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Off season cricket activities in full swing
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Rohtak, May 7
Off season cricket activities are at full swing with a bunch of budding cricketers make serious efforts to keep themselves physically fit and ameliorate their cricketing skills as summer cricket coaching camp being conducted here by the Haryana Cricket Association (HCA) for the under-17 age group draws near its culminating point. The camp, which began on April 21, is scheduled to end on May 11.

The organisers have divided the camp activities into two separate sessions. According to HCA secretary, Ranbir Singh Mahendra, the action takes place on two different venues. The young cricketers assemble for the morning practice at Vaish College ground. It is a three-hours affair in the morning and nets are held at between 3.30 pm to 7 pm in the afternoon session. The HCA has chosen 20 cricketers for the camp, who are being provided all facilities. A participant told to the NCR Tribune that the boys were enjoying every moment, as they get good opportunity to learn finer points of the game besides keeping themselves physically fit and mentally fresh. The guys seemed enthusiastic at the nets.

Highlighting the importance of such camps, another cricketer said that one of the positive points of the camp has been that it has generated a lot of enthusiasm among the young local lads who turn out to watch cricketers at the camp. HCA proposes to organise such camps for under-19 and Ranji cricketers, too in the near future, said the Haryana secretary.

‘Cricketing Safari’ photo exhibition
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New Delhi, May 7
“Cricketing Safari—World Cup 2003”, a photo exhibition mounted by Kamal Sharma, was opened by former India player, and now a national selector, Kirti Azad at Mati Ghar premises of the Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts at Janpath, on Tuesday.

Dronacharya cricket coach Ramakanth Achrekar was the guest of honour at the function. Cricketers Gautam Gambhir and Amit Mishra were also present, along with a host of others. Over 120 photographs, evocatively capturing the on and off field actions of the World Cup, are on display.

Kamal Sharma had earlier mounted an exhibition at the same venue on the images he captured when the World Trade Centre twin towers crashed in the USA.

Kirti Azad described Kamal Sharma as the “Sachin Tendulkar of cricket photography”. The exhibition is open for public viewing from 10 am to 7 pm on all days till May 11.

Sumit helps Shastri Club into semis
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New Delhi, May 7
An all-round display by Sumit Dogra, who took three wickets for 32 runs and then cracked an unbeaten 89, helped Lal Bahadur Shastri Club beat Sonnet by six wickets and enter the semi-final of the 12th Shera Pandit Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Mohan Meakins ground, Ghaziabad. Sumit Dogra was declared the man of the match.

Scores: Sonnet Club: 187 for 6 in 30 overs (Mayank Sidana 74 n o, Suhail Sharma 30, Sumit Dogra 3 for 32, Mukesh Diwan 2 for 37).

Lal Bahadur Shastri Club: 188 for 4 in 30 overs (Sumit Dogra 89 n o, Sanjay Rawat 41, Bhruv Mohan 3 for 16).

PMG advance into final

A dashing knock of 70 by Mahesh Prasad and deadly bowling of 4 for 38 by Mahender Bisth enabled Professional Management Group (PMG) beat Delhi Colts by nine wickets and entered the final of the DDCA AA-II Division Super League at the Palam ground.

Scores: Delhi Colts (1st innings): 232 all out in 49.2 overs (Dalbir Singh Tokas 90, Gautam Kumar 54, Mahender Bisth 4 for 38, Neeraj Arya 3 for 35).

Second innings: 145 all out in 30 overs (Aniruddha Tripathi 42, Rajeev Rana 4 for 70).

PMG (1st innings): 295 all out in 58 overs (Mahesh Prasad 70, Naresh Kumar 38, Ranjeet Singh 37, Rajeev Rana 34, Bhupender Yadav 31, Gautam Kumar 4 for 48). Second innings: 83 for 1 in 12.1 overs (Rajeev Rana 42 n o, Mahesh Prasad 21, Aniruddha Tripathi 1 for 30).

Rajiv Uniyal stars in R S Club’s win
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New Delhi, May 7
Rajiv Uniyal excelled with bat and ball (56, 6x4, 1x6, 62b and 2 for 31) to star in RS Club’s six-wicket victory against Indian Air Force in the semi-final of the fourth Millennium Cup Inter-Institutional Cricket Tournament at the Harbaksh Singh Stadium.

Scores: Indian Air Force: 214 for 8 in 40 overs (PMS Reddy 84, Imran Khan 40, S Upadhyaya 44, Gurav 1 for 36, Rajiv Uniyal 2 for 31).

R S Club: 219 for 4 in 37.5 overs (Rajiv Uniyal 56, Ravi Yadav 45, Sanjay Verma 70).

Rajdhani in semis

Rajdhani Sports, Rajouri Garden beat R P Academy by 134 runs and entered the semi-final of the fourth BDM Cricket Tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Captain Ravi Yadav, who performed an all-round feat (32 and 3 for 29) was declared the man of the match.

Scores: Rajdhani Sports: 144 for 8 in 40 overs (Joginder Sharma 76, Lalit Anand 52, Ravi Yadav 32, Harish Kumar 31, Arshad Masi 3 for 30, Amit Tewatia 3 for 40).

R P Academy: 110 all out in 28.4 overs (Rajesh Kumar 31, Amit Tewatia 30, Ravi Yadav 3 for 29, Joginder Singh 3 for 19, Ramesh Verma 2 for 20).

Lov Sehrawat hits ton

Lov Sehrawat slammed an unbeaten 113, off just 84 balls with 15 fours and two sixes, to help DAV School, Shalimar Bagh beat Ramjas Day Boarding School by 155 runs in the Harry Cup Under-15 Cricket Tournament. Lov, son of former wrestling champion Satpal, was presented the man of the match award by his father.

Scores: DAV School: 262 for 5 in 30 overs (Lov Sehrawat 113 n o, Jaladh Dua 77, Vipin Malhotra 34).

Ramjas Day Boarding: 107 all out in 22 overs (Milind Mourya 28, Sushant Malhotra 20, Ankit Dabas 3 for 40, Sahil Chugh 3 for 5, Pawan Chauhan 2 for 32).