SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2019 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Samson’s ton goes in vain as Warner-Bairstow India maul hapless Poland by 10-0 in Azlan Shah Cup, to face Korea in final hand Sunrisers first win in IPL 2019 IPOH (MALAYSIA), Mar 29: by the seventh minute through Vivek and Sumit's goals. HYDERABAD, Mar 29: Kulkarni at deep fine leg. Striker Mandeep Singh con- The second quarter saw India Today’s Fixture Warner's knock was studded tinued his rich form and scored a 's second IPL strengthen their attack as they Kings XI Punjab Vs (Mohali) 4 pm with nine fours and two sixes. brace to help India thrash min- ton was overshadowed by David made space inside the striking Delhi Capitals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Delhi) 8 pm It would have been double nows Poland 10-0 in their last Warner's blistering fifty as circle. In good form, Sumit blow for Sunrisers but Kulkarni league match of the Sultan Azlan Sunrisers Hyderabad beat start if they fancy their chances unbeaten on 102 that came off earned a penalty corner for India dropped Bairstow at thirdman a Shah Cup hockey tournament by five wick- of eclipsing Rajasthan's impos- just 55 balls with the help of 10 which was perfectly converted ball later. here today. ets to register their first win in ing 198 for two and Warner and fours and four sixes. It was But Kulkarni made up for his Already assured of a place in by Varun. Players in action during a match of State Football the ongoing edition of the tour- Bairstow just provided that to Samson's second IPL ton. His mistake in the final ball of the Saturday's summit clash against A minute later, Surender reg- Championship in Srinagar. nament here today. give the impetus for the rest of first century came in 2017. next over, latching on to a fine Korea, the Indians scored goals istered his name in the score Samson's first century of the the batsmen to follow as the Chasing the total, Warner catch at the long-off to sent almost at will, leaving the Polish sheet by scoring from a penalty ongoing IPL went in vain, as hosts chased down the target in looked in imperious form as he Solitary goal wins by Param FC, Sports players in daze. corner created by Rohidas. SCOREBOARD Besides Mandeep (50th, 51st Though India lost forward Shilanand Lakra to a green card Rajasthan Royals Innings: minutes), dragflciker Varun in the 24th minute, they secured Saviours in State Football C'ship Ajinkya Rahane c Pandey b Nadeem 70 Kumar (18th, 25th) also struck another penalty corner and Varun Excelsior Sports Correspondent A. Thakur, President JKFA; b Rashid Khan 5 twice while Vivek Sagar Prasad was bang on target with a power- Sheikh Mehmood, District Sanju Samson 102 (1st), Sumit Kumar (7th), JAMMU, Mar 29: Param ful flick to hand his side a com- President DFA Jammu; Ramesh not out 16 Surender Kumar (19th), Football Club and Sports manding 5-0 lead. Chander, Vice President DFA Extras: (NB-1, W-4) 5 Simranjeet Singh (29th), Saviours registered solitary goal Simranjeet then added to the Jammu; Varinder Kumar and Total: (for 2 in 20 overs) Nilankanta Sharma (36th) and victories over their rivals in the team's tally when he worked with Charan Dass. 198 Amit Rohitdas (55th) were the ongoing State Football Mandeep after receiving a beauti- Meanwhile, four matches of Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-55-0, Sandeep Sharma 4-0-38- other goal-scorers for India. Championship, being organised ful assist from Nilakanta Sharma 26th State Football 0, Rashid Khan 4-0-24-1, Siddharth Kaul 4-0-32-0, Shahbaz Five-time champions India, by the Jammu and Kashmir to put the ball past Polish goal- Championship were played at Nadeem 3-0-36-1, Vijay Shankar 1-0-13-0. thus, maintained their unbeaten Football Association (JKFA) at keeper Mateusz Popiolkowski. Synthetic Turf, TRC in Srinagar. Sunrisers Hyderabad innings: streak in the tournament, collect- GGM Science College Football David Warner and Jonny Bairstow celebrating rush of runs With a formidable 6-0 lead at In the first match, DFA David Warner c D Kulkarni b Ben Stokes 69 ing 13 points from five league Ground, here. in IPL match against Rajasthan Royals at Hyderabad on Friday. half-time, India continued to In the first match, Param FC Ganderbal defeated Pampore Jonny Bairstow (wk) D Kulkarni b Shreyas Gopal 16 matches with the help of four Zone by four gaols to two (4-2). Kane Williamson (c) c R Tripathi b Unadkat 14 dominate after the change of defeated DFA Kargil by one goal Bairstow packing. wins and a draw. ends. to nil (1-0). Ashwani was the Faisal Rashid of Ganderbal Vijay Shankar c (sub) Chopra b Shreyas Gopal 35 started clobbering the Rajasthan With two strikes on Friday, scored hat-trick. lbw Shreyas Gopal 1 bowlers from the word go. Skipper Kane Williamson In the 36th minute, it was goals scorer from Param FC, (14) and Vijay Shankar (35 off Mandeep became the highest Nilakanta's turn to score after netting it in 25th minute of the In another match, DFA Yousuf Pathan not out 16 Sensing the demand of the goal-scorer in the tournament Anantnag defeated DFA Rashid Khan not out 15 situation, Warner, who hit 85 15) played aggressively to bring receiving a good pass from match. down the equation within reach with a total of seven goals while Kupwara by six goals to one (6- Extras: (LB 1, W-5) 6 against Kolkata Knight Riders in Sumit. In another match, SFA Club but three quick wickets, that too Varun took his personal tally to 1). Total (5 wkts, 19 overs) 201 a losing cause in their opener, Though India managed only got the better of Sports Saviours in consecutive balls of Shreyas five goals so far. The third match was played Bowling: Dhawal Kulkarni 3-0-40-0, Krishnappa Gowtham 2-0- went hammer and tongs from one goal in the third quarter, the again by one goal to nil (1-0). Gopal (3/27) in the 16th over, It was expected to be a one- team made a strong finish in the Vishal netted the goal in 70th between DFA Handwara and 25-0, 4-0-42-0, Ben Stokes 3-0-40-1, Shreyas Gopal the beginning and struck fours changed the complexion of the sided contest and it turned out to fourth quarter and scored three minute for Sports Saviours. DFA Sopore, which ended in (1- 4-0-27-3, 3-0-26-1 and sixes at will to propel game. be so as India raced to a 2-0 lead more goals. The matches were officiated 1) draw and in the fourth match, Sunrisers to 54 for no loss after 19 overs. But Yusuf Pathan (16 not by Ajay Singh, Abhishek, Honey DFA Budgam defeated DFA chasing a mammoth 199-run tar- five overs. Earlier, Samson smashed the Together with Bairstow, out) and Rashid Khan (15 not Mehra, Rocky Sharma, Rahul Shopian by six goals to one (6- get, Warner set up the platform first century of the ongoing IPL Warner shared 110 runs in just out) played sensibly to over- Sharma, Vijay Kumar, Honey 1). for Sunrisers with a breezy 69 and together with skipper 58 balls for the opening stand. whelm the target with ease. Kumar and Suresh Gupta. off 37 balls and together with The tournament is being Ajinkya Rahane stitched a cen- But just when it seemed Earlier, Rahane led from the Today's matches among oth- Jonny Bairstow (45 off 28) sponsored by Jammu and tury stand to guide Rajasthan to Warner would run away with the front with 49-ball 70 and togeth- ers were witnessed by Zameer Kashmir State Sports Council. added a century stand for the opening to spoil a mammoth total. game, Ben Stokes foxed him er with Samson shared 119 runs Rajasthan's day. Samson didn't spare a single with a perfect short ball as he for the second wicket to set the Poonch XI wins Pir Panchal Sunrisers needed the quick Sunrisers' bowler and remained was holed out by Dhawal base for the total. (PTI) Premier League title 21st Sr State Kabaddi Excelsior Sports Correspondent XI, Arif and Naveed took 2 wick- ets each. RAJOURI, Mar 29: Poonch Poonch XI, in reply chased C’ship gets underway XI won Pir Panchal Premier the target in 19.2 overs by losing Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rohit Gupta, DySP Headquarter, League T20 Tournament 9 wickets, thus won the match in at DPL Ground, here today. Vijay Choudhary SHO a close contest by one wicket. UDHAMPUR, Mar 29: Udhampur, Isha Mahajan I/C District Administration Asif and Arif top scored with 60 Three days Senior State Kabaddi Rajouri organised Pir Panchal Women Cell, Kharati Lal runs each, while Championship for Men and Sharma, DYSSO Udhampur, Premier League T20 Cricket tour- Ankush contributed 48 runs Women got underway at Subash Kuldeep Gupta CEO J&K nament under Khelo India of 14 balls. For Rajouri XI, Stadium, here today. Kabaddi Association, Surinder Scheme. The Championship is being Gubash and Shazad took two Er Arun Bangotra, Principal Government Polytechnic Mohan Gupta, General Secretary A total of four teams partici- wickets each. organized by Udhampur District of the Association, Sangram College Jammu interacting with players while inaugurating Amateur Kabaddi Association Volleyball Tournament in Jammu. Singh, Treasurer, besides Winners of Volleyball final conducted by District Jail under the banner of J&K Ankush Chib and Rakesh Amateur Kabaddi Association. Udhampur on Friday. Fazil Abbas Inter-Departmental Kumar. District Jail conducts finals in Volleyball Tournament gets underway Excelsior Sports Correspondent Engineering Department and the Volleyball, Badminton, Carrom, Chess second match between Excelsior Sports Correspondent defeated Team Red by 2-0 (21- JAMMU, Mar 29: Architectural Assistantship 19,25-17) to win the title, while UDHAMPUR, Mar 29: Government Polytechnic Jammu Department and combined team in Badminton final, Amanpreet District Jail Udhampur conduct- organized Fazil Abbas Inter- of Travel & Tourism and defeated Madan Lal 2-0 (21-16, ed the coaching camp and com- Departmental Volleyball Instrumentation & Control 21-17). petitions in the disciplines of Tournament in the College in Department. In Carrom finals, the duo of Volleyball, Badminton, Carrom which six teams of different In the first match, Automobile Arif and Sajad got the better of and Chess from March 13, 2019, Winners of Pir Panchal Cricket League posing along with departments are taking part. Engineering Department beat the pair of Rakesh and The tournament is being the finals of which were held chief guest and other dignitaries at Rajouri on Friday. Mechanical Engineering Parshotam and in Chess finals, played in the memory of late today. Department by 2-0 (25-11, 25-10) Mohan Lal beat Manjeet Singh. pated, with two from district Fazil Abbas, 4th Semester student The competitions were held DDC Rajouri, Ajaz Asad was sets, while in the second match, Harish Kotwal was the chief Rajouri and two from district of Architecture branch who Players in action during a match of State Kabaddi under the overall supervision of the chief guest, while SSP Rajouri combined team of Travel & guest on the occasion, who dis- Poonch. passed away on May 4, 2015. Championship in Udhampur. Superintendent District Jail Yougal Manhas was the guest of Tourism and Instrumentation & tributed trophies among the win- The final match of the tourna- Er Arun Bangotra, Principal Udhampur, Harish Kotwal and honour. Speaking on the occa- Control Department defeated ners and runners-up teams/play- ment was played between Rajouri of the College was the chief guest Ravi Malguria, President the events were organised on the sion, DDC announced that next Architectural Assistantship Dr Piyush Singla, District ers. XI and Poonch XI, wherein on the inaugural ceremony, who Chamber of Commerce; Sanjeev directions of DGP J&K, Dilbag year this will be organised on IPL Department by 2-0 (25-11, 25-10) Development Commissioner The matches were officiated Poonch XI defeated its rival by 1 while speaking on the occasion Sharma, President Beopar Singh. pattern and requested youth to sets. Udhampur was the chief guest Manik Nargotra, Raman Gupta, wicket. said that Late Fazil Abbas was a on the occasion, who declared Mandal, Raj Guru, Vikram Singh In Volleyball, Team Blue Rishi Sharma and Rakesh. participate in large numbers. Others who were present on Salathia, Suresh Khajuria, Ravi Earlier, batting first, Rajouri He presented a cash prize of brilliant student of the College on the Championship open in a well the occasion included Er Inderjeet Singh, Saktish Chopra, Roshan XI scored a good total of 196 for Rs 50,000 to the winning team whose name the tournament is attended function. Singh Workshop Superintendent, Lal and Dr Vikram Gulati were the loss of 8 wickets in the stipu- and Rs 25,000 to runners-up being played. The chief guest lavished Er Sukhdeep Singh I/c Civil also present on the occasion. lated 20 overs. team. Arif was awarded with Rs He laid stress on the impor- praise on the organisers for Engg, Amit Sharma I/c Travel The tournament is being Asif Khan and Rahul scored 5000 as cash prize for man of the tance of sports activities and smooth and successful conduct and Tourism Department, Ar organized under the patronage of superb half-centuries. For Poonch match. encouraged the students to partic- of the tournament. Ritika Wadhera HoD Architecture Anil Gupta, President J&K ipate in sports activities which Rajiv Pandey, Senior Assistantship, Er Rajesh Gupta, Amateur Kabaddi Association develop the quality of leadership, Superintendent of Police HoD Automobile Engg, Er. and under the Chairmanship of sense of responsibility and create Udhampur was the guest of hon- Sanjay Gupta, HoD Electrical Sheikh Tanveer Ahmed, the feeling of oneness by working our and Gurwinder Jeet Singh, Engg, Guminderpreet Kour PEM, President Udhampur District together to become the good citi- Additional Deputy Toshi Devi, PET, Er Vandana Kabaddi Association and super- zens of the country. Commissioner were the special Chib, Er PK Angral, Er Itika vision of Ashok Kumar Sharma The first match of the tourna- guests on this occasion. Prominent among others General Secretary Udhampur ment was played between Sharma, Er Ankush Langar, Er present on the occasion were District Kabaddi Association. Automobile Engineering Devika Bhardwaj, Ar Saba and Ar Patel Cricket Club players posing for agroup photograph Department and Mechanical Janeeta. Shemrock Elites Playway School after registering win in Winter Shield T20 Cup. Students posing alongwith College Management at SMS College of Education in Jammu. Chess Festival begins at celebrates 1st Annual Day Patel CC, Lucky Club register SMS College organises Excelsior Correspondent theme “Mujhe Samjo’. The skit Bandipora, Kupwara featured the system of today’s wins in Winter Shield T20 Cup JAMMU, Mar 29: Shemrock Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ashiq Ahmad Kolu and all the busy life with busy parents unable Excelsior Sports Correspondent Club by 10 runs. Elites Playway School, Sarwal members of Kashmir division and to give proper time to the kids. Batting first, LCC scored Annual Sports Meet BANDIPORA, Mar 29: The Jammu celebrated its 1st Annual JAMMU, Mar 29: Patel district bodies. About 10,000 play- The annual report of the ses- 128 runs in 20 overs. Ridham competitions of mega Chess Day at the Auditorium of Cricket Club and Lucky Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent Manpreet Kour claimed 1st, 2nd ers throughout the Valley are tak- sion was also presented on the top scored with 33 runs, while and 3rd position respectively, Festival got underway at ing part in trainings and events in Directorate of Information, Club registered emphatic wins JAMMU, Mar 29: Sant Mela occasion. Himal (21) and Jugjap (19) were while Suman and Priyanka Bandipora and Kupwara today, all the 10 districts at different ven- Bahu Plaza, here today. over their rivals in the ongoing College of Education, Digiana while the final matches and train- On the occasion, certificates the other main scorers. From bagged 1st and 2nd spots in ues. To honour and appreciate were distributed among the stu- Winter Shield T20 Cup, being Media XI, Faheem took 3 wick- Jammu organised Annual Sports lemon & spoon race. ing sessions continued in Shopian A total cash prize of Rs the achievers, organized by SCA, J&K Sports Meet in its College ground, here district where enthusiasm among ets, Yash bagged 2 wickets while Harpreet Kour, Rinkle and 1,50,000 and 240 medals will be Annual Prize Council under the supervision of Vivek Suri and Arif claimed 1 today. Priyanka bagged 1st, 2nd and 3rd the youth is very high. Distribution Fun- Dr Naseem Choudhary, S Bhupinder Singh (retired wicket each. place in filling up the bottles, ction for session Secretary J&K Sports Council at DIG), Chairman Guru Harkrishan In reply, Media XI managed while in balloon burst race, 2018-19 was held Public School was the chief guest Parade ground, here. to score 118 runs in 20 overs for Monika stood 1st, Manisha Saini with great zeal In the first match played on the occasion, while Dr Amar the loss of 8 wickets, thus lost bagged 2nd place and the 3rd and enthusiasm. today, Patel Cricket Club defeat- Singh, Chairman MBS College of the match by 10 runs. Sunil Bali place went to Harleen Kour. Social worker ed Mayank Cricket Club by 5 Engineering and Technology was top scored with 46 runs, while Shivali Padwal was the win- and eminent wickets. the guest of honour and Prof Vivek Suri and Ujjwal con- Anmol Singh, Chairman of the ner in Chess, Harleen Kour and thinker, Rajeev Batting first, Mayank Jasmeen Kour in Carrom, while tributed 16 and 12 runs respec- College presided over the func- Charak presided Cricket Club scored a modest in minor games for boys, tively. From LCC, Rhydham and tion. over the function total of 92 runs in the stipulated Prominent among others pres- Jaswinder Singh, Bharat and 20 overs. Ajay (20), Arjun (18) Dhruv took 2 wickets Suresh Shukla claimed 1st, 2nd as chief guest. each,while Mehran and Jugjap ent on the occasion were Dr SPS The function and Robin (16) were the main Dutta (Professor Emeritus) of and 3rd spots respectively. Team scorers. claimed 1 wicket each. Rydham A was the winner in tug of war. began with wel- Jammu University and Prof From Patel Club, Sachin was declared as the man of the Earlier, Principal of the come address fol- Hardev Singh (Editor Sikh took 5 wickets, Nityam bagged match. College, Dr Kiran Luthra present- lowed by the Sandesh). 3, while Gurinder and Anchal The matches were officiated ed welcome address and threw lighting of the Lauding the efforts of the claimed 1 wicket each. by Vijay, Dayal and Ashok College in promoting Physical light on the importance of sports Players in action during Chess Festival in Bandipora on ceremonial lamp. Singh. Friday. In reply, Patel Cricket Club Education, the chief guest con- activities. The function In tomorrow's fixture, Media Kids presenting bouquet to the chief guest chased the target in 13.2 overs gratulated the students for their Prof Jasmeet Kour, Convenor witnessed various will take on Secretariat XI at 10 Sports Activities organised the during 1st Annual Day of Shemrock Elites for the loss of 5 wickets, thus good show in sports activities. This Festival is being spon- distributed among the winners of cultural pro- am, while Horizon XI will face sports events under the guidance Playway School in Jammu. won the match by 5 wickets. The sports activities held dur- sored by Jammu and Kashmir this Festival. grammes show- Vridhi Royals at 1.30 pm. ing the day included 100 meters of Physical Instructor, S Daljeet State Sports Council and was initi- Abhishek (32), Rishab (13) runs Srinagar district events will ing different facets of Indian cul- Meanwhile, the match sprint, lemon & spoon race, fill- Singh. ated by Secretary J&K State sports dents and the staff members by and Aryan (12) were the main start tomorrow along with other ture. ing up the bottles, balloon burst The proceedings of the pro- Council, Dr Naseem Javaid the chief guest and other digni- scorers. From bowling side, between Stadium XI Kathua and Patriotic feeling was also race, tug of war, teacher game, gramme were conducted by Prof Choudhary. districts. taries. Ajay and Prabjot took 1 wicket Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Club besides Carrom, Chess and Table Charanjeet Kour. The Festival is being held The events will be held up imbibed in everyone through the Speaking on the occasion, the each. Sachin was declared as the which was earlier scheduled to Tennis. The programme concluded under the guidance of Atul Kumar to March 31, 2019. performance. The main highlight chief guest lauded the efforts of man of the match. be played on March 30 at 1.30 In 100 meters sprint, Manisha with the singing of National Gupta, President AJKCA and All the details are available of the day was the skit performed the children for their fabulous In another match, Lucky am, will now be played on Saini, Harleen Kour and Anthem. being managed and organized by at www.alljkchess.com by the little Shemstars with a show. Club defeated Media XI Cricket March 31 at 8:30 am.