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Kochar, Gambhir shine for GeminiFine spell of bowling by Sandeep Kochar (4 for 30) and a fine knock of 78 (9x4, 1x6) by left-handed Gauta...

Kochar, Gambhir shine for Gemini
Fine spell of bowling by Sandeep Kochar (4 for 30) and a fine knock of 78 (9×4, 1×6) by left-handed Gautam Gambhir helped Gemin Cluib beat Punjab National Bank by 50 runs in the second Hari Singh Tyagi TYCA league at Yamuna sports complex. The winners earned eight points for the victory.

Gambhir added 91 runs for the second wicket with 11-year-old Karan Harit (14). Sidharth Verma (41 not out: 4×4) was the other principal scorer as Gemini made 209 for six in 35 overs. PNB were restricted to 159 for six, Sandeep Kochar causing the maximum damage.

Brief Scores: Gemini: 209 for 6 in 35 overs (Gautam Gambhir 78, Sidharth Verma 41 not out, D K Bhatti 2 for 37, P K Kochar 2 for 51) bt Punjab National Bank: 159 for 6 in 35 overs (H S Kohli 42, D K Bhatti 22, Y K Saxena 21, Sandeep Kochar 4 for 30, Pankaj Joshi 2 for 20) by 50 runs.

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Golden in final
K S Rana’s all-round performance (30, 2 for 23) enabled J N Golden beat Trans Yamuna Cricket Association by 78 runs to enter the final of Sandeep Suri memorial tournament at Satyawati College ground.

Brief Scores: J N Golden: 221 all out in 38.2 overs (K S Rana 30, Subhash Chaudhary 36, Vrendera Sharma 26, Vikas Vij 3 for 31, Surender 2 for 45, Jai Prakash 2 for 41) bt TYCA: 143 all out in 31.2 overs (Sanjay Sharma 44, Anil Rana 29, K S Rana 2 for 23, Rohit Sharma 3 for 39, Raj Kumar Wasan 2 for 24) by 78 runs.

Gagandeep impressive
Gagandeep’s all-round performance (3 for 20, 64) helped Selectronic beat HECL by seven wickets in the semi-final of the fifth Oracle Cup tournament, organised by Cyber Media India.

Brief Scores: semi-finals: HECL: 177 all out in 30 overs (Gopal 39, Murthy 35, Gagandeep 3 for 20, Manmohan 2 for 27, Sanjeev 2 for 45) lost to Selectronic: 183 for 3 in 25 overs (Gagandeep 64, Manmohan 42 not out, Ashsh 35, Murthy 2 for 32) by seven wickets. quarter-finals: Tata Infotech: 250 for 5 in 25 overs (Amit 89, Jaswinder 59, Vikrant 39, Abheek 28) bt cadence: 163 all out in 22.3 overs (Vinayak 42, Joy 25, Rahul 3 for 23, Dentak 2 for 21, Amit 2 for 27) by 87 runs; Hewlett Packard: 191 for 9 in 25 overs (Sanjay 21, Rakesh 58, Ashish 3 for 28, Kulbhushan 3 for 38) bt SGS Thomson: 158 all out in 23.2 overs (Sabyasachi 28, Abhinav 22, Henry 2 for 16, Sanjay 2 for 34) by 33 runs.