FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Rasool gets reward for consistent performance India desperate for last-gasp Karn, Rishi, Jadhav strike win against New Zealand WELLINGTON, Feb 13: stars, to raise their level of per- formance in this last outing on Their morale dented after the trip. It has a little to do with it big at IPL auction losing the opener, India would be the political scenario that is desperate to end their disastrous shaping up in world cricket at the BANGALORE, Feb 13: deal with Royal Challengers from Uttar Pradesh had turned tour on a positive note when they moment as well. Bangalore yesterday stunned up for the same franchise last take on a sprightly New Zealand Railways all-rounder Karn Just when the BCCI is busy many, some of the bidding for season as well, taking 11 wickets in the second and final Test start- flexing its muscles, making India Sharma hit the jackpot at the IPL uncapped players, included in in 13 matches at a decent econo- ing here tomorrow. players' auction, becoming the the center-point in a restructur- my rate of 6.60. The visitors lost the ing of the game's administration, Ranji Trophy's top wicket- Auckland Test by 40 runs and its team cannot be seen surren- taker this season, Rishi Dhawan had previously surrendered the dering meekly in conditions (base price of Rs 20 lakh) was five-match ODI series by an alien to them. Add to it, the mis- signed for a whopping Rs 3 crore embarrassing margin of 0-4. ery this travelling bunch suffered by the Kings XI Punjab via the At Basin Reserve then, in South Africa (in ODIs), that 'Right to Match' provision after Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Co makes for an embarrassing situa- being initially acquired by the would be desperate enough to tion. Karn Sharma Kedar Jadhav Rishi Dhawan Parvez Rasool Sunrisers Hyderabad. put in a last gasp salvaging The bigger picture, though, is Dhawan is primarily a fast- effort. Victory in this Test will costliest buy among the to look at this Test match in iso- the auction for the first time to bowling all-rounder who bats in lift some of the gloom that has lation, and even then, it becomes uncapped players by fetching a prevent under-hand deals, was the middle-order. The 23-year- shaded this trip so far. Tough tussle between the players to get hold of the ball during a football match in Jammu on startling Rs 3.75 crore deal with a very important marker for equally mind-boggling. old played for Kings XI Punjab The ODI squad was unable to Team India. This is a new squad Thursday. -Excelsior/ Rakesh Sunrisers Hyderabad, while Among the big gainers today in the 2008 IPL and was signed cope with the short-ball strategy Rishi Dhawan fetched a stun- taking shape and as such, every 4th Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup Football Tournament was Maharashtra batsman Kedar by the Mumbai Indians last sea- deployed by the hosts' bowling series becomes part of a learning ning Rs 3 crore bid from Kings Jadhav who clinched a two-crore son before being released. attack. That series was labelled XI Punjab and Kedar Jadhav, curve. contract with Delhi Daredevils, a The other big winners were as practice for the 2015 World India is expected to play an who clinched 2-crore contract Parveen, Ankit sparkle as JK Bank Academy, huge reward for his smashing Rajat Bhatia (Rs 1.70 crore, Cup to be hosted here next year, unchanged eleven, with with Delhi Daredevils, here form in the Ranji Trophy. Rajasthan Royals), Manish and everything fell apart in spec- Ravindra Jadeja's top-notch today. Jadhav, Ranji Trophy's top- Pandey (Rs 1.70 crore Kolkata tacular fashion, sending the team fielding and counter-attacking On a low-key second day of scorer this season, went to Delhi Knight Riders), Aditya Tare (Rs think-tank and the selectors back batting ability still keeping him Sainik Colony blank rivals the auction, former New Zealand Daredevils after intense bidding. 1.60 crore, Mumbai Indians), K at home to their drawing boards. ahead of R Ashwin. The batsmen captain Ross Taylor, who had Excelsior Sports Correspondent 19th and 57th minutes respec- Kushey Kumar, Rohit Kumar Delhi, in fact, used the 'Right to L Rahul (Rs 1 crore, Sunrisers The defeat at Eden Park was- pick themselves, if only for the surprisingly gone unsold on the tively, while Aqib Mushtaq and Gupta, Vijay Kumar, Ricky Match' provision after he was Hyderabad), Ishwar Pandey (Rs n't as spineless as the ODI form, investment the team manage- JAMMU, Feb 13: Parveen opening day, finally found a Ravi pelted other two goals in Kumar and Harneel Singh. initially taken by Sunrisers 1.50 crore, Chennai Super despite the first Test ending in ment has put in this bunch. Kumar and Ankit Mehta dis- buyer as Delhi Daredevils four days. That match ebbed and 43rd and 61st minutes respec- Prominent among others Hyderabad. Kings), Gurkeerat Singh (Rs At this must-win juncture, played superb soccer skills to tively. who witnessed today's matches snapped him for his base price of Jadhav was with the Royal 1.30 crore, Kings XI Punjab), flowed in every session as the two they will be hoping for them to help their teams blank oppo- Rs 2 crore. teams fought their hearts out. In another match played were Vinod Sharma, general Challengers Bangalore develop- Dhawal Kulkarni (Rs 1.10 crore, succeed collectively as a group nents and advance in the ongo- today, Sainik Colony Football secretary Pradesh Congress However, stalwarts like for- ment squad to start with before Rajasthan Royals and Parvez New Zealand only misfired for once and repay the faith ing 4th Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup mer Sri Lankan captain Mahela once with the bat, but came up Club blanked Mussa Club by Committee; Nirmolak Singh, being signed by Delhi Rasool (Rs 95 lakh, Sunrisers shown. Football Tournament, being four goals to nil (4-0) in a one- vice president JKFA, Sheikh Jayawardene, West Indian all- Daredevils in 2010. Hyderabad). trumps with their bowling in As ahead of the first Test, organized by Narinder Gupta, rounder Marlon Samuels, both innings. Meanwhile, India sided affair. The first goal was Mehmood, SM Gill, Mohan The 26-year-old Karn Jammu and Kashmir all- New Zealand have named their Senior Congress Leader and scored by Ishan Verma in 15th Lal, Rajesh Sumbria, Rakesh Australian all-rounders Cameron Sharma, named the under-25 rounder Rasool had scored 594 finished on the losing side playing eleven, with Ross Member J&K State Sports White and David Hussey, and because they had not performed minute, while Ankit Mehta net- Khanna, Yousuf Don, Harbans Indian player of the Year last runs from seven matches at an Taylor unavailable as his second Council, here today. ted back to back goals in 26th Lal and Charan Dass. New Zealand batsman Martin year, pipped better-known average of 54 including two in the first innings either with the child is expected to be born dur- Earlier, in the first match, bat or ball. and 33rd minutes and 21 teams from within and Guptill were once again snubbed names such as Indian under-19 centuries in the last Ranji sea- ing this match. 21-year-old Tom JK Bank Academy thrashed Put together, the two afore- Niteshwar Singh scored the outside the State are participat- by the franchises despite being captain Unmukt Chand (Rs 65 son. He also took 33 wickets at Latham will be given his Test Engineers XI by four goals to mentioned points put great onus fourth goal in 48th minute. ing in the Tournament. requested back into the auction lakh, Rajasthan Royals) to grab an average of 18 with three five- cap and will bat at number nil (4-0). Parveen Kumar pool after being unsold yester- on this team, replete with super- The matches were officiated JK SRTC will take on NGR the biggest deal of the morning wicket hauls. This season, the four.(PTI) scored 2 magnificent goals in by Suresh Kumar Gupta, at 3:00 pm tomorrow. day. session. promising all-rounder scored If Yuvraj Singh's 14-crore The leg-spinning all-rounder 663 runs, including two brilliant Spinners bag 12 wkts, speedsters bowl decent spells centuries, took 28 wickets and Handball Association felicitates was instrumental in guiding his team to Ranji Trophy quarterfi- Hilal hits fifty, Banday flops, Ishtiaq displays Bali on being elected Jt Secy IOA nals. The 25-year-old had become Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ramanand Khajuria, vice presi- the first cricketer from Jammu explosiveness as JKCA Blue registers big win dent J&K Handball Association JAMMU, Feb 13: Jammu and Rajinder Kumar, joint secre- and Kashmir to be a part of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent 36, 34, 31 and 26 runs to the total He hit 5 fours and 2 sixes includ- and Kashmir Handball Indian team and the IPL when he tary J&K Handball Association. respectively. Asif Rasool ing one huge hit out of park after Association felicitated Dr S M Dr Bali was garlanded by the bagged a contract with the now- JAMMU, Feb 13: Hilal remained not out with 6-ball 10 the bowling of speedster Sohail Bali, president of the discarded Pune Warriors last Ahmed scored fabulous 59 runs members of J&K Handball runs. For JKCA Reds, left-arm Andleeb. Mohsin Iqbal also Association and Chief Association on the occasion. season.(PTI) and Sidharth Mangotra con- spinner Waseem Raza took 3 played a decent innings of 27 runs tributed well made 36 runs, before wickets by giving away 32 runs in off 31 balls, studded with 2 fours Basketball trials spinning duo of Manik Gupta and his 10 overs, while speedster and one six, while Manzoor Amir Aziz and medium fast bowl- Rohit Sharma scalped 2 wickets, Pandove, Asif Khan, Pranav from tomorrow ing trio of Mohd Mudassir, skip- conceding 41 runs in 9.2 overs.