CHANDIGARH, Nov 15: Gurdeep Rana’s all-round show (54 n.o. and 3 for 31) fashioned Gymkhana XI’s two-run win over PGI XI in the JAL Cup cricket tournament here today. Chasing Gymkhana XI’s total of 173, PGI XI were allout with four balls to spare. Anil Chaudhary (37) and Amit Bhardwaj (31) were the main run-getters for the team.
Scores: Gymkhana XI: 173 for 7 (Karanvir 64 n.o., Gurdeep Rana 54 n.o., Krishan Mohan 22, Gurbachan Singh 18, Amit Bhardwaj 2-14) beat PGI XI: 171 (Anil Chaudhary 37, Amit Bhardwaj 31, Rakesh Jolly 16, Gurdeep Rana 3-31, Sukhwinder Tinkoo 2-25).
Harjot deadly
Fine spell by Harjot ( 5 for 7) enabled St John’s High School-26 beat Government Model School-35 by four wickets in the under-16 boys group in the Edmund Rice cricket tournament held at St John’s School today.
Akshay Sharma of St Kabir-26 was awarded the best all-rounder in the meet. Sahil and Balwar Pooni were declared best bowler and batsman respectively.
Brief Scores: Govt Model-35: 145 in 27 overs (Rosha 25, Balwar Pooni 22, Vinay 20, Jasdeep 16, Harjot Sidhu 5 for 7, Sikander Jaitely 2 for 33); St John’s-26: 146 for 6 in 24.4 overs (Kanu Sarin 41, Varun Sethia 22, Ajay Paul 16, Sikander Jaitely 16, Sahil 2 for 25).
Kusum shines
Dev Samaj School, Sector 21 beat Government Model School-35 by six wickets in the UT Inter-School (girls) cricket championship yesterday.
Scores: GMS-35: 93 for 9 (Bhavna (sr) 19, Jyoti 19, Kusum 2-20, Anuradha 2-18, Shelja 2-20) lost to Dev Samaj School: 94 for 4 (Kusum 43 n.o., Anuradha 15 n.o.; Rishu 3-25).