in the first six side, then got Faf du Plessis back first smashed strokeful half-cen- Ambati Rayudu off adopted home ground at Motera, overs, CSK opener Brendon in the dug out to reduce CSK to turies to power Mumbai Indians McClenaghan in the 11th over. RR rode on a 144-run record McCullum (12) fell to leg-spinner 39 for three. (PTI) to an imposing 209 for seven Wicket-keeper batsman opening stand between skipper and then veteran off-spinner Dinesh Karthik also promised Watson (73 off 47 balls) and Rahane (76 not out) to canter Today’s Fixture home in 18.2 overs and hand CSK Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders at 8 PM their first loss in this edition. The previous best opening Harbhajan Singh (3/27) weaved but he too faded away under the partnership for RR was the 135- Winners of ‘Run for Fun’ posing along with the dignitaries at Gulshan Ground in Jammu. his magic to restrict RCB to 191 pressure of a stiff asking rate. run stand between Graeme Smith for seven. He was caught by Unmukt off and Naman Ojha in Durban, Thousands sweat-it-out in ‘Run for Fun’ Chasing an imposing 210 for Lasith Malinga's bowling. South Africa in 2009. a victory, RCB did not have the From there on it looked like After taking stock of the slow- best of starts and kept losing a Herculean task for RCB to paced wicket in the first 6 overs, wickets a regular intervals to overwhelm the Mumbai target Watson cut loose before the strate- Role of JKP in promoting hamper their cause. but it was not improbable as gic time-out to punish the CSK In fact, RCB's chase heavily long as AB de Villiers was there. bowlers at will. relied on an explosive start from De Villiers took the attack to Making his first IPL appear- Chris Gayle but it was not to be the opposition and raced his way ance this season, Watson, who sports commendable: Ganga as in spite of getting two lives to 41 off just 11 balls before the took over the reins from stand-in- Young cricketers posing along with chairman JKCA, A S the West Indian cut a sorry fig- pressure of asking rate took a skipper Steven Smith, hit 6 fours Mickey and former Test cricketer, Sunil Joshi and other digni- ure scoring just 10 runs off 20 and 4 sixes to provide perfect Excelsior Sports Correspondent the sports arena to inspire youth besides children and senior citi- tall on him. taries at Sports Stadium in Udhampur. balls. entertainment to the Sunday towards sports. zens joined the Run. De Villiers smashed five JAMMU, Apr 19: Mr Ganga lauded the efforts Sanjiv Kumar, Tanvir Gayle got his first life in the crowd. JKCA’s Talent Hunt Camp under Joshi concludes Appreciating the role of Jammu second ball of RCB's innings fours and three huge sixes dur- Rahane, who smashed his sec- of ADGP (Armed), S M. Sahai Hussain, Balvinder Singh, ing his knock to keep RCB Excelsior Sports Correspondent players Vivek Singh and Harsh and Kashmir Police in promot- and his team for conducting the Rajesh Sharma, Amit Sharma, when he was dropped by ond fifty of the season, matched ing sports activities in the State, Simmons off Mitchell afloat before he was caught by Watson stroke by stroke to accu- Nayyar. mega event in Jammu City. He Manan Sofi, Umer Hameed, Kieron Pollard off young Jasprit UDHAMPUR, Apr 19: The The shortlisted Under-19 Minister for Industries and said that such activities should Zubair Ahmed, Sunny Kumar, McClenaghan and then in the mulate 231 runs in five appear- Talent Hunt Camp under former Commerce, Chander Prakash eighth over he was dropped Bumrah. (PTI) ances and get the Orange Cap, for boys included Rithik Singh, be conducted at different levels Adil Ahmed, Vikas, Mehraj, Test cricketer and J&K Ranji Saksham Sharma, Vinod Kumar, Ganga has said that athletes are being the leading run-scorer, on Trophy coach, Sunil Joshi con- to hone the budding talent. Mohammad Asif, Amarjeet, Dinesh Singh, Arjun Khajuria, gaining more popularity among In his welcome address, Ashok Kumar, Neelam Singh, his head. cluded at Sports Stadium, here the people, which is a positive Watson was finally done in by today. Himanshu Chandan, Yudhvir Organizing Secretary, S M Sahai Danish Kumar, Ranvir Singh, Singh, Ajay Singh, Rakesh sign for a healthy society. said that JKP has been organiz- Sunil Kumar and Chandan a yorker from Ravindra Jadeja as The Camp was formally Singh, Ajay Singh, Virender Minister was speaking at the ing various sports events in the Singh were declared winners in the left-arm spinner got a consola- declared closed by chairman Kumar, Shubham Kapoor, Rohit prize distribution ceremony of State under its Civic Action men’s category, while Tulsi tion wicket in the 17th over. JKCA, Arvinder Singh Mickey Marathon “Run for Fun” organ- Programme and the people, par- Pandey, Kritharthi, Sakshi CSK delayed the inevitable by in a well attended function. The Kumar, Drub Kant, Vikas Bhat, ized by Jammu and Kashmir ticularly the youth have shown Verma, Damni Sharma, Shama, getting another wicket as Smith chairman was accompanied by Rajat Singh, Abhimod Baigra, Police at Gulshan Ground here great interest in these events. He Shriya Gupta, Gugun, Sapna, (6) gave a simple caught and JKCA working committee mem- Anshuman Partap Singh, Akhil today. said that the aim behind organiz- Somya, Soniya, Gurpeet Kour, bowled chance to Dwayne Bravo bers Ankush Abrol, member Mankotia, Parth Sharma, The State level Marathon ing sports events is to refine Insha Wadoo, Manpreet Kour, in the 19th over. BCCI and Rajesh Dhar. Soujanya Vaid, Ashank, Aniket started from Police Sports sports talent and strengthen Namrita Katosh and Jaspreet Karun Nair (1 not out) walked Twenty five players were Sharma, Siddhant Bansal and Stadium, Gulshan Ground and bonds with the people. were adjudged winners in in to hit the winning runs as shortlisted in Under-19 boys cat- Rishav Sharma, while the thousands of men, women and Mr. Sahai disclosed that JKP women’s category. Rahane savoured the victory at egory, while five players were Under-14 boys included Aniket, children from different age is introducing a new sports poli- In the police and para-mili- the non-strikers end with his 55- trained in Under-14 boys cate- Udhaya P Singh, Avinash groups participated in the cy under which various initia- tary category, Riyaz Ahmed, ball stay laced with 6 fours and 2 gory by Mr Joshi, who was Bharti, Dikshant Kundal and Marathon. tives would be taken to encour- Narish Kumar, Lavjeet Singh, sixes. assisted by former ranji Trophy Shivansh Sharma. Largely participated age the sports persons to excel at Parshotam Kumar, Mohammad Winners of various events of Jammu Division Chess Tournament Earlier electing to bat in hot Marathon was the 6th edition in different levels. He said that the Rafiq, Anil Singh, Zaffar Ali, posing for a group photograph in Jammu on Sunday. and testing conditions, CSK lost the State which culminated at policy, when implemented, will Lal Singh, Imtiyaz and Mehraj- early wickets, but skipper the venue after passing through bring fruitful results in boosting ud-din were declared winners. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (31 not various routes and varied dis- sports culture. Job opportunities The winners were award- Jammu Division Selection out) and Bravo, in his 36-ball tances. People were profusely would be created for outstand- ed cash prizes and certificate of knock, stitched an unbeaten 91- cheering them while passing ing sports persons in the organi- participation by the chief guest. Chess Tournament concludes run fifth wicket partnership to lift through the routes in the city. zation, he added. Among others, the function the team to 156 for four in 20 Excelsior Sports Correspondent All the matches were played The Minister appreciated the Earlier, in the wee hours, the was attended by Deputy overs.