SPORTS

Jamia, DAV College sail into semis
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New Delhi, February 18
Faculty of Social Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (Delhi) defeated Jamal Mohd College, Tiruchirappalli 6-0 to sail into the semi-final of the 10th Nehru Champion Colleges Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Tuesday. DAV College, Jalandhar trounced Rourkela Municipal College, Rourkela 7-1 to complete the semi-final line-up.

In the semi-finals on Wednesday, St Joseph’s College, Bangalore will take on Brijindra College, Faridkot at 1 pm while Jamia Millia will clash against DAV College at 3 pm.

In a one-sided match, Jamia Millia opened their scoring in the 12th minute when Deepak Kumar converted a penalty stroke while the second goal came 18 minutes later when Deepak Kumar himself found the mark, converting a penalty corner. Sanjeet Kumar scored the third goal three minutes later to complete the first half scoring.

On resumption, Prabhakar Singh scored the fourth and sixth goals while Jitender Saroha scored off a penalty corner to get the fifth goal.

DAV College had to struggle for 18 minutes to score the first goal through Amarjit Singh. The second goal came only in the 30th minute when Yadwinder Singh hit home a field goal.

In the second session, the Jalandhar College, however, were on a roll as they added five more goals through Damandeep Singh (third and seventh), Navpreet Singh and Ravi Pal. Arvind Tuty pulled off the consolation goal for Rourkela.

Delhi Under-17 cricket team felicitated
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New Delhi, February 18
The Delhi Under-17 Cricket team, who recently lifted the All-India Vijay Merchant Trophy Under-17 Cricket Tournament title at Kanpur, were felicitated by the Cricketers’ Association of Delhi.

Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) general secretary S. P. Bansal presented mementoes to the winning team, their coach Radhey Shyam Sharma and manager Davinder Chaudhary.

Others who were present at the function were former Delhi skipper Venkat Sundaram, former international Surender Khanna, Gyaneshwar Prasad, Anil Jain, joint secretary of DDCA, Ravi Jain, D S Bawa, B M Gupta, Subhash Sharma and Anil Gupta, all directors of the DDCA, Himmat Saini, Dr Ahmed Tameem, Virender Bhatnagar, Ashok Sharma, Anil Chaudhary and S. B. Verma.

Mayank Sidana hits unbeaten ton in U-17 tourney
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New Delhi, February 18
An unbeaten century knock of 130 by Mayank Sidana and a devastating 6 for 48 bowling performance by leg-spinner Aviral Himmat Ramka helped Modern School defeat Mount St Marry’s School on the basis of their first innings lead and entered the final of the sixth Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Gyan Bharti School ground, Saket.

Mount St Marry’s, batting first, scored 183 all out in 50.2 overs. Modern School replied with 222 for 1 in 40 overs. The second day’s play was washed out due to rain, and the organisers declared Modern School as the winners. Electing to bat Mount St Marry’s made 183 all out in 50.2 over.

Scores: Mount St Marry’s: 183 all out in 50.2 overs (Yash Vardhan 37, Aviral Himmat Ramka 6 for 48, Aditya Jain 2 for 36). Modern School: 222 for 1 in 40 overs (Mayank Sidana 130 n o, Aditya Jain 41 n o, Ashwat Kumar 38).

HUDCO beat Ericsson

Hudco defeated Ericsson by four wickets in the third Reebok Cup Cricket Tournament at the Khalsa School ground. Putting to bat, HUDCO made 132 for 6.

Scores: Ericsson 131 all out in 24.4 overs (Ramesh Maurya 35, 4x5; Rajesh Kumar 26, 4x2; Ramesh Negi 3 for 24, Mukesh Kumar 3 for 27). HUDCO: 132 for 6 wickets in 22 overs (Mukesh Kumar 33 n o, V K Shukla 21 n o, Atul Kumar 3 for 28, Ramesh Maurya 1 for 26).

GAIL down STM

Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) defeated S T Microelectronics (STM) by two wickets in the 10th Teri Cup Cricket Tournament at the Teri Oval.

Scores: STM: 126 for 9 in 25 overs (Rajesh Jeswani 38, Sabyasachi Das 20, Arshad 4 for 19, Suresh 2 for 27).

GAIL: 130 for 8 in 24.4 overs (Thomas 30, Lalit Mourya 21, Gautam Biswas 21, Prasad Narang 2 for 29, Nitin Singh 2 for 10, Ashish Rudola 2 for 22).

Jiwajirao Scindia Polo from today
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New Delhi, February 18
The Raymond Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia Gold Cup Polo Tournament will be held at the Jaipur Polo ground from February 19 to 23. Twelve top teams of the country will vie for honours in this prestigious tournament.

The teams are: Hyundai Sonata, McDowell’s Signature, Teachers, Jindal Steel and Power, Aravali Polo, Sehgal Stud, Royal Kashmir, Zara, Army Tag Heuer and Indian Army.

In 1997, Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior presented a gold cup to the Polo Club to start a tournament in honour of Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia of Gwalior, an avid polo player and patron of the game. Over the years, the tournament has carved out a special niche for itself among polo tournaments.

Mohan Sharma shines with bat

A strokeful knock of 73, studded with two sixes and 14 boundaries, enabled the Jawaharlal Nehru Trust XI beat New Zealand High Commission by nine wickets in a league match of the Commonwealth Cricket Tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ground.

New Zealand High Commission won the toss and elected to bat. Montu scored 29 with six fours off 23 balls while Nikku scored 20 with one six and three fours. For Jawaharlal Nehru Trust, Mohan Sharma and Sunil Narula scored 73 and 27 not out respectively. They put on 113 runs for the opening wicket, off 37 balls.

Skipper Vikram Kaul slammed a quickfire unbeaten 21 which contained two sixes and two fours. Mohan Sharma was adjudged the Man of the Match.

HDFC Bank win in Turf Cricket

HDFC Bank defeated Pepsi Foods by 122 runs in a league match of the second Turf Corporate Cricket Challenge at the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce ground.

Scores: HDFC Bank: 182 for 8 in 25 overs (Sant Ram 47, Virender Bhoj 20, Gaurav Mittal 42, Prashant 4 for 23, Rupinder 2 for 37).

Pepsi Foods: 60 all out in 22.3 overs (Kulbeer Bindra 23, Ashish 2 for 9, Sant Ram 2 for 10, Harvinder Singh 2 for 12).

Pawan and Parveen adjudged best athletes
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Rohtak, February 18
Pawan Kumar and Praveen were declared the best athletes among boys and girls of the 31st annual athletic meet of Sh. L.N. Hindu College, which concluded here today. Pawan, a student of BA first year of the college, emerged winner in 100-m and 200m races. He also finished second in discuss throw and remained third in high-jump and hammer throw events. Praveen Kumari bagged the crown of best athlete among girls by virtue of her excellent performance in 100m race and high jump event.

Athletic Meet

The 68th annual athletic meet of University College will be held here on February 20 and 21. According to a press note issued by the M D University , Professor M. C. Dash, V-Cof Sambalpur University, will inaugurate the meet.