THE SHILLONG TIMES, SHILLONG, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017
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Rohit takes Mumbai
Indian to IPL play-offs
MUMBAI: Skipper Rohit
Sharma played a sublime
knock to lead Mumbai Indians to a five-wicket win over
laggards Royal Challengers
Bangalore, ensuring themselves of a berth at the IPL
play-offs, here on Monday.
RCB, opting to bat, put
up 162 for eight with Ab de
Villiers hammering 43 off 27
balls.
It was a rather straightforward chase for Mumbai
as the home team reeled off
59 runs in the last six overs,
courtesy some crisp hitting
from Rohit, who ended with
56 off 37 balls.
Hardik Pandya remained
unbeaten with the captain,
scoring 14 off nine balls.
With the win at Wankhede, Mumbai moved to the
top of the points table with
eight wins out of 10 games
fetching them 16 points.
On the other hand, it was
another disappointing performance from the star-studded RCB, who are very
much out of contention for
a play-off berth. The loss
was their eighth in 11
matches.
Fittingly, Rohit hit the
winning runs, a cracking
drive past mid-off. It was
one of the six boundaries
he hit alongside a maximum.
The quick start to the
chase was provided by Jos
Buttler (33 off 21) and Nitish Rana (27 off 28) after
Parthiv Patel was out for a
first ball duck.
Earlier, Mitchell McClenaghan claimed three
Mumbai Indians’ Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the IPL match against Royal
Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday. (PTI)
wickets as Mumbai Indians
produced a disciplined
bowling performance to restrict RCB to a modest total.
Besides McClenaghan
(3/34), Krunal Pandya (2/34)
took two wickets, while Karn
Sharma (1/23) and Jasprit
Bumrah (1/33) accounted
for wicket apiece.
For RCB, de Villiers
emerged as the top-scorer
after he blasted three fours
and as many sixes during his
27-ball innings, while Pawan
Negi (35) and Kedar Jadhav
(28) provided the late charge
to take the team past the
150-mark.
RCB lost their first wicket
in the fourth over when
Mandeep Singh (17) went
for the slog sweep and was
caught by Hardik.
In the sixth over,
McClenaghan removed
Virat Kohli (20) when the
RCB skipper flicked a slower
ball straight to short
midwicket and Rohit took a
simple catch, reducing the
visitors slipped to 40 for
two.
De Villiers then blasted
McClenaghan over backward point for a four before
sending him over sweeper
cover for a maximum as RCB
scored 52-2 in the
powerplay overs. The
South African gave Krunal
Pandya the same treatment
as RCB accumulated 13 runs
off the ninth over. (PTI)
Brief Scores
Royal Challengers
Bangalore
162/8
AB de Villiers 43
Pawan Negi 35
Mumbai Indians
165/5
Rohit Sharma 56
Jos Butler 33
Janera
Stokes’ fiery century
blows away Lions
PUNE: Ben Stokes hammered an unbeaten 103 under pressure to lead Rising Pune Supergiant to a five-wicket win
over Gujarat Lions that consolidated their fourth position
in IPL, here on Monday.
Chasing a modest 162 to win, the hosts were reeling at
42 for four when the England batsman came out firing on
all cylinders to ensure that the good job done by the bowlers does not go waste.
Stokes braved cramps towards the end of the chase
and batted with determination to help RPS take two points
and enhance their Play-offs chances.
Leg-spinner Imran Tahir had rocked the Lions' batting
order with a three-wicket burst to help his side bundle out
the rivals for a modest 161 in 19.5 overs.
The Lions were off to a flying start with Brendon
McCullum (45) and Ishan Kishan (31) adding 55 quick runs
for the first wicket but lost wickets in a heap to lose way.
Tahir not only broke the opening stand but also got rid
of Aaron Finch (13) and Dwyane Smith (0) in successive
balls. The South African spinner conceded 27 runs in his
four overs.
Lions could not exploit a good batting wicket and if it
was not for Dinesh Karthik's sensible 29-run knock, they
would not have put on board a respectable total.
Paceman Jaydev Unadkat (3/29) also took three wickets to wipe off the tail.
Left-arm paceman Pradeep Sangwan provided the Lions a perfect start by scalping dismissing both Ajinkya
Rahane (4) and Steve Smith (4) in the very first over.
Soon it came 42 for four when Manoj Tiwary (0) was
trapped by Basil Thampi and Rahul Tripathi (6) was run
out.
From here, Stokes joined forces with MS Dhoni and the
duo added 76 runs for the fifth-wicket to frustrate the Lions.
Stokes' onslaught began when he smashed Ravindra
Jadeja for two sixes to collect 15 runs from the 10th over
and never looked back. Dhoni played the second-fiddle as
the former India captain was happy rotating the strike and
finding a boundary here and there.
RPS needed 60 off the final five overs. Stokes creamed
off 16 runs from Dwayne Smith's 16th over but Dhoni hit
one straight to McCullum in the next over by Thampi.
Stokes, though, stayed till the end to take the side to
finish line. His 103 came off 63 balls with seven fours and
six sixes.
RPS now have 12 points from 10 matches to be in fourth
spot while Lions are sixth with six points.
Salantini
MEGHALAYA A·DOKO
A·CHIKKUO SALANTIO
NAKATCHENGGIPA
NIKSENGGIPA SONGBAT.
HYDERABAD: There is no bigger advantage like playing
at 'home' and that's precisely the reason why Sunrisers
captain David Warner wants his team to turn the Rajiv
Gandhi Stadium in Uppal into a virtual 'fortress'.
"These (Hyderabad) are different conditions. The thing
here is that we are trying to turn this ground into our
fortress. Every team tries to win as many games at home as
they can," said Warner, who enthralled one and all with
his 59-ball-126 against Kolkata Knight Riders.
"Whether you win or loss the toss, you have to have a
positive mindset and tell the guys to play freely. I expect
my guys to go out there and give their 100 percent," said
Warner.
The defending champions are in firm contention to seal
a berth for the play-offs. (PTI)
Govt issues
work order
for Aadhaar
By Our Reporter
Rising Pune Supergiants’ Ben Stokes plays a shot
during the IPL T20 match played against Gujarat Lions
in Pune on Monday. (PTI)
Earlier, Kishan took some time to get his eye in but
made up for the dot balls by hitting a few big shots quite
comfortably. On the other end, McCulllum was on fire from
the beginning, treating both spinners and pacers with disdain. (PTI)
Brief Scores
Today’s Match
Rising Pune
Supergiant
167/10
Ben Stokes 103
Gujarat Lions
161/10
B McCullum 45
Imran Tahir 27/3
Daredevils
vs
Sunrisers
(8 PM)
India gain points to
move up to 3rd place
in ICC rankings
DUBAI: India gained five
points to move up to 3rd
place with South Africa
maintaining its pole position
in the latest ICC ODI team
rankings.
Australia remained in the
second position while India,
which will defend the ICC
Champions Trophy title in
the UK in June, has
swapped places with ICC
Cricket World Cup 2015 finalist New Zealand.
Both the sides have
gained points following the
update but India's five-point
gain against New Zealand's
increase of three means India are now ranked third
with 117 points and New
Zealand a notch below at
fourth with 115 points in
their kitty.
The West Indies are in a
spot of bother as per the latest rankings list released on
Monday.
=The eighth-ranked Pakistan has opened up a ninepoint advantage over ninthranked the West Indies,
which can prove decisive
since England plus the next
seven highest-ranked sides
as on 30 September 2017 will
qualify automatically for the
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
Both Pakistan and ninthranked West Indies have
dropped points following
the update - Pakistan slipping from 90 points to 88
points and the West Indies
sliding from 83 points to 79
points.
However, Pakistan’s pre-
update seven-point gap has
extended to nine points.
As such, the table now
reflects all matches from
May 1 2014, with matches
played from 1 May 2016 carrying 100 per cent
weightage.
Seventh-ranked Bangladesh and sixth-ranked Sri
Lanka have also conceded
points.
Bangladesh has surrendered one point and is now
on 91 points, but its gap over
eighth-ranked Pakistan has
increased from two points
to three.
Sri Lanka, which was sitting pretty on 98 points prior
to the annual update, has
slid to 93 points to now lead
Bangladesh by only two
points. However, Sri Lanka
leads the West Indies by 14
points.
Meanwhile, South Africa
has gained four points to
remain on top with 123
points, while second-ranked
Australia stay put on 118
points.
England, which will host
the ICC Champions Trophy
2017 and the ICC Cricket
World Cup 2019, has retained its fifth ranking but
has moved up one point to
109.
There is no change to
10th-ranked Afghanistan's
tally of 52 points, but 11thranked Zimbabwe has
dropped two points and is
now on 46 points. Ireland
has gained one point and is
on 43 points. (PTI)
DD skipper Zaheer likely to
miss remaining IPL matches
NEW DELHI: Delhi Daredevils skipper Zaheer Khan
is unlikely to play in the remainder of the Indian Premier League due to a hamstring strain.
Zaheer had suffered the
injury during a match
against Kolkata Knight Riders at Edens Gardens and
according to team sources,
he will miss the next match
against
Sunrisers
Hyderabad on Tuesday.
However, with back-to-
Zaheer Khan
back matches and considering his age and past problems with hamstring, it is
unlikely that Zaheer will be
able to recover in time.
The 38-year-old seamer
had missed the last game
against Kings XI Punjab
where Delhi were bowled
out for 67.
"Zaheer will be missing
the match against Sunrisers
Hyderabad tomorrow due
to the hamstring strain that
he suffered during the
match against Kolkata
Knight Riders but he is
unlikely to make a comeback," a team source said.
"He will have little time
to recover from the strain
due to the hectic schedule
of IPL. Karun Nair will be
the stand-in captain for
tomorrow," he added.
Delhi are languishing
at the eighth spot with
only two wins in their
eight games so far. (PTI)
TEAMS
M
W
L
NR
PTS
Mumbai Indians
10
8
2
0
16
K Knight Riders
10
7
3
0
14
SR Hyderabad
10
6
3
1
13
R Pune Supergiant
10
6
4
0
12
Kings XI Punjab
9
4
5
0
8
Gujarat Lions
10
3
7
0
6
RC Bangalore
10
2
8
1
5
Delhi Daredevils
8
2
6
0
4
Orange Cap - DA Warner (SRH) 459 runs
Purple Cap - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) 20 wickets
Abbas bags four as
West Indies make 312
BRIDGETOWN: Pakistan's
opening pair were laying the
foundations of a solid reply at
36 without loss at lunch after
their bowlers had dismissed
the West Indies for 312 in the
first innings on the second
day of the second Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados on
Monday.
Mohammad Abbas led the
visiting bowlers' effort with
two more wickets to finish
with four for 56, the best figures by a Pakistan fast bowler
in Test innings at the venue,
bettering Wasim Akram's four
for 73 in 1988, as the home
team lost their last four wickets for the addition of 26 more
runs.
West Indies' hopes of pushing towards a total closer to
the 400-run mark were dashed
within the first nine deliveries
of the morning as their firstday heroes, Roston Chase and
Jason Holder, were dismissed
without any addition to the
overnight total of 286 for six.
Holder was the first to go,
his late decision to pull away
from an Abbas delivery resulting in an inside-edge to wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed.
Mohammad Amir then removed Chase, whose 131 was
the first Test century by a Barbadian on home soil for 18
years. Drawn forward by a fulllength delivery, his indeterminate prod resulted in a thick
outside edge for Younis Khan
to snare his third catch of the
innings at second slip.
Devendra Bishoo played in
his usual pugnacious manner
but Abbas' insistence to captain Misbah ul Haq for another
over reaped immediate rewards
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SHILLONG: The State Government on Monday issued
work order for Aadhaar enrollment.
Additional Chief Secretary P.W Ingty, who is dealing with the matter, said the
work order was issued to
Avvas Infotech Private Limited.
The firm will tie up with
the East Khasi Hills deputy
commissioner to start enrollment.
He said the process will
start this month.
Ingty said details of the
National Population Register (NPR) will be considered
before enrollment. However, applicants who are not
under NPR can produce
other documents, including
EPIC, for getting Aadhaar
number.
The firm will charge Rs
39-40 per enrollment and the
Centre had already provided fund for the project.
when Bishoo lifted an ondrive to Yasir Shah at mid-on.
Shah then wrapped up the innings when Alzarri Joseph
was bowled missing a heave
at a full-toss in the leg-spinner's first over of the morning. Pakistan were fortunate
to reach the interval with the
openers still together as
Vishaul Singh failed to hold
on to a low catch at wide midon offered by Ahmed Shehzad
off Shannon Gabriel.
None of the other bowlers
appeared particularly threatening in the brief passage of
play before the break although Chase was able to extract considerable turn and
bounce delivering his offspinners into the considerable
rough that has already appeared on an otherwise rockhard pitch. (AFP)
‘Mission-40 a
reality, not
rhetoric’
SHILLONG: BJP State
general secretary Bashailang Khongwir said on
Monday the party's Mission-40 in the 2018 Assembly elections is a reality
and not rhetoric.
Reiterating BJP's earlier claims to become the
single largest party in
Meghalaya, Khongwir
said, "Many prominent
leaders are joining the party and with this trend, we
see no difficulty in getting
close to Mission-40 (winning 40 Assembly seats)."
He also rubbished reports that BJP is planning
a divide and rule policy on
communal lines.
Addressing the media
on Monday, Khongwir
said the party has set up a
strong 'Army of social
media' to counteract political propaganda by opponents. "We are very much
aware of the propaganda
spread by other political
parties," said Khongwir.
Changing colours
Around 20 politicians
in the State are in touch
with BJP, Khongwir said
when asked whether any
politicians have sent feelers to the party.
Referring to chances
given to certain failed politicians, he said, "We cannot judge people with the
same yardstick. We have
to do our homework and
survey. We will check on
the positive report as well
as the winnability factor of
a candidate."
ST POLL
Question: Will the BJP be able
to win 40 seats in the 2018
State elections if prominent
politicians join the party?
(Poll closes at Midnight)
PREVIOUS QUESTION
Question: Will the proposed
move by sitting MLAs to look
for better prospects help the
regional parties of the State?
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Aizawl football fans clean the stadium after the I-League match held on Sunday night at
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Polo. The unique gesture received appreciation with citizens of
the State including former minister RG Lyngdoh lauding the fans from Mizoram.
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Early Assembly polls Big fish in drug
unlikely in Meghalaya supply chain
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Meghalaya is unlikely to
have early Assembly polls as there is
no indication from the Election Commission (EC) in this regard.
"There is no indication from the
Election Commission of India for holding early polls," Chief Electoral Officer Frederick Kharkongor said on Monday.
There were rumours that the Meghalaya Assembly polls will be advanced to the end of this year.
However, Kharkongor said though
the EC had discussed election preparedness with the chief electoral officers of the states which will go to polls
this year and the next, there was no
talks on holding polls early.
In the North East, the States which
will go to polls in 2018 are Meghalaya,
Nagaland, Tripura and Mizoram.
While Gujarat polls are scheduled
for this year, Himachal Pradesh will go
to polls next year.
In 2013, the election was announced in January and the polling
date was February 23.
Kharkongor, however, said he is in
touch with the deputy commissioners
regarding election preparedness so
that they can mobilise themselves.
Early election for Meghalaya is unlikely since Puja will be held in September followed by examinations in
November and Christmas in December.
Kharkongor said the Election department is also looking at the enrollment of new voters who have attained
18 years of age in January next year.
Kharkongor said the EC will hold a
meeting soon with the chief electoral
officers of the poll-bound states.
2 held with Rs 1.32-lakh
fake notes in WGH
By Our Reporter
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We want to turn Uppal
Stadium into Sunrisers’
fortress: Warner
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SHILLONG: Two persons
were arrested with counterfeit notes worth Rs 1.32 lakh
in West Garo Hills on Monday.
All the fake Indian currency notes (FICN) were in
Rs 2,000 and were of "very
high quality and only experts could differentiate",
said West Garo Hills SP
Raghvendra Kumar. Police
are looking for other members of the gang.
"This is supposedly a big
gang of international smugglers who source their FICN
from across the international border mostly through
Mankachar," he said.
The arrested persons
A close-up of one of the fake currency notes seized
from two persons in Rajabala area on Monday. (ST)
have been identified as Abdul Kalam from Hazirat and
Salseng Sangma and they
have a wide network in Garo
Hills.
The seized notes are difficult to discern as they have
most of the security features, including the high
security thread and raised
printing for the visually
challenged.
The police said the gang
has circulated around Rs 3040 lakhs in Garo Hills. The
gang’s modus operandi is to
mix FICN into the system at
local markets and through
other businesses.
The two-wheeler that the
arrested duo was using was
also seized.
Ministers’
popularity a pain
for Secretariat
administration
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The popularity of Cabinet ministers HDR
Lyngdoh and Sniawbhalang
Dhar has become a headache for the Administration
Department.
The two ministers are often seen surrounded by
hundreds of visitors from
respective constituencies.
Sources said the frequent meetings make the
Secretariat crowded and
raise security concerns as
there are other VIPs, including the chief minister, and
bureaucrats working there.
According to the sources, the two ministers dedicate most of their working
hours to meeting people,
which is against the rules of
the Secretariat.
(Contd on P-10)
remain elusive
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The menace of
drug addiction is turning
into a hydra with police finding it difficult to identify the
big fish involved in the supply chain.
In the past one year, several small-time drug traffickers were arrested in the city
but how far the netting of
fries is helping in addressing the problem remains a
question.
Speaking to reporters
here on Monday, East Khasi Hills SP Davis R. Marak
said the city is a transit point
for drug supply and big
players might not be here.
"It is quite difficult to establish a chain from smalltime drug traffickers who
have been arrested by police in the recent past," he
added.
Shillong has multiple entry points for drugs and the
most common route for
smugglers is Myanmar-Manipur-Silchar-Shillong
route.
The SP said the local police are coordinating with the
neighbouring states and
other agencies who are
working against drug abuse
so that the supply chain can
be broken. (Contd on P-10)
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Minor’s rape &
trafficking case
Three more
charge-sheets
to be filed soon
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: East Khasi
Hills District Police are in the
process of submitting three
more charge-sheets in the
high-profile rape and trafficking case involving a 14year-old girl.
East Khasi Hills SP Davis
R. Marak on Monday said
altogether 11 cases were registered in this connection
and three have already been
charge-sheeted and three
more will be submitted
shortly.
Marak said 19 persons,
including Mawhati MLA
Julius Dorphang, have been
arrested so far and 2-3 more,
including 'Prof. Roy', are yet
to be arrested though they
have been identified.
(Contd on P-10)