SPORTS

ONGC beat Viraj Sports, enter semis
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 10
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) routed Viraj Sports, Faridabad by six wickets to enter the semi-final of the N N Mohan Memorial All-India Cricket Tournament at the Mohan Meakins ground, Ghaziabad.

ONGC will take on Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) in the semi-final on Saturday.

A strokeful 97, studded with three fours and four sixes by Mithun Manhas, was the highlight of ONGC’s victory. ONGC won the toss and elected to field. Viraj Sports, despite a dashing knock of 61 by Mahesh Rawat and 41 by Ashish Sharma, failed to build up a big total as right-arm medium pacer Sanjay Gill and left-arm leg spinner Rajeev Rathore inflicted debilitating blows to dismiss key batsmen rather cheaply. Viraj Sports could make only 213 for 9 in 45 overs.

In reply, ONGC piled up 214 for 4 in 40.2 overs, thanks to the rapid-fire knocks of Mithun Manhas, Radhey Shyam Gupta and Sunil Joshi.

Scores: Viraj Sports: 213 for 9 in 45 overs (Mahesh Rawat 61, 6x4; Ashish Sharma 41, 4x4; Kapil Mehta 30, Praveen Thaper 22, Sanjay Gill 3 for 31, Rajeev Rathore 3 for 51).

ONGC: 214 for 4 in 40.2 overs (Mithun Manhas 97, 3x4, 4x6; Radhey Shyam Gupta 55, 5x4; Sunil Joshi 43 n o, Pankaj Thakur 2 for 26).

Indian Airlines will take on Sonnet Club in the first semi-final on Friday.

Modern maul Mount St. Mary

Modern School (Barakhamba Road) mauled Mount St. Mary School by ten wickets in the Parle Cup Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground.

Scores: Mount St. Mary’s: 151 for 8 in 40 overs (Amanpreet Singh 58 n o, Aviral Himmat Ramka 2 for 17, Karan Harit 2 for 20).

Modern School: 154 for no loss in 32 overs (Mayank Sidana 88 n o, 11x4, 2x6; Deepak Rajput 56 n o, 5x4).

Hansraj Model School beat Mount Abu School by four wickets at the DPS, R K Puram ground.

Scores: Mount Abu School: 98 all out in 31.4 overs (Manoj Kumar 40, Manish Bawa 3 for 17, Sahil Arora 3 for 19, Sachin Rami 2 for 9). Hans Raj Model School: 100 for one in 19.1 overs (Onant Jaisingh 45, Sahil Arora 31 n o).

St. Marks School (Janakpuri) defeated Bosco Public School by 94 runs at the Vikaspuri ground.

Scores: St. Mark’s School: 165 all out in 35 overs (Priyank Tehlan 38, Love Thapar 32, Preek Khichi 3 for 27). Bosco Public School: 71 all out in 25.5 overs (Mayank Tehlan 3 for 14, Rahul Yadav 2 for 11).

Rajdhani in semis

A fine knock of 56 runs by Damanjeet and deadly bowling by off-spinner Ravi Yadav (3 for 10) helped Rajdhani Sports beat Air Force by 26 runs and entered the semi-final of the 12th Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Utkarsh Cup at the Hamdard ground.

Scores: Rajdhani Sports: 216 for 9 in 30 overs (Damanjeet Singh 56, Manish Chawla 50, Lalit Anand 44, Manish Jha 3 for 33, K K Dixit 3 for 35).

Air Force: 190 for 8 in 30 overs (Mohd. Imtiyaz 70, PMS Reddy 46, Ravi Yadav 3 for 10, Joginder Sharma 3 for 30).

Vasant Vihar to meet Dwarka
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 10
Delhi Public School (DPS), Vasant Vihar will take on DPS, Dwarka in the tiny-tots final of the fifth Kanwar Ashish Annual Cricket Tournament at the DPS ground at R K Puram on Friday.

In the other semi-finals, DPS, Mathura Road beat DPS, Noida by 29 runs while DPS, R K Puram defeated Vasant Kunj by three wickets. Mathura Road made 224 all out in 29.5 overs while Noida folded up for 195. Vasant Kunj were all out for 107 while R K Puram replied with 108 for the loss of seven wickets.

In the tiny-tots tournament, Dwarka defeated Vasant Kunj and East of Kailash, East of Kailash defeated Rohini and Vasant Vihar defeated DPS International in the earlier matches. Former Test cricketer Madan Lal had declared the tournament open on September 27.

Six schools participated in the inter-DPS tournament. They were DPS, Mathura Road, R K Puram, Noida, Vasant Kunj, Faridabd and Rohini.

Mathura Roa outplayed Vasant Kunj by 30 runs in Pool A.

Hitanshu Bhardwaj’s brilliant knock of 87 was the highlight of the match. R K Puram beat Rohini by 151 runs. Dewakar and Parag scored centuries for R K Puram. Vasant Kunj trounced Faridabad by 112 runs. Mathura Road then knocked out Faridabad with a crushing 88 runs victory.

R K Puram beat Noida by four wickets while Noida defeated Rohini by a huge margin of 145 runs.

Ganga, Sahodaya to clash in final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 10
Ganga International School, Hiran Kudna, trounced Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Rohini 3-1 to enter the final of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Football Tournament at the Ganga School ground. Lalremheata, Lal Ram and Reshikesh were the goal-scorers for Ganga School. Sahodaya Public School beat Laxman Public School, Haus Khas 2-0 in the second semi-final to set up the title clash against Ganga. Vinay scored both the goals.

Earlier, Ganga School got the better of Jaspal Kaur Public School 2-1 to enter the semi-final. K C Lalremheata scored both the goals for Ganga school off passes from Gourav Negi.

In another match on Wednesday, Laxman Public School beat Shiksha Bharti Public School 2-0. Philip scored both the goals.

Sahodaya Public School beat CSKM Public School 3-0. Sandeep, Anil and Ming were the marksmen. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Rohini beat St. Marks Public School 3-0. Ashish, Vinod and Rahman were the goal-scorers. All the winners sailed into the semi-finals.

Gaurav Ghei leads in Grand Prix Golf
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New Delhi, October 10
Gaurav Ghei shot into the lead on the third day of the Royal Challenge Grand Prix Golf at the Delhi Golf Club course. Gaurav, starting the day tied with Arjun Singh at eight-under-par, carded a bogey-free 67 to take his total to 13-under par, 2-3.

Birdies on the first and third saw him make the turn at two-under and three more birdies on the 12th, 14th and 18th resulted in a bogey-free round. The tournament carries a cash prize of Rs 8 lakh.

Arjun Singh carded a level-par 72 and was placed second, going into the final round, two strokes ahead of local player Ashok Kumar, who is at the third place. Carding consistent pars on the first four holes, Arjun had just one bogey on the par-three fifth and a solitary birdie on the par-five 14th hole.

Amritinder Singh and Jumman were a further stroke behind, at five-under 211. Jumman carded an even par 72, while Amritinder shot a 71, to remain at fourth place heading into the final round.

Chandigarh’s Ranjit Singh, who carded a bogey-free five-under 67, moved up to four-under for the championship. Three strokes behind Ranjit Singh are Yusuf Ali, Vinod Kumar and SSP Chowrasia. Yusuf carded a five-under 67 while Chowrasia shot 70 and Vinod Kumar had a dismal 75.

Samarth does well for English Club
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New Delhi, October 10
Samarth Jhingan, a 22-year-old Delhi-born cricketer, has been making waves in England as he has been producing consistently good performance for the Dudley College. He has been registered with the Staffs Clubs League, and has scored 724 runs in 16 innings, which includes five half centuries and one century, for an average of 60.33. He has also taken 29 wickets in 14 innings.

David Lycett, chairman of Wolverhamption Cricket Club, has noted that “Samarth is a cricketer, whose full potential has not yet been realised. He has adjusted quickly to English conditions and has performed well for the club”.

A fast bowler-cum-batsman, Jhingan has created quite an impression in the three months (July to September) he has played club cricket for Wolverhamption.

Glorious defeat Victory in DSA League
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New Delhi, October 10
Glorious toyed with Victory Club 7-0 in the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Open Clubs Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital. Aftab Mehra scored the first three goals in a row to record a hattrick. A brace by inside-left Sri Naresh made the score 5-0. Anil Bara and Naveen completed the scoring.

Garhwal Diamond defeated State Bank of India 2-0. Amit Bakshi scored both the goals. Ashoka Club downed Cosmos 6-4. Ajit (2), Dalip (2), Dorji and Bhupender Rawat were Garhwal Diamond's marksmen. Anil, Chanda (2) and Dinesh struck the goals for Cosmos.

New Friends Club trounced Columba's Club 9-0. Ram Singh (3), Prasant Banerjee (2), Sachin Malhotra (2) and Rakesh Kumar (2) were the marksmen. Rohini and Timarpur got walkovers from Lodhi Club and Gulabi Bagh respectively.

Irfan, Bharti lift titles
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New Delhi, October 10
Mohd Irfan beat Sanjay Verma 25-7, 25-7 to lift the men’s singles title of the 23rd Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) Carrom Tournament. Irfan performed a “white slam” on way to the title. Bharti Narayan beat Parvesh Thakur 25-0, 25-23 to bag the women’s singles title. Mohd Irfan, Sanjay Verma, Rajiv Prakash and D K Baudh will represent the North Zone Men’s team in the 23rd All-India Carrom Tournament to be held in Bhopal. The women’s team comprises Bharti Narayan, Parvesh Thakur and Sneh Lata (all Delhi) and Bhanu Jain (Chandigarh).

Nehru Girls Hockey from today
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 10
The Nehru Hockey season will begin with the girls Under-17 Tournament starting at the Shivaji Stadium on Friday. Girls High School, Patna will take on Sanjay Gandhi Hindi High School, Motera (Gandhinagar), Gujarat in the opening match at 3 pm. The tournament carries a total prize money of Rs 2.20 lakh. Eighteen teams are participating in the tournament.

ADMINISTRATION

MEERUT DIVISION
DMs told to speed up land allotment to SCs, OBCs
Our Correspondent

Ghaziabad, October 10
The Divisional Commissioner, Meerut, Mr N. S. Ravi, has instructed all District Magistrates to speed up allotment of agricultural land and residential plots to all members of Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes. They should be handed over the allotment letters within a month, his written instruction says.

The District Magistrates have been asked to get a survey done regarding the available land, which could be used for agriculture and residential purposes in the revenue villages of all tehsils.

“Tehsildars will be personally present at the meetings of the land management committees and the participants would allot the land within 30 days,” the order says. The land reclamation is the top priority with the government and new direction will be issued in June next year. Meanwhile, the progress of the campaign is slow in Meerut division and the government has viewed this seriously.

The Chief secretary has already expressed dissatisfaction at a meeting in Barielly recently.

Gautam Budh Nagar district tops with 2096.200 hectares, which are reserved for allotment, while 21.083 hectares have been shown as unproductive in Meerut district.

In Ghaziabad district, there are 27.613 hectares and in Baghpat, 514.253 hectares that could be allotted to members of SCs and OBCs, it is learnt.