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Ravneet Ricky, Vijay Dhaiya hit tons for IA
New Delhi, June 4 Indian Airlines entered the semi-final and will meet Collage Group. Indian Airlines won the toss and opted to bat. It was a very positive decision as Ravneet Ricky and Vijay Dhaiya straight away launched into a blistering attack on the SAIL bowling to gather runs in sixes and fours. Ravneet Ricky blasted a brilliant 121 off 81 balls with seven fours and six sixes while Vijay Dhaiya’s century knock of 112 came off 114 balls with nine fours and three sixes. Chandan Madan scored an unbeaten 71 with two fours and seven sixes off 35 balls as Indian Airlines piled up 332 runs for four wickets in 40 overs. The SAIL batsmen could not match up to their Indian Airlines counterparts, and folded up for 248 in 39.4 overs. Ravneet Ricky was declared the Reebok man of the match. Organising secretary J P Sharma presented the award to Ricky. In the first semi-final on Wednesday, Chand Khanna will take on Oil and Natural Gas Commission. Scores: Indian Airlines: 332 for 4 wickets in 40 overs (Ravneet Ricky 121, 7x4, 6x6, 81b; Vijay Dhaiya 112, 9x4, 3x6, 114b; Chandan Madan 71 n o, 2x4, 7x6, 35b; Ajeet Singh 3 for 74; Satish Salwan 1 for 46). SAIL: 248 all out in 39.4 overs (Satish Salwan 36, 3x4, 3x6, 22b; Satinder Yadav 34, 3x4, 1x6; Vishal Yadav 30, 2x4; Ajit Singh 25, 2x6; Akash Malhotra 26, 2x4).
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Karun Chandhok races to third F3 podium New Delhi, June 4 During the qualifying sessions held on Saturday and Sunday morning, Karun was in good form and finished with an impressive fourth and fifth position for the two races, with just a few tenths separating the drivers. His fourth place on the grid for Race 1 was the first time that Karun qualified ahead of his team-mate Olivio Piccione. With abnormally high temperatures on Sunday, the drivers were in for a hard race. Chandhok made a good start, but lost out amidst a scramble for positions at the second corner. He then made a brave move past Jasper Carlsen on the inside into the 200km Copse corner to move back into fourth place. When championship leader Adam Carroll made a mistake, Karun moved upto third place and was rapidly closing in on Stephen Colbert until he was hit on the back straight by Rob Austin. That let Colbert get away and meant that Karun had to settle for third place. After the first race, Chandhok said, “I was really enjoying the race. The car was very good and full credit to the team at T-Sport who have done a superb job with the car. It was a shame that Austin hit me because he is anyway in the championship class and we were not racing for position. I just lost the rhythm. Otherwise, I think it could have been a good race with Colbert.” The conditions for Race 2 was very different. The temperature dropped by over 10 degrees, which meant that the grip levels on the track were different. Karun moved upto third place by lap 2, but was struggling with a handling imbalance in the car, causing it to understeer in all the high-speed corners costing him time. The end result was that he finished where he qualified for the race, in fifth place, but was not too disappointed afterwards. “The big change in temperature made a bigger difference to the balance of the car than we anticipated. It’s amazing how much the wind affects the F3 cars in the high-speed corners. But I’am still quite happy with the result. It means that I have cemented my place firmly in fourth place in the championship. The next race at Castle Combe will be difficult for us because there is only just over an hour of testing for me to learn the circuit but after that I’m really looking forward to the rest of the season. It’s amazing to think that we still have more than half the season left”. |
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Rohtak Road Gymkhana beat Bright Club New Delhi, June 4 Scores: Bright Club: 142 all out in 36.2 overs (S Bambal 37, Netrapal 33, Ankur Garg 3 for 20, Vikas Kapoor 3 for 32). National Stadium Coaching Centre beat Food Corporation of India by seven wickets in a Super A Division match at the National Stadium ground. Batting first, FCI were helped by an unbeaten 53 from Sanjeev Kohli, but his knock went in vain as the boys of NSCC scored at a faster pacer while protecting their wickets. Scores: FCI: 207 for 6 in 35 overs (Sanjeev Kohli 53 n o, Rajender Bisth 53, Arun Pandey 3 for 57). National Stadium Coaching Centre: 208 for 3 in 33.4 overs (Hanish Arora 78, Sanjay Kumar 64, Ved Prakash 2 for 37). Hari Ram Cricket carnival:
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ESPN to beam NBA finals
New Delhi, June 4 All the fine shots and dunks will come alive on ESPN in the best of seven series, beginning with Game One at 6.30 am. Los Angeles Lakers are just four wins away from a ‘three-peat’—a phrase coined by former Los Angeles Lakers coaching legend Pat Reley to honour three consecutive NBA titles. But his great Magic Johnson-led teams of the 1980ss were unable to use it as they never won more than two in a row. The seven games will be played on June 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18 and 20. The matches will be telecast live at 6.30 am on those days and will be repeated in the evenings.  |
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