WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Samar Strikers to take on KC Sports Club in final: Organisers Mighty India face low on Sri Lanka beats Afghanistan Patel CC lodges protest, blames foul play; confidence South Africa SOUTHAMPTON, June 4: been ruled out of the tournament despite batting collapse KCSC says everything under rules due to a shoulder injury and has CARDIFF (WALES), June 4: Excelsior Correspondent to the organisers says, "With refer- organisers ought to go into the phi- Virat Kohli will embark on been replaced by left-arm seam- ence to the owners meeting held losophy of the things to avoid such the most defining journey of his er Beuran Hendricks. Sri Lanka recovered from a JAMMU, June 4: The drama by your goodself on Sunday May happenings in cash rich events in international career, carrying the Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi is dramatic batting collapse to of unprofessional conduct contin- 26, 2019, please find the updated future. The sanctity and the spirit hopes of more than a billion also out for at least tomorrow's knock over Afghanistan for ued in the 2nd Police Public squad for KC Sports Club Cricket of the game need to be preserved. when he leads India against an game with a hamstring strain. 152 and seal a 34-run win for Cricket Premier League (PPCPL) Team". The list includes both the Meanwhile, as per the match injury-hit South Africa in their Hashim Amla got a nasty hit on its first victory at the Cricket as Patel Cricket Club, an affiliate members. report issued by the organisers, World Cup opener here tomor- the helmet off Jofra Archer's World Cup today. unit of Jammu and Kashmir Meanwhile, the organisers Samar Strikers and KC Sports row. short ball against England in the The Sri Lankans imploded Cricket Association (JKCA) after receiving the protest letter, Club have registered wins and Kohli is one of the best bats- opening game. from 144-1 to 201 all out in an entered into the finals. men of this era but this edition The clash couldn't possibly innings delayed by nearly three The league is being organized of the World Cup will define his have been more well-timed as hours because of rain at Sophia under the Chairmanship of MK legacy as a leader, an aspect on India have a chance to hold the Gardens in the Welsh capital. Sinha IGP Jammu. Earlier, in the which the jury is still out despite Proteas by the scruff of their Chasing a revised target of first semifinal, KC Sports Club some heady achievements in the neck when they are seemingly at 187 from a maximum 21 overs, defeated Patel Club by 7 wickets. Test arena. their weakest. Afghanistan slumped from 34- Batting first, Patel Cricket Club The current team does have However, a cornered oppo- 0 to 57-5 then battled back scored 105 runs in 19.2 overs. potent match-winners with the nent is always a dangerous through a 64-run stand Aditya top scored with 24 runs, skipper himself being the proposition and head coach Ravi between Gulbadin Naib (23) while Shivansh and Arya con- Sri Lankan players celebrating victory against Afghanistan in and Najibullah Zadran (43). tributed 11 runs each. From World Cup at Cardiff on Tuesday. Today’s Fixture Sri Lanka again responded KCSC, Musaif, Anmol, Madhav, South Africa Vs India (Southampton) 3 pm Aman, Kamalpreet and Dhruv and took the final five wickets SCOREBOARD Bangladesh Vs New Zealand (London) 6 pm Sri Lanka Innings: claimed 1 wicket each. for 31 runs, with recalled D Karunaratne c Najibullah b Nabi 30 In reply, KC Sports Club seamer Nuwan Pradeep getting biggest of them all but it still Shastri, a shrewd tactician by all K Perera c Shahzad b Rashid 78 chased the target by losing 3 4-31. misses the aura, the 'class of means, will be surely making the The 1996 World Cup win- L Thirimanne b Nabi 25 wickets, thus won the match by 2011' under Mahendra Singh players aware of the conse- 7 wickets. Amanpreet top ner lost its opening group K Mendis c Rahmat b Nabi 2 Dhoni had. quences of taking their foot off game to New Zealand by 10 A Mathews c Rahmat b Nabi 0 scored with 57 runs and Anmol Sachin Tendulkar, Virender the pedal. Rana contributed 32 runs to the wickets. Afghanistan has two D de Silva c Shahzad b Hamid 0 Former Ranjhi Trophy Cricketer Dhruv Mahajan interacting Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam The pitch at the Ageas Bowl defeats from two matches, T Perera run out (Hashmatullah/Shahzad) 2 total. Gambhir, Zaheer Khan and stadium in Southampton, devoid with players at KC Sports Club ground in Jammu on Tuesday. From Patel Club, Kartik, after a loss to Australia on I Udana b Dawlat 10 Harbhajan Singh were in a dif- of grass cover, is expected to be Saturday. S Lakmal not out 15 lodged a protest in its semifinal have declared KCSC the winner. Nityam and Dhruv claimed 1 ferent league with the support a batting-friendly but Kohli will match against KC Sports Club, "The thing is not as to whether wicket each. Amanpreet Singh The error-strewn match in L Malinga b Dawlat 4 cast comprising Munaf Patel, have a few points to ponder here today. Patel Cricket Club or KC Sports was declared as the man of the Cardiff featured 52 extras - Sri N Pradeep b Rashid 0 Ashish Nehra, Suresh Raina and upon as the weather forecast on This is such second incident in Club is right or wrong, but the match. He was awarded with Rs Lanka's 35 was the second- Extras: (LB-10, NB-3, W-22) 35 a young Kohli. match day indicates cloud cover the tournament as defending sorry state of affairs is that the 2,000 and a gift hamper from highest scorer in the scorecard Total: (all out, 36.5 overs) 201 But this team, led by Kohli with intermittent shower. champions KC Royals has already game is the loser in such incidents. Ramada and Vivo. - to strengthen the feeling this Bowling: Dawlat 6-0-34-2, Hamid 7-0-53-1, Mujeeb 3-0-19-0, boycotted from the tournament Such episodes should not occur in In another match, Samar and mentored by Dhoni, has had Teams (from): was a contest between the two Nabi 9-0-30-4, Gulbadin 4-0-38-0, Rashid 7.5-1-17-2. because of poor umpiring and mis- the big events like PPCPL. No Strikers defeated AKN Strikers by its share of good results and six India: Virat Kohli (captain), teams likely fighting to avoid Afghanistan Innings: management in this event. matter who wins or loses, but the 48 runs. Batting first, Samar wins in nine games would Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, last place in the 10-team Mohammad Shazad c Karunaratne b Malings 7 "The violation of rules by the game should be the winner, which, Strikers scored 157 runs for the ensure a smooth passage into the K L Rahul, Mahendra Singh group. Hazratullah Zazai c Thisara Perera b Pradeep 30 organisers forced Patel Cricket one gets a feeling, is not the case in loss of 6 wickets. Sumit top scored semi-finals. Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, The Afghans' only win at a Rahmat Shah c Mathews b Udana 2 Club Jammu to walkout from the the polluted atmosphere," said an with 46 runs, while Arsh and Two years of investment has Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, World Cup remains the one Hashmutullah Shahidi c Kusal Perera b Pradeep 4 field during the semifinal match associate member of the organisa- Achintya contributed 18 and 17 gone into building a potent ODI Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra over Scotland in 2015 but Mohammad Nabi b Thisara Perera 11 against KC Sports Club. KC tion on the condition of anonymi- runs to the total respectively. From squad, something that started Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, they'll feel this match slipped Gulbadin Naib lbw Pradeep 23 Sports Club has fielded some play- ty. AKN Strikers, Rahul and Dhruv right after the 2017 Champions Mohammed Shami, from their grasp, especially Najibullah Zadran run out (Karunaratne) 43 ers from outside the State, who On the one hand, the manager took 2 wickets each, while Ishan Trophy final loss against Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dinesh when Sri Lanka was reeling at Rashid Khan b N Pradeep 2 were neither part of the auction nor of KC Sports Club said that PCC claimed 1 wicket each. Pakistan. Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja 159-6 after three wickets in one Dawlat Zadran b Malinga 6 in the list of retained players," said lodged protest when KCSC need- In reply, AKN Strikers scored The 'Men In Blue' have had South Africa: Faf du Plessis over from Mohammad Nabi. Hamid Hassan b Malinga 6 the handout issued here by Sachin ed just 4 runs to win with 7 wick- 109 runs for the loss of 8 wickets, adequate rest. All other teams (captain), Quinton de Kock Sri Lanka, which made the Mujeeb Ur Rahman not out 1 Singh, Coach of Patel Cricket ets in hand and too many overs thus lost the match by 48 runs. have already played two games (wk), Aiden Markram, Hashim fastest 10-over start to the Extras: (B-1, W-15, N-1) 17 Club. left and on the other hand, coach Sumit (30) and Arnav (24) were each and they can't wait to kick- Amla, JP Duminy, David Miller, tournament by racing to 79-0, Total: (all out, 32.4 overs) 152 The handout added that the of Patel Cricket Club said that the main scorers.