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Malhotra releases Lala Hari Ram cricket draw
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 23
All India Council of Sports (AICS) president Prof Vijay Kumar Malhotra on Friday released the draw of the seventh Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal Memorial Day-Night Cricket Carnival, to be held at the Karnail Singh Stadium, from May 25 to June 8.

Defending champions Indian Airlines will take on the Bihar Cricket Association in the opening match of the tournament. Sixteen teams, including one from Nepal, are taking part in the tournament.

Prof Malhotra lauded the efforts made by the organising committee in roping in the best teams for the tournament, including one from Nepal. President of the tournament committee Ashok Aggarwal and chairman of the tournament committee Sunil Mahajan were also present.

Mr Aggarwal said all the matches up to the quarter-final stage will be 35 overs a side, while the semi-finals and final will be 40 overs a side. The winners of the title will pocket a cash prize of Rs 1,11,000 while the runners-up will be awarded Rs 51,000.

The semi-finalists will be richer by Rs 21,000 each. A BDM bat will be presented to the man of the match in every tie. The best batsman, best bowler and man of the series will be presented a kit bag each.

The teams in the fray are: Indian Airlines, Bihar Cricket Association, Air Sahara, Youngsters Club, Collage Group, All India Public Sector President’s XI, HDFC Bank, Sonnet Club, Air India, Lal Bahadur Shastri Club, Indian Airlines, Rajdhani Sports, Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association, Veti Airlines (Nepal), South Delhi Club and HB Club.

Rajdhani Sports sail into quarter-final
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New Delhi, May 23
Rajdhani Sports defeated Delhi Blues by 74 runs to enter the quarter-final of the seventh Lala Raghubir Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground, Barakhamba Road.

The match, which started late due to rain, was reduced to 27 overs a side. Put into bat, Rajdhani Sports revelled in the morning cool, rendered thus by an unexpected shower, to put the rival bowlers to the sword. Sanjay Verma and Ashish Sharma produced whiplash batting performances to help Rajdhani Sports hoist 212 for 6 in 27 overs.

Sanjay Verma cracked 68 off 39 balls with four boundaries and five sixes while Ashish Sharma struck 61 off 52 balls with five boundaries and two sixes. Gaurav Mehta contributed 29.

In reply, Blues found the going tough, and barring Gaurav Marwah and Tarun Gupta, other batsmen failed to put up any resistance. Sanjay Verma was named the man of the match. Collage Group will take on Lal Bahadur Shatri Club on Saturday at 7.30 am.

Scores: Rajdhani Sports Club: 212 for 6 in 27 overs (Sanjay Verma 68, Ashish Sharma 61, Gaurav Mehta 29, Mukesh Dewan 1 for 46, Vivek Khurana 1 for 41, Mridul Gupta 1 for 14).

Blues: 138 for 7 in 27 overs (Gaurav Marwah 49, 3x4, 1x6, 54b; Tarun Gupta 21 n o, Tapeshwar Tyagi 2 for 25, Vipul Sharma 2 for 22).

Sonnet move into final
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New Delhi, May 23
Sonnet Club beat Lal Bahadur Shastri Club by 22 runs in a rain-affected semi-final match of the Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Khalsa College ground. Sonnet, who have made their fourth entry into the Goswami cricket final, will take on Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in the challenge round on Sunday.

All India Radio will broadcast a running commentary of the final match from 8 am.

The match started late due to the sudden showers in the morning. Due to the shortened time, the contest was reduced to 25 overs a side. Put into bat, Sonnet scored 196 for eight in 25 overs, mainly on the strength of a dashing 72, knocked in by Salil Oberoi. Saket Bhatia pitched in with 46.

In reply, despite a spitfire half century by Sumeet Rana, Shastri Club folded up for 174 in 24.1 overs. Chetanya Nanda and Deepak Joon produced devastating bowling performances to claim three wickets each.

Scores: Sonnet Club: 196 for 8 in 25 overs (Mayank Sidana 15, 2x4, 15b; Dhruv Mohan 26, 2x4, 2x6, 17b; Salil Oberoi 72, 4x4, 58b; Saket Bhatia 46, 5x4, 39b; Pankaj Sharma n o 11; Ajit Singh 2 for 32, Narinder Singh 2 for 14).

Shastri Club: 174 all out in 24.1 overs (Dalip T T 26, 5x4, 21b; Sumeet Rana 56, 6x4, 2x6, 39b; Sumit Dogra 37, 1x4, 1x6, 28b; Chetanya Nanda 3 for 14, Deepak Joon 3 for 41).

DDA Academy B team lift soccer title

New Delhi, May 23
Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Academy B team defeated DDA C team 3-2 via sudden death tie-breaker to bag the third Ambuja Cup Five-a-Side Football Tournament title at the Ambedkar Stadium on Friday.

Pahari Dhiraj, K G Colts win in U-15 tourney
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New Delhi, May 23
A strokeful 76 by Prateek Jamla and deadly bowling by Tushar Kaushik (3 for 13) helped Pahari Dhiraj Club beat Alpine Club by 60 runs in a DDCA Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Bharat Nagar ground.

In another match, K G Colts beat Salwan Public School by seven wickets.

Scores: Pahari Dhiraj Club: 157 all out in 40.2 overs (Prateek Jamla 76, Vipul Gupta 27, Manish Adikari 4 for 27, Vijay Anand 2 for 27). Alpine Club: 97 all out in 33 overs (Manish Adhikari 48, Tushar Kaushik 3 for 13, Himanshu Kaushik 3 for 29). Salwan Public: 178 all out in 38.2 overs (Siddarth Gandhi 33, Tarandeep Singh 4 for 53, Hitesh Tyagi 4 for 40, Aditya Aima 2 for 27). K G Colts: 181 for 3 in 29.2 overs (Aditya Aima 65, Piyush Negi 64).

Sumit Dogra Academy win
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New Delhi, May 23
A fine all-round performance by Balvinder Singh (69, 8x4) helped Sumit Dogra Academy beat Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan by four runs in the fourth Peacock Under-13 Cricket Tournament at the Gargi College ground.

Sumit Dogra Academy scored 168 for 4 in 30 overs. Balvinder Singh played a fine innings for Sumit Dogra.

Scores: Sumit Dogra Academy: 168 for 4 in 30 overs (Balvinder Singh 69, Kapil 35). Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan: 164 for 6 in 30 overs (Gourav Bisht 88, Sourav Bisht 45, Balvinder Singh 2 for 18.

Medical waste: MC to act against clinics
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, May 23
The Sonepat Municipal Council has decided to take action against clinics and nursing homes, which are still throwing medical wastes in the open and violating the directions of the Pollution Control Board (PCB).

According to the Chairman of the council, Satpal Goyal, the Pollution Control Board has directed all hospitals, clinics and dispensaries in the town to make arrangements of their own to properly dispose of medical wastes. But a number of clinics, including the veterinary dispensaries have been found throwing medical wastes in open areas, mainly behind Subzimandi, Malviya School, along the sides of Kakroi road and under a bridge near the old DC road.

Though a number of hospitals in the town have already made arrangements for proper disposal of medical wastes after the PCB enforced the rules relating to medical wastes way back in 1999, still a number of clinics, laboratories and dispensaries are reportedly throwing their wastes in the open creating health hazards.