SPORTS

Radhey Shyam helps Gymkhna Club enter semis
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New Delhi, May 13
Delhi Ranji Trophy player Radhey Shyam blasted a brilliant 55 off as many balls with seven boundaries to help Gymkhana Cricket Club beat B M XI by 11 runs and enter the semi-final of the fourth Ramesh Chand Kagra Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Bharat Nagar School ground in the Capital.

B M XI won the toss and made the mistake of putting Gymkhana Club into bat. On a hot and humid day, the Gymkhana batsmen utilised the relatively tolerable weather in the morning to compile some quick runs with Radhey Shyam showing the way. His rapidfire knock of 55 was the cornerstone of Gymkhana Club’s innings.

Though B M Kapoor and Kamal bowled well to get some cheap wickets, the BM XI team could not cash in on the bowlers’ efforts, as their batsmen were bothered by the bowling of Surinder, Amit Sharma and Vishal Sharma of Gymkhana Club.

Radheshyam played the anchor role in Gymkhana’s win, as his quickfire shots lauded by the crowds.

Prabhjeet made a brave effort to stay put in the unbearable heat to make a valuable 63 runs, but his knock was not sufficient for BM XI to overtake Gymkhana’s total.

Scores: Gymkhana Club: 161 for 9 in 30 overs (Rahey Shyam 55, Hemant Dogra 28, Mridul Gupta 24, B M Kapoor 4 for 24, Kamal 2 for 21).

BM XI: 150 for 9 in 30 overs (Prabhjeet 63, Manas Malhotra 28, Surinder 2 or 19, Amit Sharma 2 for 23, Vishal Sharma 2 for 25).

Karun Chandhok races to third position
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New Delhi, May 13
Reigning Asian Formula 2000 champion Karun Chandhok of JK Tyre finished third at the eighth race of the British Formula-3 Scholarship Class Championship, held at Knockhill track, Scotland, according to information available in the Capital. This fine showing follows hot on the heels of Karun’s second place finish at the previous round in Silverstone a week ago.

It was an unexpected happening for Karun as he had just two hours of practice on Friday to learn the highly demanding circuit. He was a surprising fifth at the end of the day but slipped back to the seventh spot during the crucial qualifying sessions held on Saturday.

After qualifying, Karun said, “Almost all the other guys in front of me have been here before and circuit knowledge is very important at this track. The undulations and the various lines that have to be used across the kerbstones make it very hard for a first-timer to be quick straight away”.

Five cars from third down to seventh were covered by just two tenths of a second.

The 18-year-old Karun made a fantastic start to the first race and jumped upto the fourth position by the end of lap five, but then made a mistake at ‘Clark corner’ and spun, dropping down to 11th position. He made up one place, but then collided with Diego Romanini while trying to pass him.

A disappointed Karun later said, “I am really annoyed with myself for spinning. I just hit the inside kerb a little too hard at ‘Clark’ and before I knew it, I was facing the wrong direction. There was a chance for some solid points in this race and I must apologise to the whole team for that”.

The second race, however, was a different story. While the attrition rate was high and other drivers crashed and collided with each other, Karun kept his nose clean and drove a solid race to finish a good third, making up for some of the disappointment of the previous race.

After winning the race, Karun said, “I am really excited with this result, especially after the first race.

The car was very good and my thanks to the whole team as T- Sport have done a superb job as well as all my sponsors for their continued support. This weekend has moved us into the fourth place in the championship, so I’m rally looking forward to the rest of the season. There’s so much I’m learning every time I get into the car, and I’m still looking more towards the second half of the season to push ahead further”.

The next round of the championship will be held at Yorkshire on May 26.

Goswami Committee lift Katyal Trophy
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New Delhi, May 13
The Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament Organising Committee beat Delhi Sports Journalists’ Association (DSJA) by six runs to lift the Dewan Chaman Lal Katyal Memorial Trophy in the annual limited overs cricket match played at the Sant Harchand Singh Longowal Sports Complex, SGTB Khalsa College ground, in the Capital.

DSJA won the toss and put the Goswami Tournament Organising Committee into bat. The Goswami Committee made 184 for 6 in 25 overs with the help of 59 by Rajbir Verma and 41 by Mukal Sharma.

In reply, DSJA seemed to be heading towards victory, but eventually fell short by just six runs to give a thrilling finish to the match. A 100-run second-wicket partnership between G S Vivek and Indraneel Dass was the highlight of the DSJA innings.

G S Vivek, who scored a strokeful 87, was declared the Pepsi man of the match. Chief Guest Kanwar Karan Singh, MLA from Model Town, gave away the prizes.

Scores: Goswami Tournament Organising Committee: 184 for 6 in 25 overs (Rajbir Verma 59, 9x4; Mukal Sharma 41, 4x4; Gaurav Sareen 24, 2x4; Vishal Katyal 14, 3x4; Suresh Kaushik 2 for 25). DSJA: 178 all out in 24.5 overs (G S Vivek 87, 12x4, 1x6; Inderneel Dass 38, 3x4; Shivram Roy 16, 1x4, 1x6; Tippu Singh 2 for 13, Rajbir Verma 3 for 33, Vikas Katyal 3 for 27).

Tuesday’s fixture in the Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament: Rajdhani Sports vs Steel Authority of India Ltd; Khalsa College ground (7.30 am).

Jagdev slams century for PMG
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New Delhi, May 13
Jagdev Chauhan cracked a stroke-filled 109 as Professional Management Group (PMG) trounced Young Delhi by 95 runs in a B Division Super League match of the DDCA League at the University ground in the Capital.

Professional Management Group, batting first, sent Young Delhi on a leather hunt as Jagdev, Rajeev Rana and Mahender Bisth went on a scoring spree. The Young Delhi bowlers toiled in vain as PMG raced to 295 for 6 in 40 overs.

Young Delhi, in reply, crashed to 200 all out, thanks to the penetrative bowling of Mahender Bisth and Krishan Buswala, who claimed three and two wickets respectively.

Scores: PMG: 295 for 6 in 40 overs (Jagdev Chauhan 109, Rajeev Rana 60, Mahender Bisth 66, Lokesh Jain 2 for 29).

Young Delhi: 200 all out in 33.4 overs (Puneet Berry 50, Pankaj Malik 37, Sanjay Kumar 34, Mahender Bisth 3 for 22, Krishan Buswala 2 for 25).

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) beat Chandni Chowk by 88 runs in a B Division match at the Ramjas Sports Complex ground.

Scores: DDA: 203 all out in 29 overs (Suresh Kohli 57, Sushil Kumar 50, Govind Nagar 40, Pradeep Kumar 7 for 19).

Chandni Chowk: 115 all out in 25.2 overs (Amit Tomar 42, Bhupender Singh 3 for 20, Suresh Kohli 2 for 22).

Under-19 league: Haryana Cricket Academy defeated RP Academy by seven wickets in the Delhi-Haryana Cricket Under-19 League match at the Gargi College ground.

Scores: R P Academy: 104 all out in 33.4 overs (Sachin Rana 20, Mohit Vadera 20, Vinay Sheel Baniwal 2 for 14, Jatin Gupta 2 for 20).

Haryana Cricket Academy: 105 for 3 in 25.2 overs (Ankit Rawat 38 n o, Sandeep Yadav 30 n o, Sachin Rana 2 for 32).

Himanshu Kharbanda scores facile victory
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New Delhi, May 13
Himanshu Kharbanda scored a facile 7-0, 7-1 victory against Harsh Chopra to move into the third round of the boys under-16 event of the Pt Tirath Ram Memorial Badminton Tournament held at the New Era Public School court in the Capital.

In other boys second round matches, Sahil Sharma crushed Rahul 7-0,7-4, Brig Bhanu beat Prabhjeet Singh 7-3,7-5, Arun Kumar beat Shobit Goyal 7-1,7-5, Akhil Aggarwal beat Rohit 8-6, 7-1, Ashmeet Singh beat Gauranshu Chopra 7-5,7-3, Karan Bhagat beat Munish Sharma 7-4,7-4 and Mayank Garg beat Akash Bansal 7-1,7-2.

In the girls under-19 singles matches, Neetu Singh struggled to beat Hasimran 7-4,3-7,7-5, Rashmi beat Shilpa Rana 7-3,7-5, Meenakshi beat Preeti 7-4,7-3, Mohit beat Aparna Chauhan 7-1,7-5 and Vanshika beat Rachita.

Jeev tied at 24th position

New Delhi, May 13
Jeev Milkha Singh finished tied 24th at the 1.1 million pound Benson and Hedges International Open played at the par-72, 7,118-yard The De Vere Belfry at Warwickshire in England. Jeev returned a final round one-under 71, to tally one-under 287 for the tournament. According to reports in Delhi, the tourney was won by Angel Cabrera of Argentina. Cabera pocketed a whopping Euro 294,356.50 for his win. England’s Barry Lane finished second at eight-under 279 to bag a purse of Euro 196,237.70. OSR