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SPORTS

SA toy with Bangladesh
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 2
South Africa, helped by a dashing unbeaten knock of 71 off 83 balls with one six and ten fours, defeated Bangladesh by six wickets in the Under-19 Commonwealth Cricket Championship at the Devi Lal Sports Complex, Gurgaon.

Abraham Devilliers was declared the man of the match. South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Bangladesh were restricted to 135 for 4 in 31 overs, with S Nizamuddin scoring an unbeaten 59. In reply, South Africa knocked up 138 for 4 in 23.5 overs.

Scores: Bangladesh: 135 for 4 in 31 overs (S Nizamuddin 59 n o, Raesl Pervez 39). South Africa: 138 for 4 in 23.5 overs (Abraham Devilliers 71 n o, Vaughn Van 21).

West Indies defeated Singapore by 162 runs in Lucknow. Brathwaite, who scored a brilliant century for West Indies, was named the man of the match.

West Indies: 312 for 4 in 50 overs (Brathwaite 107, 125b, 8x4; Manoj Sirju 98, 56b, 3x6, 11x4; V Maharaj 64, 76b, 8x4). Singapore: 150 in 43.5 overs (T Moorthy 37, V Maharaj 4 for 21).

UK Cricket World record thrilling victory
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 2
A delightful 84 by Gagan Preet Singh and 71 by Savinay Choudhary helped UK Cricket World defeat Madan Lal Cricket Academy by one run in the fifth R G Williams Memorial Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Frank Anthony School ground.

Scores: UK Cricket World: 253 for 7 in 35 overs (Gaganpreet Singh 84, Savinay Choudhary 71, Gaurav Kumar 3 for 53, Varun Sood 2 for 25).

MCA: 252 for 8 in 35 overs (Varun Sood 138, Dharmender Kumar 38, Ankit Singh 3 for 18, Sachin Aggarwal 3 for 22).

Karandeep Singh deadly

Deadly bowling by Karandeep Singh (4 for 14) and a half century by Sameer Khurana helped Bharat National Public School defeat Gyan Bharati South Delhi Academy by two wickets in the first Nehru Public School Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ground.

Scores: Gyan Bharati: 134 for 9 in 30 overs (Prateek Pawar 54, Varun Sudan 34, Karandeep Singh 4 for 14, Dushyant Kumar 3 for 19).

Bharat National Academy: 135 for 8 in 29.4 overs (Sameer Khurana 55, Abhishek Sehgal 34, Vidur Sethi 3 for 22).

P & S Bank, Punjab Police enter semis
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 2
Punjab and Sind Bank and Punjab Police stormed into the semi-finals of the 6th Chatrapati Shivaji All-India Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Friday.

Punjab and Sind Bank trounced Delhi XI 5-0 while Punjab Police edged past Air India 2-1. Punjab and Sind Bank, who had crushed Air India by six goals to nil, once again excelled with their stick work to score goals at will. Rajwinder Singh stole the highlight, scoring three goals (no hattrick), and Kulwinder Singh and Parminder Singh placed the ball in to score the other two goals.

On the other hand, Punjab Police had to work hard to get the better of Delhi XI. After a goalless first half, Satwinder put the Cops in the lead when he converted penalty corner.

But the lead was shortlived as Air India pulled off the equaliser through Joginder. Punjab Police slotted home the match-winner just two minutes before the final hooter when Avtar Singh beat the rival defence to put the ball in.

Punjab and Sind Bank and Punjab Police will clash on January 4 to decide the Pool A winners.

Saturday’s fixtures: IHF Juniors vs CRPF (1 pm); Indian Oil vs Namdhari XI (2.30 pm)— Shivaji Stadium.

Udam Singh stars in CVS win

New Delhi, January 2
An all-round display by Udam Singh (79 and 2 for 19) helped College of Vocational Studies (CVS) defeat Desh Bandhu College by five runs in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Inter-College Cricket Tournament at the Bhagat Singh College ground. Udam Singh was adjudged the man of the match. Scores: CVS: 190 all out in 33 overs (Udam Singh 79, Deepak 45, Vibhore 23, Nishant 4 for 27, Lalit 4 for 40). Desbandhu College: 185 for 8 in 35 overs (Manmohan 43, Pardeep 31, Vikram 2 for 8, Udam Singh 2 for 19).

Kashyap enter semis

B L Kashyap defeated Hero Honda by 55 runs and entered the semi-final of the 7th D G Phadkar Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Teri Oval. Scores: B L Kashyap: 135 for 4 in 20 overs (Monu Thapa 43 n o, Suraj Banshiwal 38, Puneet Kashyap 27) Hero Honda: 80 for 8 in 20 overs (Khazan Singh 38, Naresh Kumar 3 for 17).

Ganga students win gold

Three students of Ganga School, Hiran Kudna won gold medals in the National School Games Judo Championship held at the Chattrasal Singh Stadium.

The gold winners were Sandeep (50kg), Manjeet (55kg) and Dharamveer (65kg). The medal winners were felicitated by principal Mrs H Srow and manager Sushil Kumar Gupta, who hailed the commendable work of coach Santosh Rajput.

DST defeat HCL Technologies

Department of Science and Technology (DST) defeated HCL Technologies, Noida 3-2 in the final of the Suntan Corporate Table Tennis Tournament at the Nehru Stadium. Several corporate teams participated in the tournament.

Results: Indu Bhaskar (DST) beat Ashutosh 3-2, Asim Vashist (DST) lost to Kamal Kishore 2-3, R K Joshi (DST) b Rajat (HCL) 3-0, Indu Bhaskar lost to Kamal Kishore 0-3 and Asim Vashist b Ashutosh 3-0. Kamal Kishore was adjudged the player of the tournament. OSR

Jheel score second victory

New Delhi, January 2
Govt School, Jheel Khuranji recorded their second victory when they defeated Dronacharya Cricket Foundation by 23 runs in the fourth Shakuntala Devi Memorial Under-19 Cricket Tournament at the Dogra Academy ground.

Scores: Jheel Khuranji: 190 all out in 37.2 overs (Ravi Prakash 35, Kaif Mohammad 33, Rajeev Gupta 28, Anuj Nayyar 3 for 20, Anuj Sharma 2 for 8). DCF: 167 all out in 37.2 overs (Amitoze Singh 43, Gaurav Upadhyay 41, Vivek Srivastava 3 for 41, Lalit Gaur 2 for 44).

Bharat Khurana hits ton

An unbeaten century by Bharat Khurana helped Inborn Cricketers beat Winsom Club by 104 runs in an A Division match of the DDCA League at the Ramjas ground. Scores: Inborn Cricketers: 252 for 5 in 40 overs (Bharat Khurana 103 n o, Siddarth Jani 68 ). Winsom Club: 146 all out in 38.4 overs. OSR

ADMINISTRATION

DC urged to hold regular monthly press meet
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, January 2
The Press club of Sonepat has urged the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Balwan Singh, to convene the monthly press conference regularly as has been directed by the state government.

A demand to this effect was made at a meeting of the journalists on the New Year’s Day at the Shree Ram Krishan Sadhna Kendra at Murthal,

about 8 km from here yesterday. Mr Pawan Bansal, president of the club, presided over the meeting.

The meeting criticised the district authorities for their failure to convene the monthly press conference in violation of the state government’s directive in this regard, and said that it was a slur on the democratic set up.

It also warned that if the DC failed to convene such a meeting in future, the club would take up the matter with the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, for taking stern action against the erring officials.

The meeting also expressed concern over the misuse of the Press sticker by several unauthorised persons and urged the district and police administration to take stern action against such persons. It also decided to issue Press stickers to all the mediapersons affiliated to the club on its own so that they did not face inconvenience in their work.

Earlier, Swami Dayanand Saraswati, sanchalak of the kendra, offered his greetings to the mediapersons on the New Year’s Day.

Anti-encroachment drive

The district administration removed encroachment on the gram panchayat land at Kheri Tagga village in this district. According to a report, the administration used heavy machines including JCB machines for the removal of encroachments and unauthorised constructions on the gram panchayat land.