MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Clinical Mumbai register RR trounce CSK by 8 , 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 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 -keeper batsman opening stand between skipper and then veteran off-spinner Dinesh Karthik also promised Watson (73 off 47 balls) and Rahane (76 ) 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 (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 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. contribution of Jammu and under FIDE Laws of Chess under Bravo, who brought up first Marathon of different groups Chairman, Legislative Council, JAMMU, Apr 19: Jammu Kashmir Police in promoting Swiss System. fifty of the season in just 29 balls, was flagged off by Additional Jehangir Mir, MLC, Romesh Division Selection Chess sports activities in the State. He In girls Under-15 category, Directors General of Police, S P Arora IsGP, Dr. B.Srinivas, AK Tournament organized by All J&K said that JKP has done outstand- Meenal Gupta won the first prize, Army organizes Vaid, S M Sahai and Dilbag Choudhary, Yoginder Koul, MA Chess Association concluded at ing role in maintaining peace in while Arushi Kotwal got second Singh from the venue. Khan, Danish Rana, SA Watali Ace Chess Academy, Trikuta the State. The force has always and Avni claimed third place. dangal Large number of athletes and MA Ganaie, DIsGP, Shakeel Nagar, her today. remained on forefront to safe- In boys’ Under-15 category, from different educational insti- Ahmed Beig and Parminder Dr A S Bhatia was chief guest Excelsior Sports Correspondent guard the integrity of nation, Soham Kamotra got first prize, tutions of the State, sports bod- Singh, Commandants of on occasion, who distributed the ensuring security of the people. while Vilakshan Mehta won sec- ies, Police, PMF, army, chamber Armed/IRP Battalions and other prizes among the winners. Besides its professional duties, ond place and Imtiaz Ahmed got of commerce, media fraternity, police officers. Prominent among others pres- RAMBAN, Apr 19: To the force has also contributed in third prize. ent on occasion were Atul Kumar encourage sports amongst local Winners of 12th Gurubaksh Singh State Korfball In women Open category, youths, Rashtriya Rifles Gupta, president “All J&K Chess Meenal Gupta won first prize, Championship posing along with the chief guest and other dig- Battalion under Delta Force in Ishar Daredevils, Chenab Gas Association, Taranvir Singh while Varsha Rani claimed second nitaries in Jammu. Gujral, chief organizing secretary place and the third place went to collaboration with Maitra AJKCA, Vikas Nanda, Arushi Kotwal. Dangal Committee, organized a Jammu West wins 12th Gurubaksh Coordinator AJKCA and Vijay The selected players from this mega dangal event at Ramleela Royals script wins in PPCPL Choudhary, Director Ace Chess event along with the selected play- ground, Maitra, Ramban in Academy. Fide Arbiters Anil ers from Kashmir division will rep- which more than 100 wrestlers Singh State Korfball C’ship Excelsior Sports Correspondent Kotwal and Bindu Pathania con- resent J&K State in forthcoming from various States participated Excelsior Sports Correspondent Wazir said that the players of J&K ducted all the matches. JAMMU, Apr 19: Ishar Nationals. with full vigour and enthusiasm. State have tremendous talent to Daredevils and Chenab Gas Commander Rashtriya JAMMU, Apr 19: Jammu prove their mettle even at the high- Royals registered convincing Rifles Sector of Chanderkot, West got the better of Jammu est level and the only thing is to KTM organises spectacular South by 9-7 in a close contest wins in the ongoing Police MLA Neelam Langeh, provide them all necessary facili- and SSP Ramban graced the final to clinch 12th Bhai ties. Public Premier League Gurubaksh Singh State Korfball ‘PPCPL’ at Science College Stunt show in Jammu occasion. The tournament was organized People in thousands wit- Championship held at playing field by J&K State Korfball Association Hostel ground, here today. Excelsior Sports Correspondent uniquely KTM," said. no-1, Gandhi Nagar here today. nessed the event. under the aegis of J&K State In the first match, Ishar The event was open to all and For Jammu West Irfan Daredevils prevailed over JAMMU, Apr 19: KTM, the Commander Rashtriya Sports Council wherein 14 teams European Racing Choudhary scored 4 goals, while Simula Super Stars in a thrilling Rifles Sector and the MLA drawn from 12 districts participat- Legend, conducted Abeek and Divanshu scored 3 and ed and the tournament was inaugu- contest by one run. Neelam Langeh while address- breath-taking KTMStunt 2 goals respectively, while from rated on earlier on March 27 and Winning the toss and ing the locals stressed on the Jammu South, Mohit scored 3 show in Jammu. The important role of youth in soci- the final match was postponed due first, Ishar Daredevils scored Jammu-show wasorga- goals, while Shubham scored 2 ety and urged them to refrain to heavy rain and bad weather. 112 runs for the loss of 7 wick- nized in order to show- and Jatinderpal and Deepanti Prominant among other pres- from drugs and indulge in ets in the allotted 20 overs. casethe mind-blowing scores 1 goal each. ent on the ocassion included J B S Tehsin Dar (44), Deepak Dogra Batsman making valiant effort to make his ground as wicketkeeper stunts and tricks by the healthy activities. The contest went right down to Bali, Joint Secretary State Sports (19) runs and Manjeet Singh tries to run him out in PPCPL on Sunday. -Excelsior/Rakesh professional stunt riders. They complimented the the wire as both teams played of Council; Brij Bloria, member J&K organizers and participants for their skins to bag top honours. (17) were the main scorers. The cash prize of Rs 10,000 by Sadiq Hussain, Amit Gupta, The Stunt show was State Sports Council; Talok Singh, From Simula Super Stars, Dhruv held in Maulana Azad making the event a success. T S Wazir, Ex. MLC and life president of the Association, K S was given to the winning team, Harbinder Singh, JD Singh, The Dangal Maitra commit- president J&K Korfball Mahajan took 3 wickets, while while man of the match award of Suhail and Sandeep Manchanda. Stadium, Jammuthe pro- Rishi, general secretary ,Usha Amandeep Singh took 2. fessional stunt tee expressed their deep grati- Association was the chief guest on Chuni, vice president and Manjeet Rs. 3000 was awarded to The proceedings of the post the occasion, who gave away win- In reply, Simula managed to teamdemonstrated- tude and applauded the effort of Singh,secretary of the Association. Bandeep Singh, most sixes award match presentation was con- ner and runners-up trophies to the score 110 runs to lose the match breath-taking stunts on Indian Army in providing full The match was officiated by of Rs 2000 was given to Somay ducted by RP Singh. the KTM Duke bikes. support and assistance in organ- teams. Manjeet Singh and Tarandeep by 2 runs in a thriller. Gulzar top Jain of Jammu Khalsa and best Display of skill during KMT Stunt Speaking on the occasion, Mr scored with 27 runs, while Rajesh Gill, former Ranji Amit Nandi, Sr. Vice izing such mega event. Singh. catch award of Rs 1000 was also Trophy player and organizing President- Probiking, show in Jammu Puneet contributed 19 runs and given to Viswajeet Singh. Amandeep chipped in with 16 secretary of the tournament Bajaj Auto Ltd. said, the spectacular stunts took the city Ashok Sharma SSP PCR "The KTM brand is known for its runs. For Ishar Daredevils, informed that Ishar Daredevils by a storm. Jammu was the chief guest in high performance racing bikes and JKOA for cash prize to medallists Manjeet Singh was the wrecker- will face BCC Bulls at 10 am Till now, KTM stunt show has today’s matches, who distrib- we always want our customers to been organized at Jaipur, in-chief, who took 5 wickets, uted cash prize among the win- and Chenab Gas Royals will experience the thrills and adven- while Pankaj took 2 wickets and take on Chenab Tigers Aurangabad, Nagpur, Udaipur, ning teams. ture which KTM bike can provide. Ghaziabad, Navi Mumbai, of 35th National Games Deepak claimed 1. A cash prize Bhaderwah at 1 pm tomorrow. Professional stunts are being con- The matches were officiated Trivandrum, Kota,Surat, Indore, Excelsior Sports Correspondent of Rs 10,000 was given to the ducted in every major city and will winning team, man of the match Noida and many other towns. keep on growing in scale in the KTM fans can buy the range JAMMU, Apr 19: General award of Rs 3000 was awarded near future. KTM is a an exclusive of KTM bikes from KTM body meeting of Jammu and to Manjeet Singh, while most premium brand and we are keen to Jammu- Shop 57, Chowadi Kashmir Olympic Association sixes award of Rs 2000 was ensure we provide KTM cus- Morh, Jammu. (JKOA) was held under the chair- given to Gulzar of Simula and tomers an experience that is manship of its president S Rangil best catch award of Rs 1000 was Singh at GOs Police Mess, Gandhi also given to Manjeet. Nagar, here today. In another match, Chenab Udhampur & Reasi District Sport The State Sports Associations Gas Royals defeated Jammu affiliated to J&K Olympic Khalsa Kings Eleven by 15 Association which attended the runs. Climbing C’ship on May 3 meeting included J&K Archery Batting first, Chenab Gas Excelsior Sports Correspondent 2003 and after) . Association, J&K Amateur Royals scored 135 runs in 20 For further information Athletic Association, J&K Motor JKOA members during general body meeting at Gandhi JAMMU, Apr 19: Udhampur Sports Association, J&K overs for the lost of 9 wickets. climbers interested to take part in Nagar in Jammu on Sunday. Bandeep Singh and Viswajeet and Reasi Districts Sport the competition can contact the Badminton Association, J&K Climbing Championship will be Baseball Association, J&K Association, J&K Wushu the gold Medallists, Rs 50,000 to Singh were the main scorers organizing secretary of the compe- Winners of clay modeling competition posing for a group organized by Mountaineering Amateur Boxing Association, J&K Association, J&K Yoga the silver medallists, Rs. 31, 000 to with 34 and 22 runs. For Jammu photograph alongwith dignitaries. tition, Shawetica Khajuria on Association of J&K in collabora- mobile: 99062-16637. Billiard & Snooker Association, Association and Volleyball the bronze medallists and 21,000 Khalsa Kings, Ram Dayal and tion with Sprawling Buds School, J&K Cycling Association, J&K Association of J&K. each to the coaches. Somay Jain took 3 wickets each, Qualified national judge in Harsh Niketan holds Clay Modeling competition Lakshmi Puram, Chinore, Jammu sport climbing Shawetica Basketball Association, J&K The meeting decided to honour J&K Basketball Association while Deepak took 2 and Manik on May 3. Gymnastic Association, J&K the medallists who brought laurels was asked to hold fresh election, Gupta claimed 1 wicket. Khajuria will also be the president Excelsior Correspondent Later an exhibition of the About 200 climbers from vari- of the Jury of the competition, Indian Style Wrestling Association, to the State by winning gold, silver inviting observer from J&K Sports In reply, Jammu Khalsa clay models prepared by the stu- ous institutions of the two districts J&K Judo Association, J&K and bronze medals in the 35th Council, J&K Olympic JAMMU, Apr 19: Harsh while Shashi Kant and Aman Kings Eleven managed to score dents was also held in the school are likely to participate in the 1 Arora, senior sport climbers will Kabaddi Association, J&K Kho National Games held at Kerala in Association and Basketball Niketan Higher Secondary 120 runs to lose the match by 15 premises which was witnessed day competition. be the route setters. Kho Association, J&K Kick- 2015. Federation of India. runs. Gokul and Soumay Jain School organized a clay model- and appreciated by the audience. The competitions to be con- They will be supported by Boxing Association, J&K Rope All the members expressed The members also decided to contributed 34 and 14 runs to ing competition in the School The first prize was bagged ducted on the pre fabricated 40ft other technical officials of the Skipping Association, J&K Lawn their views about the cash prize, hold the election of J&K Olympic high Tenzing Norgay Sport the total respectively. For premises, here today. by Shubam Verma, while Priya Association including Sonam Tennis Association, J&K Table- shawls and mementoes to be pre- Associations in the last week of Climbing Wall in Sprawling Buds Tennis Association, J&K Golf- sented to the winners for their per- Chenab Gas Royals, Pardeep Over 500 students from 1st and group got the second prize Sidharth, Puneet Sharma and May 2015 and it was decided to school premises will be held in six Association, J&K Rifle formance and it was decided to Bali took 3 wickets, while Rahil to 10th standard participated and and the third prize went to Hardev Singh. constitute a committee to give the Singh bagged 2. Vishwajeet prepared their models giving categories of men, women (born The championship is being Association, J&K Rugby organize colourful function as early Prince and group The Director in 1998 and earlier); boys, girls Association, J&K Weightlifting as possible and all the members final shape to the medal ceremony. Singh, Bandeep Singh and Ritik different attractive shapes to Academics Sh. S.C Saraf of the sponsored by J&K State Sports President was authorized to claimed 1 wicket each. their colorful clay . (born in 1999, 2000 and 2001 and Council. Association, J&K Roller Skating were of the view to present cash School distributed the medals. Sub Jr. boys /girls (born in 2002, Association, J&K Wrestling awards to the tune of Rs one lakh to nominate the committee members.