Short Corner — Delhi

Record total by Ashoka at Kotla 2A record of sorts was established in the DDCA league at the Kotla 2 here today when Ashoka Club amassed 458...

Record total by Ashoka at Kotla 2
A record of sorts was established in the DDCA league at the Kotla 2 here today when Ashoka Club amassed 458 for eight in the stipulated 40 overs — a record total at the venue. Himanshu struck 176 with the help of 19 sixes and seven boundaries in his 74-ball hurricane knock to help Ashoka beat Oriental Bank of Commerce on better run-rate. OBC replied wth 110 for four in 22 overs when rain put a halt to further play.

Brief Scores
: Ashoka: 458 for 8 (Himanshu 176, Nitin 83, Rajbeer Verma 59, Arvind Mehra 43, Ashok

Thakur 3 for 74, Kishore 2 for 51). OBC: 110 for 4 (S K Sharma 59, Jagpreet Singh 3 for 14).

Title for Hillgrove
Hillgrove Public School (Safdarjung Enclave) won the Zone-19 volleyball tournament defeating LBS School, RK Puram 8-15, 15-1, 15-6 at DTEA Moti Bagh School. Pramod Gautam, Ravinder Singh, Naveen, Sandeep, Kapil, Davneet, Varun and Ashish Biswal played well for the winners.

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Wajih triumphs
Nassir Wajih of Railways clinched the inter-ministry chess title with 10 points after beating Rajesh Kumar of Defence in the final round. VP Sharma (Rly) emerged runner-up with nine points.

Results: Nassir Wajih bt Rajesh Kumar; Anil Kumar Kalsayan lost to VP Sharma; DK Gupta drew with JM Baisakh; SP Mahto bt K Ravindra Nath; JP Srivastava bt Virender Singh; P Chakrapani lost to JC Dutta; BC Sahu lost to Sunil Prabhat; Ramesh Prasad bt Prabhat Gujral; P Ramesh Reddy bt Ashish Yadav; Naresh Bhatia lost to Santosh Kumar.

Sanjay excels
Deadly bowling by Sanjay Nagar (5 for 9) enabled Kirori Mal College triumph over DCAC College by eight wickets in the Delhi University inter-college match at PGDAV College ground.

In another match, Hindu College crushed Deen Dayal Upadhyay College by 223 runs.

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Brief Scores: KMC: 88 (Sunil Yadav 41, Avtar Singh 30 n.o,). DCAC: 87 (Gourav Bhatia 25, Sanjay Nagar 5/9, Sunil Yadav 2/30, Prasoon Pathra 3/33). Hindu: 288 (Radhey Shyam 102, Vikas Puri 40, Rohit Ralahan 56 n.o,Kumar Surender 65 n.o), Deen Dayal:64 (Sumit 21, Amit Yadav 3-23, Sanjay 3/15, Surinder 2/17, Anil 2/4).

Kirori Mal College prevailed over Hans Raj College 60-57 in inter-college basketball. In another match, SGTB Khalsa College defeated Satyawati College 53-40 while ARDS College got a walkover from RLA (E).

Crown for Salwan
Holders Salwan Boys won the third Bon Ton inter-school tournament by eight wickets defeating Modern School (Barakhamba Road) at Gyan Bharati School grounds. Dilip TT (114 n.o, 5 for 58, 3 for 42) and Pradeep Chawla (78) were the top contributors for the winners while Gautam Ghambhir (102) and Sonal Gidwani (92) were the top scorers for the losers.

Brief Scores: Salwan: 284 (Dilip TT 114 n.o, Vishal Tyagi 50, Nitin Aggarwal 26 n.o, Sonal Gidwani 3/57; 163: Pradeep Chawla 78, Chetan Sharma 37 n.o). Modern: 199 (Sonal Gidwani 92, Pricnay Mehra 28 n.o, Dilip TT 5/58, Rakesh Raman Jha 4/68; 244 (Gautam Ghambhir 102, Pricnay Mehra 38, Chetan Sharma 3/44, Dilip TT 3/42). Man of the tournament: Gautam Ghambhir; best batsman: Dilip TT; best bowler: Nitin Aggarwal; best fielder: Karan Jethli.

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Brij Mohan stars
All-round performance by Brij Mohan (51 n.o, 5/25) enabled Keshav Puram beat Golden Star by four wickets in the President’s Estate match at PBG ground.

Brief Scores: Keshav Puram: 175 (Brij Mohan 51 n.o, Dharmesh Verma 37, Rajesh Raina 39 n.o, Rajesh Sharma 2/46), Golder Star:172 (Vishal 46, Dinesh 49, Brij Mohan 5/25, Amit Kumar 3/34, Dharmesh Verma 2/20).