MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU RCB canter to 10-wicket Muralitharan tips Rasool PPCPL gaining euphoric popularity: DIG Jammu Ian Dev deserves a better deal to make ODI comeback Excelsior Sports Correspondent Trophy and that too against the for- Ahmer, Inderjeet guide BCC Bulls, Jammu win over Daredevils midable sides in Group-A, Ian may Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 26: After scoring get the selectors nod to be part of NEW DELHI, Apr 26: overs. magnificent 145 runs in the Duleep the Rest of India Team in the match JAMMU, Apr 26: One of the With the emphatic win, the Trophy match against East Zone It was a sweet homecoming against the Ranji Trophy the cricketing greats and leg- Khalsa Kings XI to resounding wins Bangalore side got its IPL cam- last year, the innings which simply endary spinners of the world, for Delhi boy Virat Kohli as he led Champions, Karnataka Excelsior Sports Correspondent best sixes trophy all went to Ahmer, BCC Bulls chased the paign back on track and now has eclipsed the century hit in Irani Trophy held Muttiah Muralitharan, is part of Royal Challengers Bangalore three wins in six games. For by Unmukt Chand of the IPL band- Ahmer of BCC Bulls in the target in 19.3 overs. Imran (RCB) to a crushing 10-wicket win recently. But, unfortu- JAMMU, Apr 26: It was first match, while in the sec- Haroon and Owais Shah con- Daredevils, it was their fourth Delhi and the knock of nately, to the surprise of wagon don- the day of skippers in Police over Delhi Daredevils in an Indian ning the role of ond match, Inderjeet bagged tributed valuable 23 and 22 defeat in seven matches. Jeevanjot Singh of his well wishers, Ian Public Cricket Premier League Premier League match here today. a bowling man of the match award, while runs to the total respectively. Gayle scored bulk of the runs Punjab, one thought that was not picked in the (PPCPL) today, as Ahmer Varun Aaron (2/24) and in the small chase as Kohli was Ian Dev Singh Chauhan, coach of the award for maximum sixes In another match, Jammu Mitchell Starc (3/20) produced party. Ikhlaq and Inderjeet Singh and best catch of the match Khalsa Kings XI won the toss happy to see the fireworks from the the batting mainstay of Sunrisers bagged man of the match fiery spells of fast bowling to help Despite performing Hyderabad. At went to Sahil Sharma and and elected to bat first. The non-striker's end. Jammu and Kashmir awards for the display of RCB dismiss Delhi Daredevils for in all formats of the the nets, he is team scored a decent total of The West Indian got the small Ranji Trophy team, game including Vijay a paltry 95 after opting to field at chase going by smashing medium would be a certain keeping close 143 runs, losing 8 wickets in the Feroz Shah Kotla. Hazare Trophy and tab of the proceedings, having the process. Openers Inderjeet pacer Dominic Joseph for 14 runs choice to be picked by the National Sayeed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Ian Selectors to represent the State at intense conversation with the team Singh and Parveen Singh still remains unfortunate for not mentor VVS Laxman, giving off- TODAY’S FIXTURE the higher levels. played superbly and scored 38 being considered for the big league. spinner Parvez Rasool and the rest Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (8:00 PM) Then came the current season, and 32 runs respectively. Shiv The stylish, gutsy and gritty a few tips on the use of the crease, off his first over. He looked in his Dutt, Gagandeep Singh, in which Ian scored 618 runs in cricketer, who has been a prolific the grip so on and so forth. Chasing 96, openers Chris usual devastating touch after miss- Ranji Trophy 4-day matches, with a Ankush Bandral and young Gayle (62 not out off 40 balls) and run-getter for the State from last so To a question, in an exclusive Ayush Slathia of Jammu Royal ing out in the last game. healthy average of 51.50 and a many seasons and the highest cen- interview at iplt20.com, as to is Virat Kohli (35 not out off 23) Gayle later smacked leggie strike rate of 63.19, scoring one Choice XI took 2 wickets made short work of the modest tar- tury maker from the current 'lot' of there anyone from Sunrisers each. Ayush Singh, in particu- Imran Tahir over mid-wicket to get century and four big half-centuries. cricketers, is waiting in the wings to Hyderabad, who can make it to the get, getting the team home in 10.3 to his fifty. It was one of the four Everybody thought that with lar was the pick of the bowlers, get his due. He simply needs big league, the spinning great said who was impressive to scalp 2 sixes he hit in his blistering knock. superb performance in the Ranji that in ODI format off-spinner patronage and a better deal. important wickets after a KKR, RR share points after Kohli, who only got to score his Parvez Rasool has a great chance. decent start by Jammu Khalsa first boundary in the seventh over, Murali said that he has only IPL match rained off hit the winning runs, his sublime known Parvez for a week now and Kings XI batsmen. In reply, Jammu Royal KOLKATA, Apr 26: straight drive that brought the observed that he has immense crowd on its feet. potential in him, adding that one Choice XI fell short of 12 runs, Defending champions His fans chanted 'Kohli Kohli' has to see how he (Parvez) works scoring 131 runs. A good and Jubilant BCC Bulls team posing for a group photograph after Kolkata Knight Riders' home at regular intervals but in the end, hard and how he comes up. positive start by openers scripting a convincing win over JKP Tigers XI during the match match against Rajasthan Royals they went home after thoroughly When contacted by EXCEL- Pankaj Lada and Manish of PPCPL in Jammu on Sunday. was abandoned at Eden enjoying Gayle's show. SIOR, Parvez said that the remark Dogra and herculean effort from the legendary spinner is a Ramdayal respectively. lower down the order by Sahil Gardens without a ball being Earlier, Aaron and Starc led a superb cricketing skill to take greatest tribute to him. Earlier, in the first match, Sharma was not enough for bowled because of heavy rain splendid bowling effort to bowl out their respective sides home and thunderstorm, here today. the opposition cheaply. JKP XI wining the toss and Jammu Royal Choice XI to Pawan is BCCI U-16 and defeating their rivals con- batting first scored 120 runs in beat the rivals. Vijay Dogra, Field umpires Richard The visitors struck in the first vincingly at GGM Science Illingworth and Rajesh over through their premier pace boys fitness trainer the stipulated 20 overs. Manik Gupta and Soumay Jain College, here today. Siddarth Magotra top scored took 2 wickets each for Jammu Deshpande took the final call bowler Starc, who fired his trade- In the first match played after their fourth inspection at mark inswinger into the pads of in- Excelsior Sports Correspondent with 41 runs, while Rajesh Gill Khalsa Kings XI. today, BCC Bulls defeated and Ashwani Bhat contributed The matches were officiat- 6.50pm as the home and visit- form Shreyas Iyer and the umpire JAMMU, Apr 26: Hailing JKP Tigers by 8 wickets and in 18 and 15 runs to the total ed by Sudhir Singh, Sadiq ing team captains Gautam did not take long to raise his finger. from the remote district of another match, Jammu Khalsa respectively. Rompy Sharma Hussain Malik, Saleem-ur- Gambhir and Shane Watson It was a big blow for the hosts as Poonch, Pawan Kumar Sharma, Kings XI got better of Jammu and Saqib from BCC Bulls Rehman and JD Singh, while were seen shaking hands and Iyer went into the game as the son of SAI hockey coach (retd), Royal Choice XI by a narrow players moving out with their team's leading run-getter. Sham Lal took 3 wickets each, while the proceedings of the prize margin of 12 runs. Amir Sofi claimed 2 wickets. distribution ceremony were kits. Captain Duminy walked in Sharma, an Shakeel Ahmed Beig, DIG The bad news for the anx- next and alongside Mayank employee of In reply, riding on a superb conducted by Rajesh Dhar and Jammu was the chief guest on innings of unbeaten 64 runs by RP Singh. ious packed crowd finally came Agarwal, he was up against serious the the occasion, who was accom- at 7.15 pm when it was pace from both ends with Aaron Department of panied by Rajnish Pran, SSP, announced that the match was also steaming in. However, Aaron Youth Services SO to DIG Jammu and abandoned and the ticket conceded 13 runs in his second and Sports Randhir Singh, SP Hqrs. Star performer Shweta Dixit in action during a match of girls' J&K, has been amount would be refunded over to release a bit of soccer. Jammu. April 28 onwards.(PTI) pressure.(PTI) appointed fit- Speaking on the occasion, ness trainer for the Central Zone DIG said that the PPCPL is Shweta Dixit emerges star Under-16 Cricket Camp, being gaining exhilarated popularity organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)-NCA. day by day and the platform performer in girls soccer The month long Camp, which provided by K Rajendra Excelsior Sports Correspondent an open net in front of her, has commenced from April 20, Kumar, DGP J&K to the crick- Shweta Dixit swooped in along eters of Jammu and those from JAMMU, Apr 26: The break- 2015, will be concluding on May the right side and knocked the 16, 2015.