Ashutosh in line for double
Top seeded Ashutosh Singh reached the boys under – 16 final beating Arjun 6-2, 6-1 in the first Salwan Inter-school tennis tournament. In Saturday’s final, he takes on second seeded Anil Goswami who defeated Sameer Jain 6-0, 6-1.
Other results: All finals: Girls under -16 : Sanaa Bhambri bt Itishree Badu 6-2 6-0; boys under-18: Dhruv Kalra bt Pundreek Chaturvedi 6-2, 6-1, girls u-16 doubles: Ankita Bhambri/ Sanaa Bhambri bt Vishika Chhetri/ Sangeeta Rajagopalan 6-2, 7-6(5); boys -16 doubles: Ashutosh Singh/ Vivian Chhetri bt Anil Goswami/ Amit Singh 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
DDCA League
Raghubir Willowers: 260 for 9 in 40 overs (Varun Kumar 104, Jagat Singh 32, Harinder Chaudhary 35, Abdul Sattar 30, Vishal Chopra 2 for 21, Rajender Madan 2 for 24) lost to Mohan Meakins: 261 for 6 in 39.2 ( Vishal 93 n.o, Shashi Kant 36, Satish 29, Harinder Chaudhary 2 for 42) by 4 wickets in a A-1 division match.
MTNL: 216 for 7 in 40 overs ( Ravinder Pawar 42, Sushil Dawar 40 n.o, Deepak 3 for 42, R. S Toni 2 for 37 ) bt Tilak Nagar Colts: 179 all out in 36.4 ( Surinder Sharma 75 n.o, Jasbir Singh 25, R. S Rawat 3 for 29, Ashok Bhambri 2 for 28) by 37 runs in an A-2 division match.
Pahari Dhiraj: 322 for 7 in 40 overs ( Rama Shankar 104, Praveen Jain 80, Ajay 35, Abhishek Wasson 2 for 27, Jatin Khanna 2 for 39) bt Young Cricketers: 232 for 9 in 40 overs ( Puneet Sharma 51 n.o, Jatin Khanna 45, Shephar Dhawan 36, Gajendra Saini 3 for 41, Vipin Jain 2 for 19, Rama Shankar 2 for 24) by 90 runs in a Div B match.
Wonder Club win
Wonder Club defeated PBG 2-1 in the Madan Singh memorial football tournament. Ajit Kumar scored the first goal in the early minutes. In the second half, PBG captain D. S Bisht shot a stinging long ranger but Wonder Club goalkeeper Narinder brought off a good save. Ram Singh scored the second goal for Wonder Club in the dying minutes.
Mayur triumph
Mayur Club and Ambassador Sky Chef scored victories over Punjab National Bank and Sanatan Rajdhani respectively in the Renu Bhan Memorial Tournament at Subzi Mandi.
PNB: 163 (H S Kohli 35, Mukesh 25 not out, Deepankar 3 for 31, Bhola 2 for 32). Mayur: 165 for 3 (Ankur 56, Bhola 43, Sandeep 36, Manoj 2 for 27); Ambassador Sky Chef: 164 (Mohinder Rathore 50, Mohd Atiq 30, Anand 2 for 26). Sanatan Rajdhani: 144 (Radhey Shyam 43, Sanju 28, Rahul 27, Dinesh 3 for 17, Ashok Mudgal 2 for 39).
Anil strikes brace
Anil struk twice (5th and 15th minute) to set the tempo for CRZ School, Sonepat’s win against Govt Boys Sr Secondary School, Pushp Vihar in the All India Nivia Football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium. Sanjay Dahiya took the tally to 3-0.
Dilip hits 90
With a solid partnership in the middle, Dilip and Vinay Singh set-up AG cc’s nine wicket win to enter the semis of the Delhi Starlets tourney.
Central Secretariat: 178 runs in 29 overs ( Gautam 47, Suman 30, Vinay Singh 5 for 34, Bhagat 3 for 18, Yogesh 2 for 24) A G cricket club: 184 runs in 19.2 overs (Vinay Singh 82, Dilip 90, Rawat 1 for 13).
Pankaj stars
Delhi Ranji player Pankaj Joshi’s century (107: 7×4, 2×6, 87 balls) enabled Chand Khanna Club beat South Delhi Coaching Centre by 22 runs in a pre-quarterfinal match of the eighth Om Nath Sood Memorial Tournament at Roshanara grounds.
Chand Khanna: 247 for 9 (Pankaj Joshi 107, Naveen Asrani 37, Sidharth Verma 53, Gursharan Singh 5 for 36, Inderveer Singh 2 for 48); South Delhi Coaching Centre: 224 for 7 (Inderveer Singh 61 not out, Utkarsh Gautam 40, Randeep Singh 30, Gursharan Singh 26, Tony Singh 2 for 42).
Vikram excels
Vikram Mahajan’s anchoring 42 and fine bowling by Harish Mehta and Arjun took Don Bosco to a one-wicket win against Hansraj School, Punjabi Bagh in the first Gyan Bharati under-12 tourney.
In another match, DAV, Shalimar Bagh defeated South Delhi Coaching Center by 73 runs to enter the semi-final.
Brief scores: Hansraj: 103 for 5 ( Pankaj Bansal 31, Mayank 21, Harish Mehta 2/ 12, Arjun 2/ 12; Don Bosco: 105 for 9 ( Vikram Mahajan 42, Suchit 2/ 20, Ankur 3/ 19).
Ashwani shines
Ashwani Sharma (5 for 15) enabled Nehru Vihar Club beat Nigam Cosmetics by four wickets while Sanjeev (74: 7×4, 2×6) starred in Jai Hind’s nine-wicket win over Sharma XI to make it to the quarterfinals of the second Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose day-night tournament at Nehru Vihar.
Brief scores: Nigam Cosmetics: 56 (Ashwani Sharma 5 for 15, Rakesh 2 for 3). Nehru Vihar: 57 for 6 (Sunil 2for 8, Balia 2 for 9); Sharma XI: 109 (Furkan 30, Gajendra 2 for 35); Jai Hind: 110 for 1 (Sanjeev 74, Amit 20).