SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Mumbai end losing streak with Sania, Cara win first title Arjuna Awardee Krupali's role lauded of season in Portugal Bhalla honours ace gymnast a five-wicket win over Punjab OEIRAS (PORTUGAL), May 3: rivals back but also snatched MUMBAI, May 3: new opening combination for the behind mistiming a flick, to end lead by the seventh game. title holders, and Rohit Sharma the stand and left MI with the Sania Mirza and Cara Black Stunned by the fightback of Palak for World Cup selection Defending champions then repaired the innings with a task of scoring 46 runs in 27 won their first title of the season the Czech-Russian pair, Sania with a hard-fought 6-4 6-3 win Excelsior Sports Correspondent Championships at Ukrain in present on the occasion were the Mumbai Indians finally snapped stand of 47. balls. and Cara broke Eva and Valeria their losing streak on the back of over Eva Hrdinova and Valeria 2013, Asian Championships at members of Gymnastics After the power play, MI MI were dealt another blow in the eight game to make it 4-4 a collective batting effort as they Solovyeva in the final of the JAMMU, May 3: Minister Uzbekistan in 2013 and Association including Ranjeet were 49 for two and then when the well-set Anderson and one more time in the 10th to defeated Kings XI Punjab by five WTA Portugal Open, here today. for Housing, Horticulture, Children of Asia Games at Kalra, Member BCCI and J&K advanced to 70 for 3 following spooned a drive to long off pocket the first set. wickets in an Indian Premier The top seeded Indo- Culture and Youth Services & Russia in 2008. State Sports Council; Kuldeep the exit of Gautam who was dis- fielder David Miller off Rishi After trading a break each, League contest, here today. Zimbabwean pair, playing their Sports, Raman Bhalla today missed by Rishi Dhawan. Dhawan in the next over, leav- the two pairs were 3-3 in the facilitated ace International Kieron Pollard smashed New batsman Anderson ing Kieron Pollard to win the third finals of the season, was second set. A double fault by gymnast Palak Kour and her Sandeep Sharma for a six over smashed a six off Dhawan over game for them. tested by the Czech-Russian long-off in the first ball of the team in summit clash, which Cara put the top seeds down a coach, Arjuna Awardee, Krupali long on to make a good start. The However, it was Tare who breakpoint but they saved it to final over as MI surged past left hander from New Zealand, gave the impetus as he smashed lasted one hour and 18 minutes. Singh for their selection in the Kings XI score of 168 for 5 by Before, this Sania and Cara be up 4-3. FIG-World Cup in Rhythmic They broke the fighting scoring 170 for five. had ended runners-up at Indian Gymnastics to be held at Today’s Fixture rivals in the next game and Pollard remained uncon- Wells in March and at Stuttgart Tashkent in Uzbekistan from Sania served out the match in quered on 28 off 12 balls and put RCB vs Hyderabad Bangalore 8:00 pm event, last week. May 22 to May 25, 2014. on 44 runs in only 15 balls for the Courtesy an early break, the the ninth game. SCOREBOARD Sania and Cara shared euro The World Cup will be con- unfinished sixth wicket with top seeds raced to 3-1 lead in the ducted by Uzbekistan Aditya Tare (16 off 6 balls) at the Kings XI Punjab: opening set but Eva and Valeria 9,919 as prize money and earned C Pujara c Gautam b Anderson 19 280 ranking points each for the Gymnastics Federation, under Wankhede Stadium. V Sehwag run out 1 raised their game by a few the aegis of International Prior to their quick-fire part- W Saha not out 59 notches to not only break their win. (PTI) Gymnastics Federation. nership, MI were put on the vic- G Maxwell c Dunk b H Singh 45 G Bailey c Anderson b H Singh 15 tory path by significant contribu- Bhalla lauded the efforts of D Miller c Dunk b Malinga 16 the players and coaches, espe- tions from opener C Gautam M Johnson not out 0 Shubam Khajuria (33), skipper Rohit Sharma (39) Extras (B-1, LB-6, WD-5, NB-1) 13 cially gymnastics coach, Total (For 5 wickets in 20 overs) 168 and Corey Anderson (35). Krupali Singh's hard-work and Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-24, 3-93, 4-130, 5-165. leaves for ZCA camp conviction for honing the skill Minister for Sports Raman Bhalla felicitating gritty gymnast The dismissal of Sharma and Bowling: Z Khan 3.3-0-28-0, J Bumrah 4-0-25-0, C Anderson 2-0-17-1, L Malinga 4- Palak and Arjuna Awardee Krupali Singh in Jammu. Anderson in successive overs 0-25-1, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-34-2, K Pollard 2.3-0-32-0. Excelsior Sports Correspondent while representing India in the of the State gymnasts and Mumbai Indians: brought Punjab back into the B Dunk c Saha b S Sharma 5 Under-19 Series against Sri enabling them to reach at the Palak has also an honour of Handoo, National Wushu coach game but Pollard and Tare shat- C Gautam lbw b R Dhawan 33 JAMMU, May 3: J&K's Lanka and in four nation quad- International level and keep being selected as the core proba- and Member J & K State Sports tered their hopes. A Rayudu lbw b S Sharma 8 promising Under-19 opening rangular series in India. their State's flag high. ble for the forthcoming Council and former R Sharma c Saha b Balaji 39 It was MI's first win in six C Anderson c Miller b R Dhawan 35 batsman Shubam Khajuria has The ace opening batsman, Wishing the duo best of luck Commonwealth Games to be International gymnasts games. It was also their their first K Pollard not out 28 left for a month long camp at for the upcoming World Cup, held in Scotland in the month of Manpreet, Mayank Jain, Ravia game at home in this edition and A Tare not out 16 Zonal Cricket Academy (ZCA) Mr Bhalla hoped that the talent- July, 2014 and Asian Games in Verma, Honey Mehra, Tejpal Extras (LB-3, WD-3) 6 to be organized by the Board of they have now extended their Total (For 5 wickets in 19.1 overs) 170 ed gymnast would continue to South Korea in November, 2014. Kour, Gourav Sharma and winning run at this venue to nine Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-23, 3-70, 4-123, 5-126. Control for Cricket in India bring laurels for the State and Prominent among others Honey Mehra. since the last edition. Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 3.1-0-29-2, L Balaji 4-0-38-1, M Johnson 4-0-37-0, A (BCCI) at Dharamshalla in Patel 4-0-40-0, R Dhawan 4-0-23-2. the Country as well. It was Punjab's first defeat Himachal Pradesh from May 5, Mr Bhalla reiterated the 2014. after a glorious winning streak of whose highest score has been 39 Balaji for a four and a six over resolve of J & K Government in Another cricketer from the GMS Khearian five out of five. batting at no. 3 against Chennai in the 18th over. Pollard then promoting sports and games and State, Nasir Lone is also part of Mumbai's run-chase started Super Kings, then hit left-arm plundered 20 runs in the penul- the camp having 30 probables fulfilling the interest of on a none-too-promising note spinner Akshar Patel for three timate over from Mitchell from allover the Country. sportspersons of the State. when they lost opener Ben Dunk fours and a six in the next - the Johnson. organizes symposium While Nasir has been picked It is pertinent to mention in the fifth ball of the innings and 13th - to swing the game in MI's Earlier, Saha cracked his Excelsior Sports Correspondent on the human being. They gave in the party for his 10 wickets in here that the selection of Palak also Ambati Rayudu to be down favour. Patel conceded 20 runs in maiden half-century of the sea- message to the society especial- Under-19 4-day matches, has been done during the trials 33 for two. that his last over for expensive son to help Punjab compile a JAMMU, May 3: ly the younger generation to besides 6 in one-dayers, Shubam conducted by Gymnastics Dunk was caught brilliantly figures of 0 for 40. challenging score after they Government Middle School, keep away from drug addiction. was picked in the probables for Federation of India at Allahabad by a diving Wriddhiman Saha With the 100 coming up in opted to bat first. scored 575 runs in 6 innings' of Khearian, Block-Marh, Jammu ZEO, Marh, Sham Lal, his outstanding batting display on April 22, 2014. behind the wicket off by Sandeep the 13th over, MI were well on Saha started slowly but then 4-day matches, with a double organized workshop to generate Incharge Head Master, Ganesh in 4-dayers and one-dayers Student of 12th Class, Palak Sharma who also accounted for way to their first win in six gained confidence in the com- ton, 150, 90 and 45 being the awareness among the general Datt Sharma, and Sarpanch while representing the State in Rayudu by trapping the batsman games.