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Chand Khanna eclipse Shastri Club, enter semis
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 3
Sumit Dogra played a fine all-round game to help Chand Khanna rout Lal Bahadur Shastri Club by 67 runs, and enter the semi-final of the 26th Lala Raghubir Singh Hot Weather Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground, Barakhamba Road in the Capital on Monday. Sumit Dogra hit a quick 86 and then claimed three wickets to win the man of the match award.

In a match dominated by the bowlers, Lal Bahadur Shastri Club won the toss and put Chand Khanna into bat. It looked like an apt decision by the Shastri Club captain as off-spinner Kapil Mehta and left-arm spinner Rohit Mehra caught the Chand Khanna batsmen in a web of self-doubt, and wickets fell in quick succession to the spinners’ guiles.

But Sumit Dogra played a stone-walling knock of 86, studded with four fours and six sixes off just 81 balls to put the Chand Khanna Club on course to a decent total. He was given able support by Farman Ahmed, who hit a slam-bang 37 with five fours and one six off 33 balls. Chand Khanna posted a total of 209 all out in 39.4 overs.

It did not look a sound total, but the Chand Khanna bowlers unleashed their bag of tricks to dismiss Shastri Club for 142 in 38 overs. Medium-pacer Raja Sharma claimed the cream with a 3 for 33 haul. Sumit Dogra too scalped three major wickets for just 20 runs while Tony Singh took two for 28.

Sumit Dogra deservingly walked away with the man of the match award. Mr Balbir Sharma, bursar of Modern School, presented the Reebok man of the match award to Sumit Dogra.

Chand Khanna will clash against Oil and Natural Gas Commission in the semi-final on June 5.

Scores: Chand Khanna: 209 all out in 39.5 overs (Sumit Dogra 86, 4x4, 6x6, 81b; Farman Ahmed 37, 5x4, 1x6, 33b; Kapil Mehta 4 for 24; Rohit Mehra 3 for 28).

Lal Bahadur Shastri Club: 142 all out in 38 overs (Kapil Mehta 38, 3x4, 3x6; Tarun Gupta 34, 2x4; Rajan Gupta 23, 2x4; Raja Sharma 3 for 33; Sumit Dogra 3 for 20; Tony Singh 2 for 28).

Tuesday’s fixture: Indian Airlines vs SAIL; 7.45 am—Modern School ground.

ONGC edge past Sonnet Club in DDCA League
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 3
A devastating bowling performance by Ravi Sehgal, who took four wickets for 32 runs, and substantial contributions with the bat by Gagan Khoda (53), Mithun Minhas (40) and Mohd Saif (33), enabled Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) post a thrilling 15 runs victory against Sonnet Club in an A Division Super League match of the DDCA League at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in the Capital.

ONGC, batting first, made 207 for 7 in 40 overs while Sonnet could score only 187 for 9 in 40 overs.

Scores: ONGC: 207 for 7 in 40 overs (Gagan Khoda 53, Mithun Minhas 40, Mohd Saif 33 n o, Chetanya Nanda 3 for 31, Arun Singh 2 for 42).

Sonnet Club: 187 for 9 in 40 overs (Dhruv Mohan 44, Devender Sharma 37 n o, Shikhar Dhawan 37, Ravi Sehgal 4 for 32).

Indian Airlines beat Youngsters Club by 13 runs in a Super A Division match at Kotla I ground.

Scores: Indian Airlines: 207 all out in 39.1 overs (Ravneet Ricky 55, Chander Madan 50, Subhash Choudhary 43, Satnam Singh 3 for 45, Jitender Solanki 2 for 38, Sunil Rawat 2 for 43).

Youngsters: 194 all out in 37.5 overs (Tarun Gupta 50, Jitender Gulia 34, Ansul Lamba 32, Subhash Chaudhary 4 for 27).

Karnail Singh tourney: Chetan Bisth hit an unbeaten 70 runs with eight fours and foour sixes to help Poorvi Delhi Cricket Club (PDCC) beat Crifit Cricket Academy by eight wickets and entered the quarter-final of the second Karnail Singh Memorial Under-14 Cricket Tournament for the Tyagi Trophy at the Tyagi Public School ground. Chetan Bisth was named the man of the match.

Scores: Crifit Cricket Academy: 106 all out in 22.4 overs (Varun Sharma 20, Mukul Kumar 20, Sachin Gupta 2 for 20, Himanshu Shailly 2 for 15).

Poorvi Delhi Cricket Academy: 108 for 2 in 18 overs (Chetan Bisth 70 n o, Varun Sharma 2 for 21).

Karthikeyan gets the winning Edge to keep time
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 3
The winning Edge is what defines a champion. The truism came alive at a function held in the Capital when Titan Industries presented the Titan Edge, its latest offering and the slimmest watch, to Narain Karthikeyan, India’s Formula One champion.

With a total slimness of just 3.5 mm and a wafer thin movement of 1.15 mm, the Titan Edge is the slimmest commercially available watch in the world. It was a perfect meeting of two Indians whose skills and precision and above all, quest for excellence, have helped them attain international fame and glory.

“We chose Narain Karthikeyan because of the synergies between what he stands for and what the Titan Edge is to us and the rest of India. Both have dared to do what no other Indian has done before,” said Bijou Kurien, chief Operating

Officer, Watches Division, Titan Industries Limited, while presenting the Titan Edge to Karthikeyan. “We hope that the Titan Edge will further inspire Narain Karthikeyan to achieve greater glory.”

Produced indigenously after four years of intensive research and development, the Titan Edge is a true technological marvel given the intricacies involved in producing a watch as slim and is the result of close collaboration between Titan’s Design Studio, the Production Department, and the R and D team. “The Titan Edge is a product that will give Titan Industries and India an enviable position in the global watch industry. I am privileged that Titan has chosen to honour me with the Titan Edge,” said Narain Karthikeyan.

The Titan Edge is a fully jewelled quartz analog movement with water resistance of upto 30 metres, a feature unheard of in slim watches. Some of the unique features of the Titan Edge include a state-of-the-art silicon chip that conserves power and doubles the life of the battery, a specially designed step motor and an amazing tolerance of Plus 3 microns in some movements (against usual tolerances of plus 20 microns) which demonstrates the extreme and exacting precision of the watch. Priced between Rs. 4495/- and Rs. 4995/-, the Titan Edge is available in 13 variants at the Titan showrooms across the country and select stores in the major metros.

The sophistication of the Titan Edge extends beyond the movement to the wedge profile of the case, the finely etched ceramic dials, the uniquely crafted skeletal hands, the elongated markings and the specially designed leather strap and buckle. The dials are plated in blue, silver, grey and champagne white while the leather straps are just 1.6 mm thick and in matt crocodile prints to rubberised finishes.

Ankur Garg plays title-winning role for RR Gym
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 3
A captivating all-round performance by Delhi Under-16 player Ankur Garg (85 n o and 4 for 40) steered Rohtak Road Gymkhana to a four-wicket victory against Madan Lal Cricket Academy in the title-match of the sixth Suba Ganda Singh Cup Junior Cricket Tournament at the Ashok Vihar ground in the Capital.

Ankur Garg was adjudged the man of the match. He also bagged the best bowler award. Varun Sharma was named the best batsman while Aditya Jain got the man of the tournament title.

Scores: Madan Lal Academy: 224 for 9 in 40 overs (Aditya Jain 82, 11x4; Dhruv Singh 80, 9x4, 2x6; Ankur Garg 4 for 40; Pargat Singh 2 for 48; Prateek Wadera 2 for 29). Rohtak Road Gymkhana: 227 for 6 in 38.5 overs (Ankur Garg 85 n o, 6x4, 2x6; Pargat Singh 44; Kumar Abhishek 20 n o, Sunny Pal 3 for 45; Aditya Jain 2 for 35).

Interface Club beat Wills: A fine all-round display by Tara Chand (4 for 30 and 45) and deadly bowling by Ajit Chandela (5 for 22) enabled Interface Cricket Club beat Wills Club by one run in the fourth Jameel Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Eakt Cup. Put into bat, Interface scored 193 for 8 in 25 overs with Parminder Negi scoring an unbeaten 38. In reply, Wills Club made 192 for 8 in 25 overs with Ajit Chandela wrecking their batting lineup with a deadly spell.

Scores: Interface Club: 193 for 8 in 25 overs (Parminder Negi 38 n o, Rahul 28, Ajit 24, Tara Chand 4 for 30, K. S Rana 2 for 40). Wills Club: 192 for 8 in 25 overs (Ajay Sharma 46, Tarachand 45, Ajit Chandela 5 for 22)

Jain School tie up with Bhupathi Tennis Village
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 3
The Jain International Residential School has entered into a tie up with the Bhupathi Tennis Village in Bangalore. The association will enable students of Jain International School to get residential facility at the Tennis Village, and a full-time resident schoolteacher at the Village to guide them in their studies.

The students will undergo intensive coaching at the Tennis Village from Tuesday to Saturday every week.

“The Nike-Bhupathi Tennis Village is an endeavour to tend to tennis like a tender sapling from the grassroot level. Potential talent for the game is identified at a young age and nurtured to be world beaters”, observed Mr Krishna

Bhupathi, father of tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, and director of the Tennis Village.

Mr Bhupathi lauded the efforts of Nike in actively promoting tennis at the grass-root level and was delighted at the offer of Mr Jain to provide a well-rounded personality development programme to a tennis player.

The Jain International Residential School was founded in June 1999 and provides holistic education as the guiding principle. The school is situated on the Kanakpura Road, about 40kms from Bangalore.

Ravi Uniyal bowls DSI to victory
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 3
Deadly bowling by Ravi Uniyal (5 for 30) helped DSI beat Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) by 92 runs in the fourth Trans Yamuna Cricket Association (TYCA) League at the Tahirpur Sports Complex ground.

Scores: DSI: 218 for eight in 35 overs (Mayor Bora 59, Sangram Singh 45, Mohit Vadera 45, Ashwani Anand 2 for 29, Arun Sethi 2 for 36, Sunil Sudan 2 for 58).

CWC: 126 all out in 29 overs (Sunil Sudan 51, Ravi Uniyal 5 for 30, Sangram Singh 2 for 12).

Food Corporation of India beat Delhi Administration by six wickets at the Poorvi Delhi ground.

Scores: Delhi Administration: 169 all out in 28.1 overs (Mojpal Singh 30, Narender Malik 27, Ved Prakash 3 for 19, Surender Chopra 3 for 30, Pankaj Thakur 2 for 32, Rajeev Uniyal 2 for 20).

FCI: 170 for 4 in 31.2 overs (Rajeev Uniyal 45 n o, Rajender Bisth 43, Pankaj Thakur 40, N Malik 2 for 43).

Mohit strikes deadly form

New Delhi: Fierce bowling performances by Mohit Bagga ( 3 for 15) and Aditya Saini (3 for 14) helped Frank Anthony Public School beat Young Friends by 25 runs in the first Rastra Shakti Vidyalaya Cup Under-14 Cricket Tournament at the Najafgarh Sports Club ground.

Scores: Frank Anthony School: 96 all out (Yogesh Malhotra 24, Sahan 14, Mohit Malhotra 5 for 23).

Young Friends: 71 all out in 30 overs (Mohit Bagga 3 for 15, Aditya Saini 3 for 14). OSR

Last chance to settle power bills 
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 3
The Delhi Government has offered a “last and final” opportunity to Delhiites to settle outstanding electricity bills. The offer follows closely on the heels of the decision to privatise the distribution of electricity in the Capital.

Power Ministry Ajay Maken said that under the scheme, valid till June

24, 100 per cent Late Payment Surcharge (LPSC) will be waived for domestic and agricultural consumers, government departments and in disputed cases pending in courts for more than five years and which have come up before the Lok Adalat for settlement during the period. The waiver would be available provided the full payment is made by June 24.

For other consumer categories, the LPSC waiver will be applicable only when the entire principal amount due is paid and 25 per cent of the total amount due is paid before the due date regardless of whether it is the entire principal amount or it includes elements of LPSC.