SPORTS

Dileep, Rajan slam tons in Shastri Club’s title win

New Delhi, March 12
Dileep TT slammed 103 and Haryana Ranji Trophy player Rajan Gupta cracked an unbeaten 100 to help Lal Bahadur Shastri Club beat Rajdhani Sports by 26 runs and win the second Rajdhani Sports Trophy Cricket Tournament at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground. Rajan Gupta was named the man of the match, while Manish Chawla was declared the best batsman of the tournament. Ravi Yadav got the best bowler award while Dileep TT was declared the man of the series. Chief guest Sanjay Arora gave away the prizes. Put into bat, Lal Bahadur Shastri Club scored 244 for 4 in 40 overs while Rajdhani Sports crashed for 218 all out.

Scores: Lal Bahadur Shastri Club: 244 for 4 in 40 overs (Dileep T T 103, Rajan Gupta 100 n o, Joginder Singh 2/39).

Rajdhani Sports: 218 in 29.3 overs (Manish Chawla 63, Pramod Bhati 58 no, Gaurav Vashish 2/28, Dileep T T 2/39). OC

TYCA enter SAIL Trophy quarter-final
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New Delhi, March 12
The Trans Yamuna Cricket Association (TYCA) scored an emphatic nine-wicket victory against Lal Bahadur Shastri Club to enter the quarter-final of the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) Trophy Cricket Tournament. TYCA will meet Youngsters in the quarter-final. Scores: Lal Bahadur Shatri Club: 140 all out in 39.4 overs (Rajan Gupta 30, 3x4; Rajender Madan 3/19, Vikas Vij 2/26, Jitender Choudhary 2/17). TYCA: 142 for 1 in 26.1 overs (Jasvinder Singh 77 n o, 6x4, 4x6; Tara Chand 33 n o).

GE Capital record big win: GE Capital beat Delphi India by eight wickets in the ninth Teri Cup Cricket Tournament organised by Teri at the Teri Oval. Rodney Charles of GE, who claimed 3 for 10 and scored an unbeaten 53, was adjudged the man of the match.

Scores: Delphi India: 129 all out in 23.4 overs (Pankaj 28, 3x4; Rodney Charles 3/10, Vilas 3/26). GE Capital: 131 for 2 in 20.4 overs (Rodney Charles 53 no, 7x4; Dharam 52 n o, 4x4, 3x6).

S P Jain Cricket: The third Sheetal Prasad Jain Memorial Cricket Tournament, organised by the Subhania Club, will be held from March 20. Entries close on March 15. Chairman of the tournament committee Radhey Shyam said nine teams—Chand Khanna, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Youngsters, Madras Club, Trans Yamuna Cricket Association, Sonnet, Subhania, SAIL and FCI—have already confirmed their participation in the tournament.

DSA second leg semis today: Keen contests are on the cards when the second leg semi-final matches of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL will be held at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital on Wednesday. Reigning champions Indian Nationals are placed in a better position after taking a 2-0 lead against former champions Nivia-Mughals Club in the first leg semi-final match on Monday.

In another first leg semi-final, Hindustan Club and City Club were locked in a goalless draw. If Nationals beat Mughals, they will be making their entry into the League final for the third consecutive year. Wednesday’s fixtures: Hindustan vs City 1 p m); Indian Nationals vs Mughals (3 p m) – Ambedkar Stadium.

Mohan Sharma hits double century for JNST

New Delhi, March 12
Mohan Sharma, a leading cricket coach with the Sports Authority of India, hit a sparkling 227 runs with 19 sixes and as many fours off 103 balls to enable Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Trust (JNST) beat Australian High Commission by 86 runs in a league match of the Raymond Trophy Commonwealth Cricket Tournament played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The Australian High Commission won the toss and opted to field. But it proved to be an unwise decision as JNST amassed 337 runs, thanks to the batting blitzkrieg of Mohan Sharma, though his team had lost three quick wickets in the first four overs. Mohan Sharma and Sandeep Malhotra made light of the early loss of wickets to bring the match to life with their blazing knock. Mohan Sharma was declared the man of the match.

All India Forest Sports Meet inaugurated
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, March 12
The tenth All India Forests Sports Meet was formally inaugurated at Sports Complex of Sector 12 here this evening.

The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, was the chief guest on the occasion. About 2,000 sportsmen of the Forest Department from 18 states and eight national level forest organisations are participating in the five-day event.The participants include Forest Department employees, including women and senior IFS officers from all over the country.

Besides states forest departments, Dehra Dun-based Forest Research Institute Wildlife Institute - Forest Survey of India, National Forest Academy and Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, are taking part in the meet. 

Citibank Centennial Golf
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New Delhi, March 12
Corporate heads like Pankaj Munjal of Hero Motors, Jean Walti, CFO of Nestle, cricketer Paul Strang, Vikram Bakshi of McDonald and Charu Sharma of ESPN participated in the Citibank Centennial Golf 2002, held at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon.

The event was held to celebrate the 100 years of Citibank’s operations. Many leading corporate houses like Nike, Royal Sundaram, Taj Hotel and Resorts and Master Card joined hands with Citibank to organise the hugely successful event.

‘No colour lights on number plates’
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 12
In its latest drive, the Delhi Traffic Police have advised all car owners to remove additional colour lights on the front and rear number plates, terming them “potential hazards” that can result in accidents. The “advice” comes after a large number of private vehicles were using additional blue or red coloured glowing bulbs on the front and rear number plates. These bulbs are either of LED (Light Emission Diode) or other high intensity fancy ones, which emit bright colour lights on the number plates of vehicles and cause distraction in the visibility of number plates. “Motorists are further requested to adhere to traffic rules and regulations in their own interest and to make Delhi roads safer for all concerned,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Mr Sanjay Singh. The traffic police have already started prosecuting violators.