NEW DELHI, December 22: An unbeaten 112 (9x4, 10x6) by Varinder Walia helped Indo Cricket Club beat Ministry of Information and Broadcasting by eight wickets in a B division match of DDCA league at Kotla 2 here today.Winning the toss, Indo Club inserted Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on a placing Kotla 2 wicket. But the ministry batsmen failed in their endeavour and were shot out for 175 for the loss of nine wickets in 35 overs. Yogesh topscored for the ministry with an unbeaten 54 and Ravinder chipped in with 34. But for the two, the rest of the team failed as Rahul (3 for 21) , Walia (2 for 36) and Om Prakash (2 for 36) bowled a nagging length to pose problems.In reply, Indo made 178 for the loss of two wickets in just 21 overs, thanks to the unbeaten century by Walia. His knock included 10 sixes and nine boundaries. The other not out batsman, Harjeet scored 26.In other low-scoring matches, Rajni Gandha downed Time of India by 27 runs after the former set a target of 179 for victory. Times managd 151 for eight in 35 overs, K.G. Colts lost to Chandni Chow Gymkhana by 21 runs after the former's poor showing. KG Colts made 157 after Chandni Chowk had set a target of 179 for victory at the Bharat Nagar Sports Complex. In the last match at Yamuna Sports Complex, Dena Bank defeated Delhi Vidyut Board by 37 runs in the AI division match. For the winners, Joginder Singh top scored with 37. For DVB, Rajesh Chauhan made 22 and Joginder captured two wickets for 20 runs.Brief Scores: Rajnigandha: 178 for 8 (Rakesh Bhatia 28, Rajeev Rathore 27, Naresh Jain 2 for 26, Pankaj Malik 2 for 29, Mukesh 2 for 35, Mohinder Singh 2 for 35) bt Times of India: 151 for 8 (Prem Singh 26, Pritam Singh 25, Sarvesh Gupta 3 for 20) by 27 runs.I and B Ministry: 175 for 9 (Yogesh Sharma 54 not out, Ravinder 34, Rahul 3 for 21, Rajeev Walia 2 for 36, Om Prakash 2 for 36) lost to Indo: 178 for 2 (varinder Walia 112 not out, harjeet 26 not out) by eight wickets.Chandni Chowk Gymkhana: 178 for 8 (mahender Chaudhary 35, Ajay Kashyap 31, Anil Sharma 29, Gaurav Bhardwaj 3 for 32) bt K G Colts: 157 (Viros Singh 31) by 21 runs.Dena Bank: 125 (Joginder Singh 37, Mahesh Sood 32, Surender Kumar 3 for 29, Shirish Srivastava 3 for 6, Nawal Singh 2 for 16) bt DVB: 88 (Raj Kumar Sharma 2 for 19, Suresh Batra 2 for 7, Vikas Vij 2 for 11, Joginder Singh 2 for 20) by 37 runs.
