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OBC, N. Rly triumphOriental Bank of Commerce edged past formidable Punjab National Bank by a solitary goal in a group A super league matc...

OBC, N. Rly triumph
Oriental Bank of Commerce edged past formidable Punjab National Bank by a solitary goal in a group A super league match to enter the semi-final of the DSA-OBC Institutional football league at Ambedkar Stadium. In other matches, Delhi Audit held Zakir Husain College to a 1-1 draw in the group B to sail into the semi-final and will meet holders FCI (north zone) in the second semi-final while Northern Railway prevailed over Central Sect 1-0 in the same group and completed their fixtures by getting nine points.

RR Gymkhana in semis
Fine spell of bowling by Nischal Gaur (3 for 17) and fine knocks by Chawla brothers (Neeraj and Pradeep) guided RR Gymkhana to a nine-run victory over Madras Club to enter the semi-final of the DDCA Hot Weather tournament at Kotla.
Brief scores: RR Gymkhana: 161 (Neeraj Chawla 33, Pradeep Chawla 26, Sonu Sharma 2 for 24, Onkar Singh 2 for 22) bt Madras Club: 152 (Kamal Chopra 34, Dhan Raj Singh 27, Onkar Singh 22, Nischal Gaur 3 for 17, Raja Gurmeet Singh 2 for 29).

Sidarth Verma stars
Man of the match Sidarth Verma’s unbeaten 52 and fine spell by Jitender Chaudhary (3 for 36) enabled Chand Khanna prevail over Ghaziabad District Cricket Association (GDCA) by six wickets to reach in the semi-final of the third all India Moonways JD Textile (under-19) tournament at Mohan Meakin ground. Udit Sharma (26) was the top scorer for GDCA.
Brief scores: GDCA: 119 (Udit Sharma 26, Jitender Chaudhary 3 for 36, Amandeep 2 for 19, Gaurav Malhotra 2 for 4) lost to Chand Khanna: 120 for 4 (Sidarth Verma 52 not out, Rohit Goswami 2 for 12).

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Naresh Jain shines
Superb bowling by Naresh Jain (4 for 17) and half centuries by Davender Sharma (53) and Saket Bhatia (51) helped Sonnet Club triumph over Collage Group by 39 runs in the fifth Shanti Challenge Cup.
Brief scores: Sonnet Club: 195 for 9 (Davender Sharma 53, Saket Bhatia 51, Dhruv Mohan 22, Mannu Kumar 3 for 30, Sanjay Gill 2 for 33) bt Collage Group: 156 (Sanjay Saini 39, Mannu Kumar 36, Anil Sinha 25, Naresh Jain 4 for 17, Suhail Sharma 3 for 38).

Cricket tourney
The Gold Star Cricket Academy will organise the Gold Star Super Six (under-16) tournament from June 18 at Ramjas Sports Complex.

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