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Sonnet storm past Malviya Club in Raghubir cricket
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 22
Sonnet Club crushed Malviya Club by eight wickets in the opening match of the 27th Lala Raghubir Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament on the Modern School ground, Barakhamba Road on Thursday.

Malviya Club, electing to bat, scored 227 for 8 in 40 overs with Sachin Khurana blasting 53 off 50 balls with five fours and three sixes. But the target proved to be easy meat for the powerful Sonnet batting line-up as Salil

Oberoi and Saket Bhatia scored unbeaten 64 and unbeaten 49, respectively, to ensure their victory. Sonnet made 231 for 2 in 34.5 overs.

Salil Oberoi, whose 64 came off 73 balls with six fours and two sixes, was named the man of the match.

Maj-Gen Virendra Pratap Singh (retd) of the Board of Trustees of Modern School and son of Lala Raghubir Singh, and Delhi Olympic Association president Raj Chopra were the guests of honour at the opening match.

Scores: Malviya Club: 227 for 8 in 40 overs (Sachin Khurana 53, 5x4, 3x6, 50b; Aditya Jain 33, 3x4, 59b; Gagan Deep Singh 27, 2x4, 1x6; Gurmeet Singh 22, 2x4; Chetanya Nanda 3 for 45, Deepak Joon 1 for 24).

Sonnet: 231 for 2 in 34.5 overs (Salil Oberoi 64 n o, 6x4, 2x6, 73b; Saket Bhatia 49 n o, 4x6; Dhruv Mohan 43, 5x4, 1x6; Kuldip Dewan 1 for 41).

Friday’s fixture: Rajdhani vs Blues; 7.30 am—Modern School ground.

DDA Academy teams to clash in soccer final

New Delhi, May 22
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Football Academy C and D teams will clash in the final of the third Ambuja Cup Five-a-Side Football Tournament at Ambedkar Stadium on Friday. The match will begin at 5.30 pm to beat the heat.

The final will be preceded by an exhibition match between the Delhi Veterans Club and the Sports Journalists XI and a match between Amarjyoti Club and Ambuja Club. The seventh edition of the Soccer Diary will also be released on the occasion. OSR

Sehrawat, Sahil help DAV School win
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 22
A stroke-filled 98 by Lov Sehrawat and an unbeaten 68 by Sahil Chugh helped DAV School, Shalimar Bagh, beat Mohan Meakins by 48 runs in a DDCA Under-15 Cricket Tournament on the Siri Fort ground.

Scores: DAV School: 249 for 9 in 45 overs (Lov Sehrawat 98, 15x4, 104b; Sahil Chaugh 68 n o, Aswin Venkat Raman 2 for 59).

Mohan Meakins: 201 for 7 in 45 overs (Shanky Srivastava 74 no, Aditya Saini 51, Vipin Malhotra 3 for 43). Ramjas School No 2 beat Inborn Club by 17 runs on the Vikaspuri ground.

Scores: Ramjas School No 2: 132 all out in 33.1 overs (Shoaib Sabri 42, Hitesh Rai 24, Gaman Kapoor 6 for 41).

Inborn Club: 115 all out in 30.3 overs (Rajiv Gupta 30, Ashish Maheshwari 3 for 42).

St Columba’s School beat Lal Bahadur Shastri Coaching Centre by 15 runs on the Bharat Nagar ground.

Scores: St Columba’s School: 186 all out in 36.2 overs (Vatsal Kumar 66, Raghav Mehra 35, Udit Tandon 30, Rohit Yadav 6 for 61).

Lal Bahadur Shastri Coaching Centre: 171 for 8 in 40 overs (Chirag Mehta 45, Varun Yadav 26, Deepender Bedi 3 for 47). National Stadium defeated Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan by five wickets on the Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan ground.

Scores: Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan: 111 all out in 30 overs (Esshu Mehra 41, Ritesh Joshi 2 for 5, Sachin Aggarwal 2 for 7, Ankit Singh 2 for 25). National Stadium: 114 for 5 in 42 overs (Rohan Tuteja 35, Sachin Aggarwal 30 n o, Eeshu Mehta 3 for 27).

City Gymkhana beat Hansraj Smarak by nine wickets on the Vikaspuri ground. 

Scores: Hansraj Smarak: 96 all out in 36 overs (Shantanu Chawla 27, Himanshu Shaily 4 for 23, Rohan Sharma 2 for 2). 

City Gymkhana: 97 for 1 in 20.1 overs (Rohan Sharma 41 n o, Neeraj Tiwari 35, Sanket Gupta 1 for 17). Delhi Gymkhana beat Modern School, Barakhamba Road by three wickets on the Modern School ground. 

Scores: Modern School: 200 for 9 in 45 overs (Jagrit Anand 72, Karan Rai 29, Mridul Badola 3 for 43, Abhishek Das 3 for 65).

Delhi Gymkhana: 203 for 7 in 44 overs (Nitin Saini 103, Arsh Arora 43, Karan Roy 3 for 20, Abhishek Kapoor 2 for 20).

ITTF award for Chowhan

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has selected Table Tennis Federation of India secretary-general M. C. Chowhan for the Merit Award during the 47th Liebherr World Table Tennis Championships. he award was conferred on him by ITTF president Adham Sharara at the annual general meeting held at Paris. One hundred and ninety-three members are affiliated to the ITTF out of which only four persons were selected for the award this year. Mr Chowhan is associated with table tennis for the past 50 years.

Puneet, Pawan shine with ball
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 22
Deadly bowling displays by Puneet Walia (4 for 19) and Pawan Negi (3 for 15) helped R P Cricket Academy defeat Harry Coaching Centre by eight wickets in the fourth Peacock Under-13 Cricket Tournament on the Gargi College ground.

Scores: Harry Coaching Academy: 115 for 9 in 30 overs (Abhimanyu 23, Puneet 4 for 19, Pawan Negi 3 for 15). R P

Academy: 116 for 2 in 22.4 overs (Vaibhav Rawal 42, Pawan 33, Mukul Dagar 27).

Sonnet Club defeated United Cricket Academy by five wickets.

Scores: United Academy: 100 all out in 26.4 overs (Manav 29, Kunal 31, Gourav 2 for 15, Dhurav 3 for 18). 

Sonnet Club: 101 for 5 in 20 overs (Gourav 31, Ankush 21, Mohit 2 for 18).

Cricket camp at Nainital

The National Council of the YMCA will organise a cricket camp and tournament at Sattal, Nainital, from June 2 to 30.

Boarding and lodging facilities will be provided to participating schools, clubs and academies. Entries close with Aftab Masih on phone 26963184.

‘Hand over 17 resettlement colonies to MCD’
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 22
The Delhi Government is flouting the central government’s order asking it to hand over17 resettlement colonies to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and to sanction Rs 20 crore for their development, a BJP councillor and member of the Standing Committee, Vijender Gupta, has alleged.

Addressing a press conference yesterday, he alleged that the central government had framed a policy in 1988 to hand over the resettlement colonies to the corporation from the Delhi Government for their maintenance and development. The policy was framed after an epidemic outbreak in the Capital when these colonies and jhuggi clusters on the bank of the Yamuna were flooded. Thereafter, 44 resettlement colonies were transferred to the MCD for maintenance work. The government sanctioned Rs 65 crore every year for the maintenance of these colonies. Earlier, these colonies were looked after by the Slum Wing, then a part of the DDA, Mr Vijender Gupta said.

He said that 17 other resettlement colonies were developed after demolishing jhuggi clusters and these colonies were being looked after by the Delhi Government. There was no water supply, no electricity and sewage system in these colonies. The Delhi Government should hand over these colonies to the general wing of the corporation and the government should sanction Rs 20 crore for the maintenance of these colonies.

In a letter written to the Chief Minister of Delhi, Mr Vijender Gupta demanded that the colonies should be handed over to the corporation for providing civic services so as to save the lives of thousands of JJ dwellers relocated in Holambi Kalan, Holambi Khurd, Bhalswa, Molar Bandh and Bakkarwala. If the colonies were not handed over to the corporation, the BJP would make it an issue, he warned.