NEW DELHI, September 27: An unbeaten 75 of 66 balls by Jagdish Singh, studded with two sixes and seven boundaries, helped Subhania Club beat Ajmal Khan Club by 68 runs in the Sheetala Pradad Jain memorial cricket tournament at the Mohan Meakin ground here today.Electing to bat on a pitch that was batsman friendly, Subhania notched up 237 for four in the allotted 40 overs with Jagdish spearheading the batting. Besides Jagdisxh, Shahbaz Mobin made 68 with three sixes and four fours. Useful contributions also came frrom Hanish Aror and Amit Sharrma.Jitender And Naresh Kumar shared the wickets that fell.In reply, chasing a none-too-modest total Ajmal Khan Club wilted under the constant pressure of left-arm spinner Kundan Meha to fold at 169 in 37.2 overs.The under- 19 Delhi bowler captured fourr wickets giving away just 26 runs while Saurabh Gulia (3 for 20) was the other main wicket taker. Naresh was the lone batsman who put up a semblance of fight to topscore for the team.Brief scores: Subhania (237 for 4: Jagdish Singh 75 not out, S. Mobin 68, Hanish Arora 30, Amit Shamra 35 not out, Jitender 2 for 45, Naresh Kumar 2 for 39) bt Ajmal Khan (2/169: Naresh 44, Bhupender Yadav 26, Kumdan Meha 4 for 26, S. Gulia 3 for 20, Rajesh Gahlot 2 for 15).Anand is bestPataudi XI defeated Bedi XI by three runs in the second Kanwar Ashish inte-houseCricket tournament held at the DPS (RKP) between September 17 and 27. Saurav Anand was declared the best player of the tournament and his effort during tournament (167 runs and eight wickets) fetched him a monthly scholarship of Rs. 1,000 per month from former India captain and national coach-designate Kapil Dev. Earlier, Bishan Singh Bedi was the chief guest of the tournament.
