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Indian Airlines land in Goswami Cricket semi-final
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New Delhi, May 16
Defending champions Indian Airlines trounced Young Friends by 72 runs to fly into the semi-final of the 29th Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament at the SGTB Khalsa College ground. India discard Vijay Dahiya, who scored a fine 69 with the help of ten fours off 60 balls, was adjudged the man of the match.

Indian Airlines will take on the winners of the quarter-final match between Chand Khanna and Collage Group in the semi-final on May 24. Chand Khanna meet Collage Group on May 18.

Young Friends won the toss and asked Indian Airlines to bat. Indian Airlines knocked up 251 for eight in 40 overs. Skipper Vijay Dahiya, Ravneet Ricky and Yuvraj Singh indulged in batting pyrotechniques to push up the scoredboard very fast. R R Parinda cracked an unbeaten 44.

The 104 runs opening wicket partnership between Ravneet Ricky and Vijay Dahiya in 16.4 overs laid the foundation for Airlines’ big score.

For Young Friends, left-arm spinner Tarun Gupta bowled well, and took three wickets for 42 runs. Leg-spinner Rakshit Pant too had a fine spell of 3 for 27.

In reply, Young Friends failed to cope up with the top class bowling of Indian Airlines, and at one stage, were reeling at seven wickets down for 81 runs. But Victor and skipper Rajiv Verma, who remained not out on 49, displayed a lot of resilience to put on 75 runs for the eighth wicket to give some semblance of dignity to the Young Friends total. Young Friends folded up for 179 for nine wickets in 40 overs. Medium pacer Gagandeep Singh, left-arm spinner Yuvraj Singh and off-spinner Ishan Ganda bowled well to claim two wickets each.

The star-studded Indian Airlines team did not have to work up too much sweat as they had immense depth in both batting and bowling to easily outwit Young Friends.

The presence of Yuvraj Singh, who has been selected for the Indian one-day squad against West Indies, added a lot of lustre to the Airlines batting.

Scores: Indian Airlines: 251 for 8 in 40 overs (Ravneet Rickey 59, 5x4, 1x6, 73b; Vijay Dahiya 69, 10x4, 60b; Yuvraj Singh 31, 2x4, 46b; R R Parinda not out 44, 4x4, 1x6, 25b; Rajat Bhatia 14, Tarun Gupta 3 for 42, Rakshit Pant 3 for 27).

Young Friends: 179 for 9 in 40 overs (Sachin Khurana 24, 4x4, 21b; Yoginder Negi 27, 1x4, 1x6, 62b; Wilkinson Victor 32, 4x4, 45b, Rajiv Verma 49 n o, 7x4, 49b; Gagandeep Singh 2 for 22; Vineet Jain 1 for 19, Yuvraj Singh 2 for 32, Ishan Ganda 2 for 31). There will be no match on Friday.

Raman Sachdeva slams century for Salwan
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New Delhi, May 16
Raman Sachdeva slammed a racy 108 studded with 13 fours and four sixes and deadly bowling by Vishesh Dabas (3 for 11) helped Salwan Public School (Morning) beat Tyagi Public School by 97 runs to enter the quarter-final of the first Ravindra Malhotra Memorial Under-15 Inter-School Cricket Tournament, organised by the Ravinder Memorial Trust, at the Salwan School ground.

Salwan Public School won the toss and elected to bat. They amassed 240 for 7 in 40 overs on the strength of the fine century by Raman Sachdeva. Tyagi Public School, in reply, were shot out for 143 due to the brilliant bowling of Salwan, led by Vishesh Dabas.

Ramesh hammered the century knock with technical shots. His strokeful knock was lauded by the crowd there. A match-winning bowling by Vishesh Dabas also helped Salwan Public School’s facile victory over Tyagi Public School.

Scores: Salwan Public School (Morning): 240 for 7 in 40 overs (Raman Sachdeva 108, Parul Verma 42, Dinesh Kumar 2 for 35, Anmol Kumar 2 for 24).

Tyagi Public School: 143 all out in 34.1 overs (Gaurav Bhutani 40, Vishesh Dabas 3 for 11, Porush Mehta 2 for 20, Sahil Grover 2 for 24).

Divya, Apoorv enter badminton finals
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New Delhi, May 16
Divya Arora had to pull out all stops to outwit Meenakshi 7-4,6-8,2-7,7-3,7-3 and sailed into the final of the girls under-19 event of the 13th Tirath Ram Badminton Tournament played at the New Era Public School court in the Capital.

Divya Arora will meet Shradha Chhabra in the final. Shradha outlasted Mohita 4-7, 7-1, 7-4, 7-3 in the second semi-final. Meenakshi made up for her loss in the under-19 section by entering the final of the under-16 event. She beat Vanshika 7-2,7-3,7-3 to set up a title clash with Chitralekha. Chitralekha beat Mohita 7-4,7-0,7-3 in the second semi-final.

In the women’s singles final, Shradha Chhabra will take on Sujata. Shradha beat Chitralekha 4-7,8-6,7-8,8-6 while Sujata outgunned Rashmi 7-1,7-2,4-7,7-5.

Apoorv Vij stormed into the men’s singles and boys under-19 finals. In the men’s singles semi-final, Apoor Vij beat Ujjawal Kharbanda 1-7,7-0,7-5,7-5 to set up a title clash with Vikas Sharma. Vikas toyed with Himanshu Kharbanda 7-1,2-7,7-0,7-0 in the second semi-final.

In the under-19 boys semi-final matches, Vikas Sharma beat Himanshu Kharbanda 7-3,7-1,7-1 while Apoor Vij struggled to get the better of Parminder Kumar 6-8,7-1,2-7,7-4,7-5.

Following are the other results (all semi-finals): Girls: Under-10: Mahima Mahajan beat Akshita Jain 7-2,7-0,7-2; Chhavi Gulati beat Shreya Aggarwal 7-2,8-6, 7-2. Under-13: Subhi Parkash beat Shrishti R Mehtara 7-0,7-4,5-7,7-4; Akansha Nehra beat Ragini Gupta 7-3,7-0,7-3.

Boys: Under-10: Gitesh Atwal beat Shiva Atwal 8-6,7-4,0-7,7-8,7-2; Arjun Singh beat Himanshu 7-0,7-0,7-0. Under-13: Gauranshu Chopra beat Ankit Garg 7-4,8-7,8-6; Karan Bhagat beat Bharat Bajaj 5-7,7-3,7-1,7-2. Under-16: Himanshu Kharbanda beat Ashmeet Singh 7-5,7-2,7-3; Mayank Garg beat Parminder Kumar 7-0,6-8,7-2,3-7, 7-3.

Kulvinder Singh cracks ton for Super Star
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New Delhi, May 16
A superb, unbeaten century knock of 102, studded with eleven fours and two sixes by Kulvinder Singh, powered Super Star Club to a handsome six wickets victory against Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) in a B Division match of the DDCA League at the Ramjas Sports Complex ground.

Scores: DTC: 186 for 6 in 40 overs (Kulvinder Singh 102 n o, Dilip K R 35, Durga Prasad 3 for 49).

Super Star: 188 for 4 in 37.4 overs (Prabjeet Singh 33 n o, Manas Malhotra 33, Prateek Sharma 31).

A devastating 5 for 20 bowling spell by Sudhanshu Sharma helped Daryaganj beat Delhi Colts by a mammoth 136 runs in a B Division match at the University ground.

Batting first, Daryaganj made 222 in 39.5 overs, thanks to the fine batting performances of Vijay Arya and Jagdish Singh. They defied the penetrative bowling of Maninder Singh who claimed four wickets for 38 runs.

Scores: Daryaganj: 222 (Vijay Arya 40, Jagdish Singh 33, Maninder Singh 4 for 38). Delhi Colts: 86 all out in 32.3 overs (Kunal Kumar 25,

Sudhanshu Sharma 5 for 20, Jagpreet Singh 2 for 11).

Tilak Nagar Colts beat Universal by 17 runs in an A-II Division match at the Kotla No 2 ground.

Scores: Tilak Nagar Colts: 191 for 9 in 40 overs (Girish Kumar 45, Pawan Singh 43, Sachin Amrish 35, Pradeep Kumar 2 for 21).

Universal: 174 all out in 39.1 overs (Chanpreet Singh 36, G S Vivek 35, N P Singh 4 for 35, Surender Sharma 3 for 30, Gurjeet Obrai 2 for 21).

Dronacharya beat Modern School
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New Delhi, May 16
Dronacharya Cricket Foundation scored a thrilling three-wicket victory against Modern School, Barakhamba Road in a limited-over match played at the Modern School ground.

Dronacharya won the toss and put Modern School into bat. Modern made 151 for 5 in 35 overs, with the help of a strokeful 58 by Karan Khanna. His technique and quickfire shots help his team to reach the target easily. Dronacharya reached the target when 3 balls to spare. The rock shot of Karan Khanna was lauded by the crowd.

Dronacharya reached the victory target when they made 153 for seven in 34.3 overs.

Scores: Modern School: 151 for 5 in 35 overs (Karan Khanna 58, 7x4; Rishi 29, 4x2, Abhishekh Kapoor 24, 4x2; Lakshay Mohan 1 for 22).

Dronacharya Foundation: 153 for 7 in 34.3 overs (Shrey Gupta 39, 4x4; Amitoze Singh 35, 4x2; Mayank Sethi 15, Sahil Gupta 23, 4x3; Lakshay Mohan 13, 4x2).

In another match, Dronacharya Foundation beat Shakti Club by one wicket in a match played at the Yamuna Sports Complex ground.

Scores: Shakti Club: 203 all out in 38 overs (Deepak Ajmera 60 off 96b, Ankit Sharma 50 off 30b, Manish Chaudhary 3 for 26, Ankush Raghav 2 for 17).

Dronacharya Foundation: 204 for 9 in 39.3 overs (Nitin Goyal 50 off 70b, Carron Rustogi 31 off 42b, Deepak Kumar 2 for 19, Ashwani Kumar 2 for 31).