Rathi spells Delhi's doomTwo partnerships of 61 for the third wicket and 35 for the eighth wicket helped Delhi salvage some pride on the opening day of their under-16 tournament against Haryana as Delhi were shot out for 142 in 82.2 overs at the VKM School grounds in Rohtak today. In reply, Haryana were 16 for no loss with Saurav Bharadwaj (4) and Nishant Goyal (9) remaining unseparated.After electing to bat, Delhi were 33 for two but Rajiv Uniyal (38) and skipper Sanjay Kumar (19) raised some vision of steadying the ship by adding 61 for the third wicket. But an incisive second spell by medium-pacer Rahul Rathi gave Haryana the much-needed break as Rathi captured four wickets conceding only runs in 11 overs. Kunal Bharadwaj (14) and Amandeep (24) added 35 for the eighth wicket before Rathi came back to wipe out the tail to add three more to his tally.Brief Scores: Delhi 1st innings: (Nikhil Kumar 19, Rajiv Uniyal 38, Sanjay Kumar 19, Kunal Bharadwaj 14, Amandeep 24, Rahul Rathi 7 for 35, Sunil Chaudhary 2 for 34); Haryana 1st innings (16 for no loss).GHPS outwit Jagat ConventGuru Harkishan Public School (India Gate) outwitted Jagat Convent 2-0 in the senior boys section of the first Delhi Sikh public schools table tennis tournament being played at Guru Tegh Bahadur 3rd Centenary Public School, Mansarovar Garden. Naunihal Singh, Jatin (GHPS) beat Varun (2-1) and Ranjit (2-0) (Jagar Convent), respectively. In junior boys section, GTB 3rd Centenary Public School beat GHPS (Karol Bagh) 2-0 (Prabhjot Singh bt Arvind 2-0, Arshnoor Singh beat Dalbir Singh 2-0) while in the sub-junior section, Jagat Gagan's Gagan Chadha and Sunny Singh prevailed over Nandit (2-0), Nitin (2-0) of GHPS (India Gate), respectively.KN Colts prevailKN Colts overwhelmed Salwan Public Academy by six wickets in the second Shanti Cup (under18) tournament. Hement Kumar (4 for 20), Lovekesh (3 for 9) were the main wicket-takers for the winners while Saurabh Jindal got 2 for 12 for the losers.Rahul shapes Alpine winA fine spell of bowling by Rahul Aggarwal (6 for 43) helped Alpine Club down Telefunken Club by four wickets in division B match of DDCA league at Kotla 2. Dinesh Verma (53 n.o) Sudhanshu Sharma (36) were the top scorers for the winners while Pankaj Kumar hits 116 for the losers. In another match, LIC defeated Vipul Sarees by six wickets in the same division match at Yamuna sports complex.Brief Scores: Alpine: 225 for 6 (Dinesh Verma 53 not out, Sudhanshu Sharma 36, Pradeep Bisth 36, Aditya Gadia 2 for 38) beat Telefunken: 224 (Pankaj Kumar 116, Sushil Kumar 31, Rahul Aggarwal 6 for 43). LIC: 167 for 4 (Sunil Tangaria 62, Ajit Minz 25 not out, Brijesh Obrai 2 for 31) beat Vipul Sarees: 166 (Vikas Sharma 56, Vabhav Kumar 39, Yougesh Joshi 2 for 30, Prashant 2 for 31).Preet Pal Singh excelsA fine bowling display by 13-year-old Preet Pal Singh (4 for 12) and fine batting by Karun Jethi (91) helped Salwan Boy's reach the quarter final of the fourth Chacha Nehru beatin Bal Bharti Public School (Brij Vihar) by 167 runs.Modern, Salwan triumphModern School (Barakhamba Road) defeated Gyan Bharti School by 61 runs in RP Jain trophy tournament. Raunak (60), Depesh (62) scored for Modern while Gaurav Sharma scored 56 for Gyan Bharti. In another match, Salwan Boys beat Manav Sthali by eight wickets.
