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IA ground Bright Club
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New Delhi, March 5
A dashing knock of 76 by former Test player Vijay Dahiya and an unbeaten 62 by R R Parida, supported by a fiery spell of 4 for 41 by Rajat Bhatia, helped Indian Airlines beat Bright Club by five wickets in the Roshanara Cricket Tournament at the Roshanara Club ground.

Indian Airlines won the toss and opted to field. But it seemed like an unwise decision as Bright Club openers Sanjay Bambal and Vivek Kumar indulged in lusty hittings to hoist 95 runs for the opening wicket.

And then Rajinder Bisht and Akash Malhotra put on 78 runs for the fourth wicket. Sumit Narwal gave a fitting finish to Bright’s knock when he cracked 31 runs off 13 balls with one four and three sixes.

But for a formidable batting lineup like that of Indian Airlines, Bright’s total of 220 was too meagre, and expectedly, Vijay Dahiya and Ishan Ganda put on 105 runs for the opening wicket to give a blazing start to the Airlines’ knock.

Then R R Parida took over to slam an unbeaten 62 to anchor Airlines to a comfortable victory.

Scores: Bright Club: 220 in 44.5 overs (Rajinder Bisht 49, 6x4, 44b; Sanjay Bambal 45, 6x4, 75b; Vivek Kumar 40,5x4, 72b; Sumit Narwal 31, Akash Malhotra 28, Rajat Bhatia 4 for 4, Sonu Sharma 2 for 32, Sukhvinder 2 for 47).

Indian Airlines: 224 for 5 in 38 overs (Vijay Dahiya 76, 14x4, 58b; R R Parida 62, 8x4, 78b; Ishan Gandha 29, Nischal Gaur 2 for 34, Surinder 2 for 40).

Vishal Sharma hits century for Golden Hawks 
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New Delhi, March 5
An unbeaten century by Vishal Sharma helped Golden Hawks Club beat Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)by nine wickets in a Super A Division match of the DDCA League at the Ramjas Sports Complex ground.

Scores: CWC: 154 all out in 35 overs (Gaurav Sharma 46, Rohit Sharma 36 n.o, Vishal Tyagi 2 for 20, Vishal Sharma 2 for 36).

Golden Hawks: 156 for 1 in 28.5 overs (Vishal Sharma 101 n.o, Vishal Tyagi 51 n.o).

Indian Airlines defeated Subhania Club by eight wickets in a Super A Division match at Kotla No 1 ground.

Scores: Subhania: 121 all out in 39.3 overs (Yogesh Kumar 36, Manish Kumar 20, Vijay Dahiya 2 for 1, Harender Chaudhary 2 for 24).

Indian Airlines: 122 for 2 in 20.5 overs (Vijay Dahiya 47 n.o, R R Parida 27, Chandan Madan 21).

Okhala Division win

Okhala Division beat Asaf Ali Road by 76 runs in the Inter-OVN Trading Engineers Cricket Tournament at the Jamia Millia ground.

Scores: Okhla Division: 189 for 7 in 30 overs (Sandeep Banerjee 54, Vineet Chabra 35, Kuber Singh 35, Kalka Prasad 3 for 25).

Asaf Ali Road: 113 all out in 26 overs (Bhagat Singh 35, Mohd. Arif 3 for 16, Vineet Chabra 3 for 20).

Richa beat Hudco

Richa Exports beat Hudco by 46 runs in the second Turf Corporate Cricket Challenge.

Scores: Richa Exports: 201 for 4 in 25 overs (Shubneet Singh Kohli 60, Krishna 52, Ishneet Singh 33 n.o, V K Shukla 2 for 41).

Hudco: 155 for 8 in 25 overs (Dilbagh Singh 48, Gaurav Uppal 2 for 21, Rajesh 2 for 9). Shubneet Singh Kohli was adjudged the man of the match.

B L Kashyap Group win

B.L.Kashyap Group defeated Business Standard by seven wickets in the tenth Teri Cup Cricket League at the Central Secretariat ground.

Scores: Business Standard: 132 for 6 in 25 overs (Udit 39 n.o, 4x4; Mukesh Yadav 30, 3x4; Atul Kashyap 1 for 39, Deep Singh 1 for 18).

B L Kashyap Group: 137 for 3 in 18.4 overs (Deep Singh 62 n.o, 5x4; Puneet Kashyap 24, 2x4; Amit 1 for 18, Rakesh 1 for 27).

In another match, an all-round performance by Rajeev Rana helped Sar Group defeat Orient Craft by eight wickets.

Scores: Orient Craft: 131 for 7 wickets in 25 overs (Majid 20, 2x4; Rohit 20, 2x4; Manoj 19; Jitender 2 for 34, Rajeev Rana 2 for 16).

Sar Group: 132 for 2 in 21.1 overs (Rajeev Rana 58, 4x4; Amresh Pradhan 46 n.o, 2x4, 1x6; Dhan Singh 1 for 19).

Rajeev Rana was named the man of the match.

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Railway Wrestling in Delhi
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New Delhi, March 5
The 44th All-India Railway Wrestling Championship will be held at the badminton hall, Karnail Singh stadium, from March 6 to 9.

General manager of Northern Railway R K Singh will inaugurate the championship. Member Staff of Railway Board and president of the Railway Sports Promotion Board B.S.Sudhir Chandra will give away the prizes on March 9.

G E Capital win

G E Capital defeated ABN Amro Bank by two wickets in the Reebok Cricket Tournament.

Scores: ABN Amro Bank: 152 for 6 in 25 overs (Rahul Garg 47, 4x7m 42b; Amitabh Bhatnagar 28, 40b, 4x5; Joginder Sehgal 3 for 22, Binod Patnaik 2 for 30).

G E Capital: 155 for 8 in 21 overs (Harish Nair 33 n.o, 4x4, 32b; Alok Bhattacharya 33, 4x3, 34b; Rahul Garg 3 for 9). Rahul Garg was named the man of the match.

HelpAge India Golf

HelpAge India will hold a golf tournament for senior citizens at the Delhi Golf Club Course on March 6 and 7 from 8.30 am to 4 pm. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah will tee off the contest.

Clintus beat Kiwis

Clintus beat New Zealand High Commission by seven wickets in a limited-over match at the Palam ground.

Scores: New Zealand High Commission: 90 all out (Montague 10, Vikas 10, Bhavya Sharma 3 for 25, Himanshu Bhatt 2 for 5).

Clintus: 92 for 3 (Arvind Joshi 20, Vishal Varma 20, Arjun Sarna 17 n.o).