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Abhishek, Tarang star for Madan Lal
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New Delhi, June 9
Half centuries by Abhishek Rajgopal and Tarang Gupta enabled Madan Lal Cricket Academy score 238 in the second Gyan Bharati Under-13 Cricket Tournament at the Gyan Bharati School ground at Saket.

At the end of day one of the two-day match, hosts Gyan Bharti South Delhi Academy had scored 124 for 2 in 24 overs.

Vidur Sethi was batting on 51 and Dishank Dhawan was unbeaten on 25 at the draw of stumps.

The tournament was inaugurated by MCD Councillor Rohit Manchanda in the presence of Gyan Bharti School principal R C Shekhar and organising secretary and former India player Gursharan Singh.

Scores: Madan Lal Academy: 238 all out in 75.4 overs (Abhishek Rajgopal 66, Tarang Gupta 53, Kartik Kaul 5 for 61, Ajay Chauhan 3 for 61).

Gyan Bharati Academy: 124 for 2 in 24 overs (Vidur Sethi 51 n o, Dishank Dhawan 25 n o).

R R Gymkhana enter cricket semis
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New Delhi, June 9
Rohtak Road Gymkhana defeated Lion Kanishka by 36 runs to enter the semi-final of the DDCA Hot Weather Cricket Tournament at the Jamia Milia ground. Deepak Sharma was declared the man of the match.

Scores: R R Gymkhana: 218 for 9 in 40 overs (Deepak Sharma 53, Gagan Malik 52, P P Singh 39, Rajender Madan 3 for 28, Amanjeet Singh 3 for 52).

Lion Kanishka: 182 all out in 38.1 overs (Varun Vikrant 67, Kesar Chaudhary 36, Amanjeet Singh 25, Sandeep Angurala 2 for 19, Gaurav Rathi 2 for 20, Vivek Khurana 2 for 32, Abhishek Sharma 2 for 38).

Airlines to meet Sonnet

Indian Airlines will clash against Sonnet Club in the first semi-final of the seventh Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal Memorial Day-Night Cricket Carnival at the Karnail Singh Stadium on Tuesday evening.

The match will be of 35 overs a side. Doordarshan will telecast the semi-finals and the final live. The second semi-final will be played between Air India and Lal Bahadur Shastri Club.

The final match will be of 40 overs each side.

DAV Shalimar Bagh move up in Summer League
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New Delhi, June 9
DAV School, Shalimar Bagh defeated National Sports Club by 32 runs in a Summer League Cricket Tournament, organised by the Cambridge Foundation, at its ground. Manas Malhotra, who scored 59 with eight fours for DAV, was adjudged the man of the match.

National Sports Club won the toss and put DAV into bat. DAV raced to 223 for 9 in 30 overs, thanks to the fine knocks of Somik Chatterjee and Manas Malhotra.

Chasing the challenging total under searing heat, National Sports Club, despite the solid knocks of Praveen Rawat and Rameej Naimat, could make only 191 for 5 in 30 overs.

Electing to bat, DAV Shalimar Bagh made 223 for 9 in 30 overs. Rameez Naim played a cameo.

Scores: DAV, Shalimar Bagh: 223 for 9 in 30 overs (Somik Chatterjee 37, 5x4; Manas Malhotra 59, 8x4; Parveen Rawat 3 for 35, Rameez Naimat 3 for 41).

National Sports Club: 191 for 5 in 30 overs (Parveen Rawat 57, 6x4; Rameej Naimat 69, 7x4; Abhishek Sakia 2 for 42, Jalad Dua 1 for 21).

Salwan storm into final
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New Delhi, June 9
Rajeev Sharma, Sandeep Yadav and Gaurav Chabra hit half centuries to power Salwan Boys School into the final, beating Inborn Club by 59 runs, in the first Prabha Devi Memorial Under-19 Cricket Tournament at the Bharat Nagar ground. Rajeev Sharma was declared the man of the match. Salwan Boys will take on Rohtak Road Gymkhana in the final.

Scores: Salwan Boys: 220 for 6 in 40 overs (Rajeev Sharma 67, Sandeep Yadav 60, Gaurav Chabra 59, Ajeet Ranjan 4 for 46, Ramit Gill 2 for 35).

Inborn Club: 162 all out in 34.3 overs (Arun Chaudhary 63, Narender Singh 3 for 21, Parvesh Chikar 3 for 33, Ravi Dixit 3 for 31).

Deep, Puneet Shine in Turf Cup
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New Delhi, June 9
R P Academy defeated Modern School, Barakhamba Road, by seven wickets in a league match of the first Turf Youth Cup Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground.

An unbroken century partnership between Deep Luthra (79 not out off 71 balls) and Puneet Mehra (57 not out, 5x4, 3x6, 35b) was the highlight of R P Academy’s victory.

Electing to bat first, Modern School scored 206 for 2 in 30 overs with the help of a strokeful 106, off 93 balls with 13 fours and two sixes, by Abhishek Kapur. In reply, R P Academy scored at a brisk pace to overtake Modern School’s total in 29.2 overs.

Abhishek Kapur was adjudged the best batsman while Puneet Mehra got the man of the match award.

Scores: Modern School: 206 for 2 in 30 overs (Abhishek Kapur 106 n o, Karan Khanna 46, Puneet Mehra 1 for 25).

R P Academy: 210 for 3 in 29.2 overs (Chetan Bisht 33, Deep Luthra 79 n o, Puneet Mehra 57 n o).

Devi Lal Memorial Wrestling at Hisar

New Delhi, June 9
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), under the aegis of the International Wrestling Federation (FILA), will organise the inaugural Loknayak Chaudhary Devi Lal Memorial International Wrestling Championship at Hisar from September 24 to 26. Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala said the championship will be an annual event.

Mr Chautala, who distributed the prizes during the closing ceremony of the 16th Asian Wrestling Championship, praised the achievements of the Indian wrestlers in international competitions. India won four silver and six bronze medals in the Asian Championship. He hailed the good job done by WFI president M. S. Malik.

Mr Malik, in turn, expressed his gratitude to the Chief Minister for the unstinted support extended by him for the promotion of sports in Haryana.

He said the liberal sports policy and the cash incentives offered by the Haryana Government have given a big boost to sports in the State.

Mr Malik also hailed the commendable performance of the Indian grapplers in the Asian Championship. OSR