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SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Maxwell fires KXIP to six-wicket Malinga, Bhajji in mix as under- Srini checks in; COA diktat puts pressure MI take on upbeat KKR win over Pune Supergiant MUMBAI, Apr 8: The MI team management BCCI in a fix ahead of SGM may be forced to make a couple INDORE, Apr 8: son for Pune, who had beaten Rs 14.5 crore price at the auc- Under pressure post Steve NEW DELHI, Apr 8: net is a disqualified member and Association, which has already Mumbai Indians in their tourna- tion. He got good support from of changes to bolster the bowl- may not be allowed to attend the conformed to the changes as per Smith's blitzkrieg, Mumbai Former BCCI President N Captain Glenn Maxwell led ment opener on Thursday. Manoj Tiwary (40 off 23). ing attack which suffered SGM but could be the man who Lodha reforms, may object to Indians will be fretting over Srinivasan will be back in focus as from the front with a quickfire With Kings XI 73 for two in Tiwary and Daniel Christian, because of Kieron Pollard would control the proceedings Srinivasan's name. their team combination as they some of the Board's state units knock to fashion a six-wicket 10 overs and needing another 91 who both remained unbeaten, forced to bowl the final over through his hardcore loyalists -- It will be interesting to see take on a marauding Kolkata plan to prop up his name at its win for Kings XI Punjab in their for victory, the match was hang- took Mohit and Sandeep Sharma where Steve Smith hit the big joint secretary Amitabh what Cricket Association of Knight Riders in an Indian Special General Meeting tomor- Indian Premier League opener ing in balance. Then Maxwell to the cleaners at the end of the West Indian for two sixes. Chaudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Bengal (CAB), which will be rep- Premier League encounter, here row despite COA seeking against Rising Pune Supergiant came and ran away with the innings, collecting 30 off the last In these circumstances, Chaudhry. resented by President Sourav tomorrow. Supreme Court directives on this here today. match with some brutal hitting. 12 balls. Lasith Malinga, fresh from a It will be interesting to see if Ganguly and Secretary Avishek issue. Maxwell made short work of The Australian, made captain It appeared to be a tricky sur- TODAY’S FIXTURE the matter is put to a floor test as Dalmiya decide. The meeting will be attended the 164-run target by blasting 44 of the side ahead of established face to bat on after Kings XI Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Gujarat Lions (4 PM) Hyderabad there might be stiff opposition According to a well-informed by BCCI CEO Rahul Johri as none off just 20 balls as Kings XI names like Eoin Morgan, ham- opted to field. Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (8 PM) Mumbai from a number of state associa- source, the Srinivasan coterie will of the four members of the cruised to victory with six balls mered four sixes and as many Sandeep castled Mayank tions. Another question is the num- go all out to push his case and Both teams had contrasting Committee of Administrators to spare. fours to begin his IPL campaign Agarwal with a sharp inswinger T20 hat-trick may replace Tim ber of state associations which will probably get his name passed and results in their opening games (COA) will be present. It has His unbeaten 79-run stand in style. though the shot selection of the Southee in the bowling attack be attending the meeting. wait till the Supreme Court gives with Mumbai Indians losing to already been intimated that Vinod with David Miller (30 off 27) Miller was mostly a specta- opener so early on in the innings and the seasoned Harbhajan The likes of Vidarbha Cricket its directions on COA plea.(PTI) Rising Pune Supergiant by Rai will be abroad. It will be Johri, took the game away from the tor in this match-winning stand was questionable. Singh after a baffling exclusion seven wickets while KKR who will be briefing the COA on opposition in front of a packed with Maxwell, who punished It was a memorable IPL may come in place of Krunal thrashing Gujarat Lions by 10 the details of the SGM. Holkar Stadium. spinners as much as the pacers. debut for Tamil Nadu pacer T Pandya, who was ordinary to say wickets. The primary issue of the six- Maxwell's fireworks came The Australian even did not Natarajan, who took just two the least. (PTI) point agenda for the meeting is after Ben Stokes led Rising Pune spare Pune's most impressive balls to strike, having the sea- Bopanna, Balaji seal India's place in WG Play-offs appointment of Board's "represen- Supergiant's recovery with a bowler Imran Tahir, hitting him soned Ajinkya Rahane (19) tative or representatives to the blistering 50 off 32 balls, help- for consecutive sixes in the 16th holed out at deep cover. BENGALURU, APR 8: gles against Temur Ismailov and Fayziev respectively. meeting of International Cricket ing his team post 163 for six. over that virtually sealed the The onus was on in-form India today sealed their place in Tomorrow's reverse singles now Council and/or similar confer- With the win, Kings XI have match in Kings XI's favour. captain Steven Smith (26) to bail the Davis Cup World Group Play- will have no bearing on the outcome ences." begun the competition on a Earlier, after the fall of the his team out of trouble. He hung offs with Rohan Bopanna and N of the tie and will be the best of three Srinivasan has already reached promising note after finishing at top order that left Pune at 49 for around for a while before he Sriram Balaji routing their rivals sets. the capital and is staying at a dif- the bottom in the previous two three in the ninth over, Stokes mistimed one to be caught at with clinical precision for an unas- editions. India have now qualified for the ferent five-star facility instead of showed why he commanded a deep square leg.(PTI) sailable 3-0 lead against Uzbekistan, World Group Play-offs for the fourth It was the first loss this sea- here. the one where the SGM is sched- straight year. They lost to top teams uled to be held. Bopanna and debutant Balaji -- Serbia (2014 in Bangalore), Czech defeated Farrukh Dustov and Sanjar It is learnt that Srinivasan will Bolwers, Jadhav set up RCB's 15-run win over Delhi Republic (2015 in New Delhi) and be lobbying hard with the state Fayziev 6-2 6-4 6-1 in the doubles Spain (2016 in New Delhi) in previ- BENGALURU, Apr 8: Delhi though were in the by a good length delivery from units to push his name despite rubber of the Asia/Oceania Group I ous three years in the Play-offs. hunt till the closing stages of the Tymal Mills as his off-stump COA reminding them in their Royal Challengers Bangalore second round contest at the KSLTA The Play-offs will be held in match as they needed 37 from went cartwheeling in the fifth instruction sheet of not violating produced a clinical bowling dis- stadium. September and India's next oppo- the final four overs and 21 from over. Uzbekistan needed to win the the Lodha Committee reforms as play after Kedar Jadhav's batting nents will be known later when draw the final two but Amit Mishra Then, Karun Nair (4), who doubles rubber to keep the tie alive per the Supreme Court order. heroics as they beat Delhi will be made in London. Selected students to represent State in 2nd NZ Sport Climbing consumed a lot of deliveries recently played against Australia but the Indians proved too good for It was a tremendous start for The 72-year-old business mag- Competition for Visually Challenged posing along with officials Daredevils by 15 runs in their without adding runs to the score- in the Test series, lasted for just the visitors with Balaji making an IPL match here today. Mahesh Bhupathi as captain of the in Jammu. board. That added pressure to three balls as he was clean- impressive debut. team. Bhupathi had chosen Nitin wins Squash Chasing 158 for a win on a Pant who was out in the final bowled by a gem of a delivery Ramkumar Ramanathan and Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch Bopanna over veteran Leander Paes, Mahesh, Wasim, Azam selected for over. from Stanlake which went debutant Prajnesh Gunneswaran had who is one win away from making which was good for batting, Championship title Pawan Negi did the trick as through his defences and hit the handed India a comfortable 2-0 lead the world record for most doubles 2nd NZ Sport Climbing Competition Delhi messed up in their chase as he took two wickets in the final off-stump.(PTI) yesterday by winning the their sin- victories in Davis Cup history.(PTI) at KCSC Excelsior Sports Correspondent Kant, Route Setter; Ambreen they ended at 142 for 9. Young over, including that of Pant to Rishabh Pant's 36-ball 57 which Excelsior Sports Correspondent Fatima, Juhi Jamwal, Poonam, end the Delhi innings. JAMMU, Apr 8: On the 2nd was studded with three fours and Vishali and Razia Tabassum and Delhi made a steady start in JAMMU, Apr 8: Squash day of trials held for selection of four sixes went in vain.