Short Corner — Delhi

Brief Scores: DS Group: 183 for 5 (Ashish Sharma 71, Rakesh Bhatia 31, Deepak Anand 26 not out, Harish 21 not out, Ashwani Anand 3 for 49) bt CWC: 180 for 9 (Amrish Gautam 60, Sunil Sudan 35, Bijender Tanwar 32, Praveen Thapar 4 for 18).

DDA games
Top seed KBL Srivastava, a former national A player retained the title of DDA annual indoor games chess championship for the eleventh time at Vikas Sadan.

S R Hussain clinched the second position again this year also while Jatinder Rawat and PC Aggarwal got the third and fourth position, respectively.

Results: KBL Srivastava (4.5), SR Hussain (3.5), Jitender Rawat (3.5), PC Aggarwal (3.5), Gurbachan Singh (3.5), Girish (3.0), DS Negi (3.0), Umesh Sharma (2.5), Ram Avtar (2.5), Harikishan Singh (2.0), Madan Lal (2.0), Amar Singh (2.0), Sanjay Kishore (1.5), SC Dhwan (1), Jagdish (1), HP Arya (-).

Delhi Police win
A stroke-filled unbeaten knock by Anil Rana (114) and deadly bowling by Brij Mohan Gulati (4 for 35) enabled Delhi Police crush East Colts Sports by a huge margin of 123 runs in the second Hari Singh Tyagi TYCA league at Mohan Meakin ground. Monu Sharma was the most successful all-rounder for the losers who top scored 30 runs and claimed 2 for 30.

Brief Scores: Delhi Police: 221 for 5 (Anil Rana 114 not out, Vineet Bhardwaj 28, Harvinder 23, Monu Sharma 2 for 30, Neeraj Arya 2 for 45) bt East Colts: 98 (Monu Sharma 30, Neeraj Arya 20, Maninder Singh 20, Brij Mohan Gulati 4 for 35, Sune Singh 3 for 24, Ajeet Singh 2 for 6).

Rawat promoted
Athlete Dinesh Rawat, a member of the Indian quartet which won the 4 X 400 metres relay silver medal in the Bangkok Asian Games last month, has been given an out-of-turn promotion.

The promotion for Rawat, a stenographer in the Central Electricity Authority, was announced by Power Minister P R Kumaramangalam, according to an official press release. Rawat is the first employee of the Central Secretariat to win an Asian Games medal.

Arvinder excels
An unbeaten knock by Arvinder Singh (59) helped MACA triumph over Gold Star Club by six wickets in the first Maharaja Agarsen (under-14) tournament at Ashok Vihar.

Arvinder Singh, Rohan Khurana, R Bhardwaj and Rajat Sachdeva were the top scorers for the winners while MS Manocha’s unbeaten 64 and Jasvinder Singh’s 40 went in vain for the losers. Arpit Sikka was the most successful bowler for Gold Star while Sagar Kamboj (2 for 19) and Vinit Arora (2 for 23) were the main wicket-takers for the MACA.

Brief Scores: MACA: 208 for 4 (Arvinder Singh 59 not out, Rohan Khrana 34, R Bhardwaj 37, Rajat Sachdeva 31 not out, Arpit Sikka 3 for 37). Gold Star: 205 for 8 (MS Manocha 64 not out, Jasvinder Singh 40, Sagar Kamboj 2 for 19, Vinit Arora 2 for 23).

Badsa in final
Badsa Club prevailed over JK Sports in a semi-final match of Dada Swami memorial tournament at Dariyapur. The match ended in a tie but with the spin of coin, Badsa enter the final. Satish Kumar (53) and Pawan Sharma (41) were the top scorers for Badsa while Ashwani Kumar (45) and Naseeb Kumar (37) scored for the losers.

Brief Scores: Badsa: 140 (Satish Kumar 53, Pawan Sharma 41, Hans Raj 35, Ashwani Kumar 3 for 14, Naresh Kaushik 3 for 20). JK Sports: 140 (Ashwani Kumar 45, Naseen Kumar 37, Dharmesh Singhal 27, Bhagwan Dass 4 for 30, Jitender Gulia 3 for 17).

Rakesh hits 104
A stroke-filled century by Rakesh Singh (104) enabled Collage Group won the title of the Chaudhary Karan Singh memorial tournament beating RBL Club by 21 runs at Nangloi.

Electing to bat, Collage Group scored 236 for four wickets in stipulated 35 overs. In reply, RBL were all out for 215 in 34.2 overs.

Players were also awarded according to their performance in the tournament. They are: Rakesh Singh (man of the match, man of the tournament and best batsman); Mahesh Bhatti (best bowler); Rohit Sharma (best all-rounder).

Brief Scores: Collage Group: 236 for 4 (Rakesh Singh 104, John Anthony 38 not out, Sunil 30) bt RBL: 215 (Mahesh Rawat 41, Rohit Sharma 31, Yogender Khari 36, Mahesh Bhatti 2 for 35, Sanjay Verma 2 for 29).

Parinder sparkles
An unbeaten knock by Haryana Ranji player Parinder Sharma (90) and superb bowling by another Haryana Ranji player, Sanjay Dalal (4 for 30) enabled Bright Club (Bhiwani) won the ET & T Cup championship defeating Hissar District cricket association by 110 runs at Janta College (Charkhi Dadri) according to reports reaching here.

Brief Scores: Bright Club: 270 for 8 (Parinder Sharma 90 not out, Sumeet Sharma 50, Jasvir Singh 40, Sanjay Dalal 25, Rambir Singh 20, Abhijit Singh 2 for 60, Rajender 2 for 45) bt Hissar: 160 (Manish Sangwan 70, Abhijit Singh 35, Sanjay Dalal 4 for 30, Sanjay Balwan 3 for 30, Joginder Singh 2 for 28).

Mahesh, Harish shine
A superb knock by Mahesh (64) enabled Central Secretariat triumph over Little Master by 58 runs in A-II division of DDCA league at Ram Jas sports complex.

Jai Prakash (3 for 17) and Sanjay Singh (3 for 25) were the top wicket-takers for the winners while Sunil Sharma (39) and Vikas Chandan (38) contributed for the Little Master.

In another match, Harish Bhaskar’s 60 enabled Indian Air Force beat Ircon Club by five wicketa in the same division at Yamuna sports complex.

Brief Scores: Central Sectretariat: 209 for 6 (Mahesh 64, Sanjay Singh 34, Sanjeev 30, Baljeet Singh 2 for 41, Sunil Sharma 2 for 48) bt Little Master: 151 (Sunil Sharma 39, Vikas Chandan 38, Jai Prakash 3 for 17, Sanjay Singh 3 for 25, Manoj Sharma 2 for 38). Indian Air Force: 131 for 5 (Harish Bhaskar 60, Alok Chand Dabral 24, KK Dixit 22 not out, Sunil Aggarwal 2 for 17) bt Ircon Club: 130 for 8 (Surender Kumar 31, Rajender Singh 30, Harpreet Singh 2 for 17, RK Singh 2 for 11).

Delhi hockey
The Delhi State Hockey Championships will be held at Shivaji Stadium from tomorrow. It will be played on knockout basis in which affiliated clubs/institutions of Delhi Hockey Association will participate. The final will be played on February 2.

Tomorrow, the inaugural match will be played between Youngsters Club and Major Bhupnder Singh XI at 3 pm.

Charanjit bereaved
S. Ujjal Singh Raheja, father of Charanjit Singh, Delhi Hockey Association secretary, died here last week. Kirtan and related functions will be held at Gurdwara Pahari Wala, GK-I on Sunday.

Farewell to Malhotra
A farewell cricket match in honour of O P Malhotra, Director of Physical Education of PGDAV College, who is retiring after a glorious tenure of over three decades, will be held at the college grounds on Friday. Malhotra, who played in the National football championships, had groomed a number of sportsmen who went on to excel at national and international level.