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Bala downs Humpy
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 6
Grand Master Koneru Humpy went down with white pieces against R Balasubramanium of ICF, Chennai in the sixth round of the Parsvnath International Rating Chess Tournament at the Bapu Sewa Samaj in Delhi on Monday.

“She was winning, but blundered with a bishop move,” Bala said. Gaining the advantage early, Humpy seemed on course to a win when she crash landed. Holding two pieces for Humpy’s rook, Bala marshalled his pieces well and used precise technique in the end game to pocket full point.

However, fortune favoured another Grand Master when Russian Alexander Fominyh clawed back from a hopeless position to outwit K. Visweswaran of Chennai, who at one stage had looked like upstaging the GM with some excellent middle game. Fominyh moved into second position with 5.0 points.

Overnight leaders Ramesh and Harikrishna maintained their lead with a quiet draw in the top board, holding their title chances intact.

Results of sixth-round matches: R B Ramesh (5.5) draws with Harikrishna (5.5), Svetushkin (5.0) draws with Sriram Jha (5.0), Niaz Murshed (5.0) draws with Abhijit Kunte (4.5), N. K. Mishra (4.5) draws with Tahir Vakhidov (4.5), S Iuldachev (5) b Nassir Wajih (4), K Visweswaran (4) lost to Alexander Fominyh (5), Koneru Humpy (4) lost to R Balasubramanium (5), Himanshu Sharma (4.5) draws with Lanka Ravi (4.5), P Kongvel (5) beat Ishmeet Singh (4), S Kidambi (5) beat Rishipal Singh (4), Anup Deshmukh (4) lost to Neelotpal Das (5), Sayantan Dutta (4.5) draws with C. S. Gokhale (4.5).

Krishna, Purushotam deadly
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 6
Deadly bowling performances by Krishna Sisodia and Purushotam Singh, who claimed three wickets each, were the highlights of Delhi Public School (DPS), Mathura Refinery’s 20-run victory against DPS, Ranipur in the All-India Inter-DPS Cricket Tournament on Monday.

Scores: Mathura Refinery: 131 all out in 30 overs (Devendra Choudhary 29, Pradeep Chauhan 16, Dhruv Narang 3 for 33 in 6 overs).

Ranipur: 111 all out in 32.2 overs (Siddarth Rana 26, 4x4; Krishna Sisodia 3 wickets, Purushotam Singh 3 for 32 in 8 overs).

In other matches, DPS, Maruti Kunj defeated Jhakri by 170 runs, Mewat defeated Panipat by two wickets, Vindhya Nagar defeated Patna by eight wickets, Ranchi defeated Nigahi by 45 runs, Kanpur defeated Bulandshahr by six runs and Aligarh defeated Korba by three wickets.

Manish Choudhary bowls Bright to victory
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 6
A devastating 6 for 31 bowling spell by Manish Choudhary helped Bright Club defeat K N Colts by 120 runs in the first Gyan Bharati South Delhi Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Kalindi College ground.

Scores: Bright Club: 239 for 5 in 50 overs (Sumit Kundu 79, Manish Choudhary 39 n o, Rahul Bhardwaj 2 for 15).

K N Colts: 119 all out in 41 overs (Neeraj Sehgal 29, Rahul Bhardwaj 24, Manish Choudhary 6 for 31, Devender Singh 2 for 15).

Nikhil Mahajan hits ton

A brilliant all-round performance by Nikhil Mahajan (101 and 4 for 38) helped St. Marks School, Meera Bagh defeat Ramjas Day-Boarding by 126 runs in the 4th Parle Cup Inter-School Cricket Tournament.

Scores: St. Marks: 310 for 9 in 40 overs (Nikhil Mahajan 101, Vikas Garg 82, Hansit Singh 46, Vaibhav Khetrapal 43, Shubhankar Sharma 2 for 37).

Ramjas Day-Boarding: 184 all out in 35.2 overs (Angad Walia 69, Jagdeep Singh 37, Nikhil Mahajan 4 for 38). In another match, Ramjas School No 2 defeated N C Jindal by 167 runs at the Vikaspuri ground.

Scores: Ramjas No 2: 206 for 6 in 40 overs (Rahul Yadav 34, Parminder Singh 33 n o, Nitin Honda 2 for 25).

N C Jindal: 37 all out in 39 overs (Rajeev Gupta 3 for 12, Karamveer Bhati 3 for 8).

Gush beat Kranti Star

Gush Club defeated Kranti Star by 92 runs in the DDCA Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Gyan Bharati ground.

Scores: Gush Club: 186 all out in 36.2 overs (Soaib Prasad 54, Shivam Gupta 48, Ankur Julka 36, Manoj Kumar 5 for 25, Mohit Kumar 3 for 50).

Kranti Star: 94 all out in 33.1 overs (Ravi Kant 43, Naman Khanna 4 for 15).

Subhania Club beat S B Youth by 49 runs at the Yamuna Sports Complex ground. Scores: Subhania Club: 228 for 7 in 45 overs (Sumit Kumar 82, Ajay Saini 3 for 26).

Jagjeet Singh stars for Rani Bagh
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 6
An all-round performance by Jagjeet Singh (53, 1x6, 7x4, 37b and 2 for 9) for Rani Bagh President’s XI was the highlight as they tied with Rani Bagh Secretary’s XI in the annual cricket match on Monday. S Sukhdev Singh Virdi inaugurated the match. Veteran players like S N Sharma, Ramesh Kaushal, Kailash Sibble, Kulmeet Singh, I P Singh, Ved Prakash, Puran Bajaj, Vijay Kapoor, Pramod Sood, Daljeet Singh, Inder Gulati, Manjeet Singh, Pushkin Arora, Surinder Vans, Vijay Sharma and Bahadur Singh. Scores: Rani Bagh President’s XI: 211 in 35 overs (Jagjeet Singh 53, Ved Prakash Dubey 33, Chetanya Bajaj 22 n o, Ankit Dubey 2 for 18, Mayank Sood 2 for 12, Heera Singh 2 for 9, Kulmeet Singh 2 for 24).

Rani Bagh Secretary’s XI: 211 in 34.5 overs (M. Singh 50, A. Sharma 24, S. Vans 24, N. Gulati 16, Geet Vats 2 for 16, B. Kaushal 2 for 11, J. Sood 113, J. Singh 2 for 9).

Mother’s lose

Mother’s International School, IIT Gate lost narrowly by 1-2 to Ganga School in the CBSE Football Tournament at the Hamdard Public School ground.

Hari Krishan shines

An all-round performance by Hari Krishan Yadav helped G M Academy defeat Rosewood Academy by 27 runs in the second Friendship Cup Cricket Tournament at the Najafgarh Stadium. Scores: G M Academy: 198 for 8 in 35 overs (Hari Krishan Yadav 67, Sandeep 38, Amit Joon 4 for 37).

Rosewood Academy: 171 all out in 32.5 overs (Anurag 38, Amit Sharma 34, Hari Krishan Yadav 3 for 42, Suraj 2 for 37).

Zakir Hussain School win

Zakir Hussain School, Jafrabad defeated Crescent School, Daryaganj 5-0 in the Nivia Inter-School Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium on Monday.

Navyug School, Sarojini Nagar defeated Vasant Valley 6-0 and Delhi Public School, Mathura Road defeated Cambridge School 3-0 in the other matches.

Aditya Saini’s display goes in vain
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 6
A fine all-round performance by Aditya Saini, who cracked a strokeful 115 (12x4 and 5x6) and claimed three wickets for 38 runs went in vain as Frank Anthony Public School lost to Delhi Public School (DPS), Mathura Road by six wickets in a Group A match of the first Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (SPV) Invitational Under-15 Cricket Tournament for the M L Sharma Cup at the SPV ground at Lodi Road on Monday.

Scores: Frank Anthony School: 166 for 8 in 50 overs (Aditya Saini 115, Ankit Singh 4 for 47, Shivam Sharma 3 for 37). DPS: 170 for 4 in 38.4 overs (Shivam Sharma 60, Pranav Kumar 35, Aditya Saini 3 for 38). Modern School, Barakhamba Road defeated Don Bosco by five wickets in a Group B match.

Scores: Don Bosco: 128 all out in 49.2 overs (Naman Khanna 42, Rohan Chand 22, Luv Shorey 4 for 22, Karan Rai 2 for 20, Manan Sharma 2 for 28).

Modern School: 129 for 5 in 45 overs (Abhishek Kapoor 77 n o, Samarth Singh 17, Naman Khanna 5 for 45).

Parmender shine

A dashing unbeaten knock of 50 by Parmender Sohail helped Panalpena (106 for 2 wickets in 13.2 overs: Parmender 50 n o, Sunil 2 for 23) defeat Dikson Suman (104 in 21.3 overs: Anup 31, Rohit 3 for 21, Alok Dubey 2 for 21, Amit 2 for 7) in the ACCD Cricket Tournament at the Venkateswara College ground.

Rajdhani Sports advance

Rajdhani Sports beat Brighto Club by 23 runs in the 13th Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Utkarsh Cup at the Nehru Stadium.

Scores: Rajdhani Sports: 176 for 9 in 35 overs (Joginder Sharma 83, Ashish Sharma 37, Raju Grewal 2 for 25, Idresh Saxena 2 for 29).

Brighto Club: 153 all out in 32.3 overs (Tarun Gupta 37, Kapil Mehta 23, Joginder Singh 2 for 18).

Dhruv Jain shines for Delhi Blues
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New Delhi, October 6
A devastating bowling display of 8 for 39 by Dhruv Jain was the highlight of a two-day cricket match between Delhi Blues Cricket Club and MES Cricket Club of Patiala at the Yamuna Sports Complex ground. The match ended in a draw.

Delhi Blues, batting first, piled up 270 in their first innings while the Patiala team were shot out for 123 thanks to the fierce bowling spell by Dhruv Jain. Following on, MES Patiala made 130 for four wickets and the match ended in a draw.

Scores: Delhi Blues (first innings): 270 all out (Sajan Malhotra 47, Kartik Abhi 45, Piyush Khere 42, Bhaskar 33, Rahul Arora 35, J P Singh 8 for 43, Nitant Singh 2 for 53).

MES Patiala (first innings): J P Singh 26, Gorav Joshi 13, Himanshu 10, Dhruv Jain 8 for 39, Shirin Bakshi 2 for 2). Second innings: 130 for 4 (Ujjwal Sharma 41, Nitant Singh 39, Gorav Joshi 21 n o, Piyush Khere 4 for 13).

SPECIAL FOCUS ON FARIDABAD
CM directs authorities to book JE
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, October 6
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, has asked the district authorities to book a case against an official of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) here in connection with alleged extortion from a consumer recently.

Presiding over the monthly meeting of the District Grievances and Redressal Committee here last evening, the CM said that the Junior Engineer of the DHBVN, who allegedly took Rs 1,2000 from a resident of Siha village, for releasing connection and a new meter, should be punished as per the law. He said the DHBVN should recover the penalty of Rs 6,7294, from the JE. The applicant, identified as Radhacharan, had complained that no meter was installed at his premises despite the submission of Rs 1,2000 and the officials disconnected the connection by imposing an additional penalty of Rs 6,7294.

The complainant stated that the JE concerned had kept the money with him and declined to give a receipt against it. The CM took up as many as 11 complaints at the meeting, which were mainly concerned with power supply, allotment of plot, and other developmental schemes.