WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MSD fires but India captaincy Rishab Pant, Ian Dev star in comprehensive victories swansong ends in defeat MUMBAI, Jan 10: BRIEF SCORES: MUMBAI, Jan 10: eight fours in his 85-ball innings was dominated by Dhawan, the At DY Patil Stadium: Group before being dismissed by recalled Yuvraj, and their partner- Young wicket-keeper bats- B: Canara Bank 120-7 in 20 Mahendra Singh Dhoni did Hardik Pandya in the 47th over, ships with Rayudu, who has not man Rishabh Pant gave one overs (KB Pawan 55, Suchit all he could with the willow but openers Jason Roy (62), Alex been included in either the ODI more display of his talent as he Jagdish 29 n.O.; Baba Pathan 3- England still gatecrashed his Hales (40), Jos Buttler (46) and or T20 team. starred in Reliance 1's crushing 22, Nathu Singh 2-28) lost to party by three wickets, leaving a Liam Dawson (41) made impor- Dhawan and Rayudu added 10-wicket win over Canara Reliance 1 123-0 in 10.2 overs packed house tant contributions. 111 runs in 126 balls for the sec- Bank, while J&K's talented Ian (Rishabh Pant 84 n.o., Jitesh made up of Yadav was the pick of the ond wicket after they came Dev Singh Chouhan hit unbeat- Sharma 35 n.o.)-by 10 wickets. loyal fans home team bowlers with five for together at the early fall of en 95 to take Tata Sports Club to At University Ground: more heart- 60, but the others disappointed Mandeep Singh. home in the 13th DY Patil T20 Group B: Tata Sports Club 189- broken than and the fielding was also below And after the left-handed Cup in neighbouring Navi 7 in 20 overs (Ian Dev Chouhan the home team par on a good batting track at the opener fell edging to wicket- Mumbai here today. 95 n.O.; Ali Murtaza 3-30) bt dressing Brabourne Stadium. keeper Buttler, Rayudu com- Pant, who has been named in RBI Sports Club 151 in 19.4 Media XI and Sr Police XI players posing for a group photograph alongwith Minister of State room, in his last match as leader Asked to bat first, Rayudu bined forces with Yuvraj to put India's T20I squad to play overs (Kuldip Hudda 40; Aditya for Transport and Sports, Sunil Kumar Sharma and other dignitaries in Jammu. of an Indian side. played the sheet-anchor role for on 104 runs for the third wicket. England, launched a breathtak- Dhumal 3-24, Sujit Nayak 2- England gave themselves a the home side before retiring to Yuvraj started shakily and ing assault on Canara Bank's 26)-by 38 runs. much-needed boost by beating Sportspersons are messengers of peace, the pavilion after scoring exact- was also hit on the helmet as he modest total of 120-7. At DY Patil Stadium: Group the Dhoni-led India A side in ly 100 to pave the way for Dhoni tried to take evasive action. But Pant scored an unbeaten 84 A: Western Railways 141-9 in their first warm-up match ahead to entertain the big crowd. once he got past the initial rusti- off just 34 balls with nine 20 overs (Vinayak Bhoir 46, of the limited overs series. harmony & safety: Sunil Sharma Opener Shikhar Dhawan, ness, the senior batsman played boundaries and six sixes. Pant Ambati Rayudu top-scored Samarth Vyas 30; Vinit Sinha 4- coming off an injury lay-off, and with freedom and also lofted shared an unbroken 123-run with a fine century, while Kuldeep 22, Siddharth Chitnis 2-27) lost *Inaugurates 3rd New Year Masters T20 Cup Yuvraj Singh, recalled to the Rashid in one over for two sixes, stand with Jitesh Sharma (35) as Yadav returned a five-wicket haul to DY Patil 'B' 147-3 in 14.3 Excelsior Sports Correspondent event becoming part of Traffic Faheem Tak (25), Amit (21) and ODI and T20 squads to play beyond the straight-field rope. Canara Bank bowlers looked but Dhoni was the cynosure of all overs (Shashank Singh 70, Week. Sportspersons are always Jagdeep (16) being the main against the visitors, made attack- Woakes was expensive and clueless. Pant's show ensured JAMMU, Jan 10: Senior eyes as he bludgeoned his way to Kevin Almeida 47; Hardik the messengers of peace, pros- scorers. For Senior Police XI, ing half centuries by making 63 wicket-less while left-arm David Reliance 1 overhauled the target Police XI registered convincing an unbeaten 68 off 40 balls, albeit and 56 respectively to warm up Rathod 2-24)-by seven wickets. perity, harmony and safety. The Arun took 3 wickets, while Willey took 2 for 55. Ball in just 10.2 overs. victory over Media XI and stay in a losing cause. nicely for the battles ahead. At University Ground: masters participating in this Shamsher Singh captured 2 and grabbed 2 for 61 while Moeen The other match in the morn- alive in the 3rd New Year England had enough in Dhoni finished the home Group A: BPCL 166-6 in 20 event will show mastery in RK Bhat claimed one wicket. Ali was the most economical ing saw Tata Sports Club beat Masters T20 Cricket Cup, which reserves to edge out India A and team innings on a high note by overs (KS Bharat 83; Anant teaching youngsters traffic rules Sr. Police XI, in reply with figures of 0-42. (PTI) RBI Sports Club by 38 runs at Tambvekar 4-20) bt Jain got underway at Parade Ground, deny Dhoni what would have smacking England's Woakes for the University Ground. In the to guide and goad them for com- achieved the target in 18 overs been a fitting win in his captain- 24 runs in the final over, carting Irrigation 138 in 18.2 overs here today. fortable and safe driving. Sports by losing 5 wickets and won the J&K wins 21 afternoon DY Patil 'B' beat (Sanjay Mishra 62, Urvesh Patel The tournament in which 6 cy swansong. the fast bowler for two sixes and Western Railways by seven and games are the best media to match by 5 wickets. Nadeem Chinaman bowler Yadav sent as many fours. 30; Rishi Arothe 4-14)-by 28 teams are participating is being help people shun drugs and was the top scorer with 35 runs, medals in Sqay wickets while BPCL got the bet- runs. (PTI) organized by Jammu and England, who chased the home The Dhoni 'special', which ter of Jain Irrigation by 28 runs. drive safely, which in turn will while Shashi and Vinod con- side's challenging score of 304 helped the total breach the 300 Kashmir Transport Department, help in decreasing the rate of tributed 27 and 25 runs respec- Federation Cup under the supervision of Sunil for five, scurrying for cover but mark, started off with an imperi- Excelsior Sports Correspondent road accidents," Minister tively. For Media XI, Faheem Sam Billings made 93 to push ous flicked six over square leg Kumar Sharma, Minister of expressed. and Sunil took 2 wickets each, the tourists close to the victory that brought up the wicketkeep- JAMMU, Jan 10: Jammu State for Transport and Sports. Earlier, Rajesh Gill, Chief while Jagdeep took 1 wicket for target in the first of two practice er's 50 off just 35 balls. and Kashmir bagged 21 medals Earlier, in an impressive and Prosecuting Officer and his team. Nadeem was adjudged games. The huge crowd was given in 6th Senior National Sqay well attended function, the tour- Coordinator of the tournament as man of the match. Although Billings departed the full worth of their journey to Federation Cup held at Ashok nament was inaugurated by presented the welcome address The proceedings of the open- when 15 runs were needed, the stadium and free entry by Vihar, New Delhi recently. Sunil Kumar Sharma, the chief and gave brief note of the tour- ing function were conducted by England completed the win in the Dhoni's pyrotechnics. It all hap- J&K won third place in guest on the occasion, in pres- nament. Rajesh Dhar, Chairman Media 49th over when Chris Woakes pened only because Rayudu overall medals tally by claiming ence of Vineeta Gupta, In the first match, Senior Committee JKCA. (11 not out) struck Mohit Sharma retired after compiling his centu- 5 gold, 4 silver and 12 bronze Transport Commissioner; Ajay Police XI defeated Media XI by The match was officiated by for successive fours to take ry in 97 balls with one six and 11 medals. Singh Jamwal, Additional 3 wickets in a well contested Sadiq Husaain, Sandeep England to 307 for 7. fours. The President of J&K Sqay Transport Commissioner; RK match. Manchanda and Vinod Apart from Billings, who hit The earlier part of the innings Association has lauded the Bhat, SSP ;Vikas Sharma, Joint Batting first, Media XI Kandyara. players for this achievement. transport Commissioner; Abdul scored a modest total of 108 In tomorrow's fixture, Parade Rashid Fani, Additional runs in the stipulated 20 overs Sports Association will take on NCR Punjab Royals Vikrant Mahajan alongwith others after creating Guinness Secretary Road Safety and for the loss of 6 wickets, with Singh Akhnoor XI at 12.30 pm. World Record at Gold’s Gym in Jammu. Dr.Vinod Kumar, SP City. end UP Dangal’s While speaking on the occa- Services reaches final Vikrant creates Jumping sion, the Minister lauded the campaign with win efforts of the organizing team in NEW DELHI, Jan 10: conducting the cricket event on rounds of Santosh Trophy Jacks Guinness World Record the occasion of traffic week with NCR Punjab Royals ended KOZHIKODE, Jan 10: group, debutants Lakshadweep Excelsior Sports Correspondent Record attempts since May the slogan- "Derive Carefully UP Dangal's campaign in the beat Telangana (1-0) through a 2016, and almost every day I'm and to Live Happily".