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Collage Group enter Raghubir Cricket final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 3
An all-round performance by Sunil Rawat helped Collage Group defeat Rajdhani Sports by 75 runs to enter the final of the 27th Lala Raghubir Singh Cricket Tournament on the Modern School ground on Tuesday. Collage Group will take on Oil and Natural Gas Commission in the final on Thursday. Sunil Rawat was named the man of the match.

Rajdhani Sports won the toss and decided to field. And Collage Group gladly seized the chance to use the wicket first with Samrat Singh and Sunil Rawat indulging in free-flowing stroke play. Samrat Singh hit 91 with the aid of nine fours and one six off 90 balls while Sunil Rawat remained not out on 59, which contained five fours and six sixes, off just 30 balls.

In reply, Rajdhani Sports crashed to 205 in 37.1 overs.

Scores: Collage Group: 280 for 5 in 40 overs (Samrat Singh 91, 9x4, 1x6, 90b; Sunil Rawat 59 n o, 5x4, 6x6, 30b; Virender Sharma 54, 6x4, 2x6, 51b; R Dixit 26 n o, 2x4, 2x6, 11b; Amardeep 2 for 62, Ravi Yadav 1 for 41, Vipul Sharma 1 for 53).

Rajdhani Sports: 205 all out in 37.1 overs (Padamjeet 44, 5x4, 1x6, 35b; Ashish Sharma 47, 7x4, 36b; Sonu Vaid 31, 3x4, 1x6, 33b; Amardeep 26, 4x4, 31b; Sunil Rawat 3 for 38, Virender Sharma 2 for 44, Mahesh Bhati 2 for 47, Sonu Sharma 2 for 30).

Central Sectt record first win

New Delhi, June 3
Central Secretariat registered their first victory in Group B of a Senior Division match in the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) Institutional Football League Championship when they defeated Food Corporation of India (Headquarters) by a solitary goal at Ambedkar Stadium on Tuesday.

Central Secretariat have collected three points from two games while FCI have not yet opened their account after two matches.

In an interesting match, Dogalia scored the match-winner for Central Secretariat in the 51st minute.

In a Group A match in the Senior Division, Zakir Hussain College defeated Oriental Bank of Commerce 2-1.

Wednesday’s fixture: DDA vs BSNL (4 pm); FCI vs Urban Development Ministry (5.15 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium. OSR

Suresh Bharti stars for Cosmic Club
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 3
Suresh Bharti played an all-round role (60 and 3 for 35) to help Cosmic Club beat Bharat International Academy by 32 runs in the first Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Andrewsganj Senior Secondary School ground.

Scores: Cosmic Club: 205 for 5 in 25 overs (Suresh Bharti 60, Sam Sun 38, Amit Kumar 3 for 32).

Bharat International: 173 all out in 21.2 overs (Bhaghu Das 51, Akash Kumar 35, Suresh Bharti 3 for 35).

In another match, Adarsh Club beat Kishan Garden Club by 78 runs.

Scores: Adarsh Club: 158 for 6 in 25 overs (Deepak Yadav 40, Ratan Kumar 40, Ashu Sharma 3 for 30).

Kishan Garden: 80 all out in 16.2 overs (Shafiq Khan 30, Sanjay Gupta 3 for 16, Deepak Yadav 3 for 35).

Mayank Sidana shines for Sonnet

A hurricane unbeaten knock of 94 by Mayank Sidana and devastating bowling by Utkarsh Chandra (3 for 20) enabled Sonnet Club beat All India Public Sector by two wickets in the Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal Memorial Day-Night Cricket Carnival at the Karnail Singh stadium. Sonnet sailed into the semi-final, and Mayank Sidana was declared the best batsman.

Scores: All India Public Sector: 170 in 28.3 overs (Akash Malhotra 55, Rajender Bisht 28, Gautam Gopal 26, Utkarsh Chandra 3 for 20, Chetanya Nanda 2 for 21, Salil Oberai 2 for 31).

Sonnet Club: 172 for 8 in 28.5 overs (Mayank Sidana 94 n o, Pankaj Sharma 34, Akash Malhotra 5 for 37, Debashish Mohanty 2 for 16). Wednesday’s fixture: Air India vs Shastri Club; 5 pm.

Modern School beat Bosco

Modern School defeated Bosco Public School by eight wickets in the DDCA Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground.

Scores: Bosco Public School: 164 all out in 39.2 overs (Prateek Khinchi 88, Mohit Malhotra 3 for 20, Arpit Minocha 3 for 35).

Modern School: 165 for 2 in 23.1 overs (Karan Rai 70, Karan Khanna 65 n o, Prateek Khinchi1 for 20).

Ankur Julka slams century
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 3
Ankur Julka hit a dashing century (125, 72b) to power Shanti Cricket Academy to a 15-run victory against National Sports Cricket Club in the Summer League Cricket Tournament, organised by the Cambridge Foundation, Rajouri Garden. Ankur Julka was named the man of the match.

Scores: Shanti Academy: 234 for 5 in 30 overs (Ankur Julka 125, 72b, 15x4, 5x6; Shoaib Prashad 48, 5x4, 57b; Parveen Rawat 2 for 45, Rohit Gupta 2 for 66).

National Sports Club: 219 for 9 in 30 overs (Rameez Naimai 96, 12x4, 1x6, 96b; Rohit Gupta 45, 4x4, 1x6; Sanyog Gupta 3 for 44, Harsh Yadav 3 for 30).

DC asks Irrigation Dept to intensify patrolling
Our Correspondent

Rohtak, June 3
With a view to checking the theft of irrigation water and to ensure that the canal water reached tail-end villages, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Ashok Yadav, has directed the officials of Irrigation Department to carry out patrolling along the canals.

After hearing the complaints of the residents of Asan village regarding acute scarcity of irrigation water today, the Deputy Commissioner directed the officials of the Health Department to take immediate measures to mitigate the shortage.

The villagers had complained that some miscreants had breached the Asan minor near Rurki village, which had caused an acute scarcity of water for irrigation as well as cattle. They said all ponds in the village had dried up, thus creating problems for them. Mr Yadav assured the villagers that he would visit the village tomorrow and said the problem would soon be redressed.

The residents of Kheri Sampla village also met the DC today and complained about the shortage of piped water. The Public Health authorities argued that the problem arose due to unauthorised connections taken by a large number of residents.