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Sachin helps Malviya Club win
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 3
A dynamic knock of 60 by skipper Sachin Khurana helped Malviya Club defeat Khalsa College (Evening) by 23 runs in the opening match of the seventh Sahibzada Ajit Singh Cricket Tournament, organised by the Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, at Pitam Pura in West Delhi. Sachin Khurana was adjudged the man of the match.

The match was inaugurated by Mr Sunil Khanna, joint secretary (sports) of the Delhi and District Cricket Association. Guru Gobind Singh College principal Dr Jaspal Singh presided over the inaugural function. Also present were Khalsa College director of physical education Pargat Singh, DDCA sports secretary Himmat Saini, Maninder Singh Jaggi and organising secretary Gurdev Singh.

Scores: Malviya Club: 116 for 5 wickets in 15 overs (Sachin Khurana 60, 6x4, 4x5, 37b; T Anand 21, Kartik Hariharan 1 for 14, Gursimran 1 for 21, Saurabh Negi 1 for 27).

Khalsa College (Evening): 93 for 7 wickets in 15 overs (Saurabh Negi 50, 6x3, 4x3, 40b; Abhisehk Bhandari 23, 3x4, 23b; Manoj Goel 2 for 28, Sajid 1 for 22, Kuldip 1 for 6).

Saturday’s fixture: K N Colts Club vs Delhi Administration (9.30 p.m).

Gyan Bharti Academy down Shastri Club

New Delhi: Gyan Bharti South Delhi Cricket Academy defeated Lal Bahadur Shastri Club by four wickets and entered the quarter-final of the third All-India Shakuntala Devi Memorial Under-19 Cricket Tournament at the East Point Sumit Dogra Academy ground. Aprajit Singh, who produced a fine all round show, was named the man of the match.

Scores: Shastri Club: 164 all out in 37.3 overs (Shrey Chaudhary 37, Rohit Sharma 31, Aprajit Singh 4 for 17, Manav Sharma 2 for 29, Kapil Bali 2 for 27). Gyan Bharti Academy: 165 for 6 in 37.5 overs (Manav Sharma 47, Ankur Julka 26, Puneet Grewal 27, Aprajit Singh 17 n.o, Vinaysheel Baniwal 3 for 43, Narender Singh 2 for 25).

Turf Cricket

Dental Hydraulics defeated Dutche Bank by 103 runs and entered the semi-finals of the first Turf Sports Management Corporate Cup Cricket Tournament at the Gyan Bharti ground.

Scores: Dental Hydraulics: 235 for 6 in 25 overs (Prashant Ahlawat 68, Amitabh Diwedi 47, Mohd. Ilyas 32, Sanjay Talwar 28 n.o, Nitin Kumar 2 for 19).

Dutche Bank: 132 all out in 23 overs (Ajay Kumar 29, Rajan Singh 28, Tarun Kumar 5 for 19, Mohd. Naseem 2 for 19).

Samarth, Sahil hit tons

Scintillating century knocks by Samarth Singh and Sahil Kher enabled Bharat National Cricket Academy defeat Crifit Academy by 267 runs in the second Mata Durga Devi Under-12 Cricket Tournament at the Bharat National Public School ground. Samarth Singh was named the man of the match. Scores: Bharat Academy: 349 for 2 in 35 overs (Samarth Singh 131, Sahil Kher 103, Anuj Tyagi 42 n.o, Sahil Chopra 2 for 56). Crifit Academy: 82 all out in 24.2 overs (Sahil Chopra 31, Saurabh Nischal 4 for 14, Anuj Tyagi 3 for 14).

AIIMS move up

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) defeated All Friends Club by 73 runs and entered the semi-finals of the second Devender Memorial Cricket Tournament. Scores: AIIMS: 240 all out in 30 overs (Ramesh Kumar 50, Sanjay Singh 40, Rajender Rawat 33, Surender Kumar 2 for 37, Sanjay Verma 2 for 28). All Friends Club: 167 all out in 25.4 overs (Sanjay Verma 30, Surender Kumar 29, Amar 29, Mahender Kumar 3 for 29).

Ravindra School win

Ravindra Public School defeated Chetan Sharma Academy by seven wickets in the R G Williams Memorial Under-14 Cricket Tournament at the Frank Anthony School ground. Scores: Chetan Sharma Academy: 118 all out in 34 overs (Nitin Kumar 29, Akshay Kumar 28, Abhimanyu Singh 3 for 13, Gaurav Sharma 2 for 24). Ravindra School: 120 for 3 in 30.3 overs. OSR

Sodhi to lead North Zone
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 3
Ritender Singh Sodhi of Punjab will lead North Zone in the Prof. D B Deodhar Trophy Cricket Tournament to be held in South Zone. According to Delhi and District Cricket Association sports secretary Sunil Dev, other members of the team are: Gautam Gambhir (Delhi), Sangram Singh (Himachal), Akash Chopra (Delhi), Mithun Manhas (Delhi), Yashpal Singh (Services), Pankaj Dharmani (Punjab), A Mishra (Haryana), Sarandeep Singh (Delhi), Navdeep Singh (Punjab), Ajay Ratra (WK, Haryana), Amit Uniyal (Punjab), Joginder Sharma (Haryana), Amit Bhandari (Delhi) and Amit Sharma (Himachal). Mr Sushil Kapoor will be the manager.

Sadar Bazar Youth Club win

Sadar Bazar Youth Club beat Malviya Club by six wickets in a Group A league match of the Rajiv Gandhi Smriti North Delhi Cricket League at the Mohan Meakins ground, Mohan Nagar, to earn four points.

Scores: Malviya Club: 100 all out in 29 overs (Upamanyu Kumar 42, Chetan Jolly 17, Varun Kumar 15, Ramesh Kumar 2 for 16, Ashok 2 for 24). Sadar Bazar Youth Club: 101 for 4 in 19.5 overs (Vijay Raj 37, Kunwarjeet 29, K B Singh 21 n.o, Pankaj Tomar 3 for 17).

Sapient beat Hughes, win title
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 3
An all-round performance by Neeraj Jain, who was later adjudged the man of the match, helped Sapient Corporation beat Hughes Software Systems by four wickets in the final match of the second Eventus Cup Cricket Tournament, at the Airport Authority ground. Rajat Mathur of Sapient was adjudged the best batsman, Anupam Singhi of Daksh the best bowler while Sachin Singh of Hughes got the best fielder award. Sonu Mahna of Reebok was named the best wicket-keeper, Gagan Sharma of Apollo Tyres got the man of the tournament award while Wipro received the most disciplined team award.

Scores: Hughes: 158 all out in 29 overs (I D Singh 38, Amit Khullar 31, Tarun Makkar 24, Neeraj Jain 2 for 20, Abhishek Pradhan 2 for 25). Sapient: 159 for 6 in 29.3 overs (Nikhil Swaroop 39, Neeraj Jain 34 n.o, Amit Khullar 2 for 35, Upen Babu 2 for 20).

CRPF clip wings of Air-India
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 3
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) rallied to beat Air-India 3-1 in the fifth Chhattrapati Shivaji Hockey Tournament for the Dhyan Chand Cup at the Shivaji Stadium on Friday.

Air-India took the lead through Kishore Kumar in the sixth minute. Mukesh Kumar converted a penalty stroke for CRPF in the 27th minute. Jolen Topno put CRPF in the lead in the 52nd minute. Vikram Pillay then muffed a penalty stroke for Air-India while Jolen scored a goal to consolidate the lead of CRPF.

Saturday’s fixtures: Punjab Police vs CRPF (11 am); Air-India vs Tamil Nadu XI (1 p.m); Indian Airlines vs BSF (3 p.m)—Shivaji Stadium.

New Era enter super league
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 3
New Era School defeated DAV School, Hazaribagh to enter the Girls Under-16 super league of the fourth CBSE National Badminton Tournament played at the New Era School courts, Mayapuri.

Results: Swati Aggarwal (New Era) beat Pallavi 11-1, 11-0; Divya Sharma b Monica 11-4, 11-1.

In the girls under-14 section, Akansha of Modern School, Barakhamba Road beat Deepali of Modern Vidya Niketan, Faridabad 11-0, 11-0, Divya of Visakha Valley beat Ankita 11-5, 11-3.

PNB sports meet
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 3
Over 550 sportspersons, representing 17 zones from all over the country, will participate in the 20th Punjab National Bank (PNB) All-India Inter-Zone Sports Meet, starting at the Karnail Singh stadium on Saturday.

Competitions in 11 disciplines will be held. The basketball tournament will be played at the Ajmal Khan court. Many national and international sportspersons are on the rolls of PNB. Jagan Bengle had won the sixth SAARC Carrom Championship held at Male (Maldives) in August last year.

HC approves DDCA-govt settlement on JP’s statue
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 3
The statue of Sarvodaya leader Jai Prakash Narayan would be installed on the land adjacent to Ferozshah Kotla Stadium, following an out-of-court settlement between the Delhi District Cricket Association and the Centre. The Delhi High Court today gave its approval to the settlement reached between the two parties.

Justice S. K. Kaul approved the out-of-court settlement between the DDCA and the government after senior advocate Arun Jaitley, appearing for the DDCA, submitted that the issue has been resolved amicably by the two parties.

According to the mutual agreement between the two parties, an underground parking would be developed at the site adjacent to Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in front of the stadium and JP’s statue would be installed over ground, Mr Jaitely, appearing for the DDCA, told the court.

The DDCA in a petition had sought to reserve the ground for parking during cricket matches, while the government had a proposal to develop it into a park and install the statue of Jai Prakash Narayan there.