SPORTS

R R Gym enter Ajit Singh cricket q-final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 7
Deadly leg-spin bowling by Narender (3 for 29) and 2 for 20 by Sandeep Angurala helped Rohtak Road Gymkhana beat Indian Air Force by four wickets and entered the quarter-final of the seventh Sahibzada Ajit Singh Cricket Tournament, organised by Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, at its ground in Pitampura (West Delhi).

Scores: Air Force: 123 for 9 wickets in 30 overs (Upadhyay 35 n o, 1x6, 4x4; Mohanty 19, Imran Khan 18, Deepak Bhaskar 14, Sandeep Angurala 2 for 20, Chetan Sharma 2 for 12, Narender 3 for 29).

Rohtak Road Gymkhana: 124 for 6 in 29.1 overs (Manoj 39 n o, 6x4; Raja Gurmeet Singh 20 n o, 3x4; Rajan Gupta 20, 2x4; Pankaj 2 for 31, Karmakar 2 for 18).

Sixteen top club teams are taking part in the seventh Sahibzada Ajit Singh Cricket Tournament.

Organising secretary Dr Jaspal Singh said the final of the tournament would be held on January 24. All the matches will be played at the Guru Gobind Singh College ground.

Dr Jaspal Singh announced that top teams like Malviya Club, Khalsa Evening, K N Colts, Delhi Administration, Rajdhani Sports, Daryaganj Gym, Bright Club, Khalsa Morning, Indian Air Force, Rohtak Road Gymkhana, SGGSCC, Bhagat Singh College (Evening), Youngsters, DSGMC, Sonnet Club and Delhi Eagles are participating in the tournament.

He said the quarter-final matches will be played on January 15, 16, 18 and 20 while the semi-finals will be played on January 21 and 22, and the final on 24.

Saroya lifts gold in PNB meet
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 7
J P Saroya of Punjab Zone won the 5000m race to add to the 1500m gold and 800m silver he had won earlier in the 20th All-India Punjab National Bank Inter-Zone Sports Meet at the Karnail Singh Stadium on Tuesday.

Saroya clocked 17:18.7 minutes to finish ahead of Som Dutt of Himachal and Narender Singh of Northern Zone.

Kusum Lata of UP West posted a time of 3:48.8 minutes to win the 800m race for women. Prem Lata of Delhi and Satya of Punjab took the silver and bronze.

In the 3000m race for women, Sudha of MP Zone raced to the gold with a time of 16:42.0 minutes. Kusum Lata finished second while Anita of Northern Zone claimed the bronze.

In the 200m, Kusum Lata clocked 33.5 to make it a golden double. Leena Furtado of Western Zone and Prem Lata of Delhi won the silver and bronze. In high jump for men, Sushil Dogra of Punjab cleared 1.50 metres to snatch the gold. D S Badhoria of UP West and D Dutta of Easter won the silver and bronze.

In women’s high jump, Mamta of Eastern cleared 1.05 metres to lift the gold. Prem Lata and Swety Kalia (Punjab) accounted for the silver and bronze.

New Era bag badminton title
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 7
Hosts New Era School, Mayapuri Road, won the boys under-16 title, defeating Hansraj School, Panchkula 2-0 in the fourth Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Badminton Tournament held at the New Era School courts.

Results: Vaibhav Gupta beat Prateek Mittal 15-6, 11-15, 15-8; Himanchu Kharbanda b Anshul Aggarwal 15-13, 15-11. DAV, Amritsar defeated DAV, Patna 2-1 to lift the boys Under-19 title.

Results: Mayank b Neeraj 15-2, 15-7; Kunal lost to Sandeep 1-15, 14-15; Mayank and Kunal b Neeraj and Sandeep 15-4, 15-2.

Greenland School, Ludhiana defeated Visakha Valley, Vizag 2-1 in the boys under-14 final. Results: Gurbaksh Singh b Kanishka 15-3, 15-5; Ashutosh Prabhakar lost to Anil K Raju 7-15, 9-15; Gurbaksh and Prabhakar b Kanishka and Anil 17-16, 15-12.

Visakha Valley defeated Samvidha Vidyapeeth, Vijayawada 2-0 to annex the girls under-14 trophy. Results: Ramya Teja b IRD Sravani 11-2, 11-3; Divya b Jancy 11-4, 11-5. Samvidha Vidyapeeth defeated New Era School 2-0 to annex the girls Under-16 title.

Results: Jyothi b Swati Aggarwal 11-6, 11-1; Jyotshna b Divya Sharma 11-5, 11-6.

Bal Bharti Public School, Rohini defeated St. Raphael’s School, Indore to win the girls Under-19 title.

Results: Rachita lost to Heeral 10-13, 3-11; Mohita b Rama Patel 10-13, 11-4, 11-4; Rachita and Mohita b Heeral and Rama Patel 11-3, 11-5.

Puneet bowls R P Academy to victory
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 7
Ten-year-old Puneet Walia produced a deadly 4 for 8 bowling spell and Mukul Dangar hit an unbeaten half-century as R P Academy defeated GMCA by nine wickets in the second Mata Durga Devi Under-12 Cricket Tournament at the Bharat National Public School ground, Ram Vihar. Puneet Walia was adjudged the Man of the Match.

Scores: GMCA: 90 all out in 27.1 overs (Anurag Tyagi 32, Puneet Walia 4 for 8, Pawan Negi 2 for 27). R P Academy: 95 for 1 in 18.3 overs (Mukul Dangar 55 n o, Vaibhav Rawal 21, Siddarth Kaushik 1 for 20).

Jaspreet hits ton for I.G.Stadium

Jaspreet Narula cracked an unbeaten 104 and Raghav Raj Bindra scored an undefeated 81 as Indira Gandhi Stadium Coaching Centre defeated Haryana Academy by 159 runs and entered the quarter-final of the third All-India Shakuntala Devi Memorial Under-19 Cricket Tournament at the East Point School ground.

Jaspreet was named the Man of the Match for his splendid cricket.

Scores: I G Stadium: 295 for 2 in 40 overs (Jaspreet Narula 104 n o, Rghav Raj Bindra 81 n o, Vivek Sharma 48).

Haryana Cricket Academy: 138 all out in 23.3 overs (Sandeep Yadav 92, Farman Ahmad 5 for 45, Vivek Sharma 3 for 23).

Sarthak, Parikshit slam centuries

Sarthak Khatri and Parikshit Sangpata slammed centuries and Akash Sudan claimed 4 wickets for 12 runs as Frank Anthony Public School defeated Lovely Public School by 245 runs in the fourth Major-General R. G. Williams Memorial Under-14 Cricket Tournament at the Frank Anthony School ground.

Scores: Frank Anthony School: 321 for 6 in 35 overs (Sarthak Khatri 114, Parikshit 113, Umang Kumar 3 for 35).

Lovely Public School: 76 all out in 25 overs (Umang Kumar 29, Akash Sudan 4 for 12, Arpit Upadhyay 3 for 12).

Nehru Stadium enter semis
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 7
An all-round display by Dinesh Kaushik (83 and 2 for 2) and useful knocks by Amit Tiwari (31) and Sourav (33) helped JNS Cricket Club beat Delhi University Cricket Coaching Centre by 34 runs and entered the semi-final of the SPM Cricket Tournament at the SPM College ground. Scores: JNS Club: 232 for 8 in 35 overs (Dinesh 83, Sourav 33, Amit 30). Delhi University Club: 198 for 8 in 35 overs (Sachin Bisht 50, Vinay Parkash 36, Sourav 2 for 26, Dinesh 2 for 2).

SPCNL, NIIT play tied match

SPCNL and NIIT played a tied match in the Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament at the Teri ground. Scores: SPCNL: 98 all out in 17.5 overs (Tarun Chabra 37, T L Vishwanath 31, Ritesh 2 for 28, Kapil 2 for 2).

NIIT: 98 all out in 23.1 overs (Ashish Guha 24, Luxman 2 for 13, Tarun Chabra 3 for 17, Dhingra 3 for 19). 

Delphi Auto win
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 7
Delphi Automotive defeated Coca-Cola by one run in a Super League match of the Luminous Cup Cricket Tournament at the CSG-II ground.

Scores: Delphi Automotive: 117 all out in 23.2 overs (Ashok Dasmana 48,4x5, 6x2; Abraham Joseph 27, 4x3; Sandeep Dhawan 5 for 28; Royal Rajput 3 for 11).

Coca-Cola: 116 all out in 19.5 overs (Rajneesh Vasudeva 58, 4x8, 6x1; Dhruv Singh 15, 4x2; Abraham Joseph 3 for 31, Manish Sharma 2 for 31, Amit Sareen 4 for 17).

ADMINISTRATION

Police verification of domestics, 
tenants to be intensified
Tribune News Service

Gurgaon, January 7
The police have decided to intensify its campaign to verify the identities of the domestic workers and tenants. The police have reintroduced this campaign with a new vigour, as it believes that sieving of domestic workers having dubious antecedents would check a potential source of crime.

According to the district police chief, Mr Kuldip Singh Sihag, the police verified the antecedents of 10,000 domestic servants and 17,000 tenants last year. The campaign got diluted somewhat due to the apathy on the part of the those who hire domestic workers and the landlords, who are not always enthusiastic about providing the full details of their tenants.

The police have prepared a form in which the landlords and the domestic workers are supposed to provide information such as permanent addresses and earlier employers. The authorities had given area-beats to the constabulary for collecting the details on the domestic workers and the tenants.

The experience of the police has been that the verifications of domestic workers and tenants had helped them to check not only small crimes like thefts but also cases of murder in the district.

Mr Sihag promised to provide all possible help to the residents on the issue. However, he lamented the lack of enthusiasm on the part of the residents who have not been forthcoming in providing detailed information as desired by the police. He wanted the residents to be enthusiastic on such issues and help the police in its drive to reduce the crime rate in the district.

The worry of the police on this issue is understandable. With the continued expansion of the city and the influx of population to the area, it is important that some kind of data bank be maintained on the arrival of new domestic workers and tenants here.

Moreover, Gurgaon being close to Delhi and directly accessible to bordering states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, the police feel that there is always a danger of anti-social elements on the run sneaking into the city either as domestic servants or tenants.

The police chief feared that the inability to maintain a proper data bank in this regard could have a negative impact on the local economy, as Gurgaon is looked upon as safe place for business.

Also, in many of the posh sectors and colonies, there are any number of houses, which are occupied by old couples and nuclear families. Many of the houses have working couples, making their houses vulnerable to robberies and other criminal activities.

The focus of the police is particularly on those who hire ‘Kholis’ on the outskirts of the city. There are a large number of such ‘Kholis’ functioning on the outskirts of the city. A large number of migrant labourers stay in these ‘Kholis’.

In this regard, the experience of the police has not been pleasant. There have been cases when the domestic workers have indulged in heinous crimes, including the murder of their employers.

In many of these criminal activities, the police have been able to arrest the culprits and bring them to justice by virtue of the information provided to the police by the residents.