SPORTS

SAIL oust Youngsters
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 30
Hosts SAIL stunned defending champions Youngsters by 38 runs to enter the quarter-final of the SAIL Cricket Tournament at the Mohan Meakins ground. Oniel Wilson, who cracked a racy 64, studded with five fours and three sixes off 45 balls, for SAIL was adjudged the man of the match.

Scores: SAIL: 237 for 6 in 40 overs (Oniel Wilson 64, Natraj Behra 54, Gursharan Singh 43, Saurav Shukla 35, Mrinal Saini 2 for 39, Mohit Saini 2 for 41). Youngsters: 199 all out in 37.1 overs (Puneet Bisht 65, Jitender Solanki 33, Sunit Sharma 27, S Mohanty 3 for 43, Gursharan Singh 2 for 26, Jalat Saxena 2 for 9).

Wednesday’s fixture: ONGC vs Sonnet.

Australian HC move into final

An unbeaten 61, studded with six fours and one six, by Danny Ranawat enabled Australian High Commission defeat Ministry of External Affairs by seven wickets and entered the semi-final of the third Raymond Trophy Commonwealth High Commissions Cricket Tournament.

Scores: Ministry of External Affairs: 147 in 24 overs (Sanjeev Sachdeva 39, P Garg 19, C V Krishnamurthy 2 for 20, Shavez Khan 2 for 25). Australian HC: 148 for 3 in 22.1 overs (Danny Ranawat 61 n o, Shahvez Khan 44, Tejinder Singh 28 n o, M S Bisht 2 for 20).

Shiva shines

Half century knocks by Shiva (71, 11x4) and Ashish Khurana (59, 9x4) helped Touchetel beat IBM by 10 wickets in the Reebok Cricket Tournament at the Palam ground.

Scores: IBM: 140 for 9 in 25 overs (J P Singh 38, R P Singh 28, Sandeep Batra 25, Vishesh Khanna 2 for 18, Atul Dhayani 2 for 25). Toutchel: 141 for no loess in 17.1 overs (Shiva 71, Aashish Khurana 59).

Pan Business beat Orient Craft

Pan Business List beat Orient Craft by 62 runs and entered the semi-final of the Suntan Cup Cricket Tournament at the Sri Fort ground.

Scores: Pan Business: 211 for 6 in 25 overs (Ravi Uniyal 87, Rakesh Rawat 47, Abdul Sattar 33 n o, Amir Khan 2 for 37). Orient Craft: 149 for 7 in 25 overs (Manoj Sharma 38, Devi Saini 40, Majid Ali 44, Subodh Badola 2 for 21, Kiran Tiwari 2 for 24, Rajnees Gautam 2 for 25).

Delhi, UP move up in shooting

New Delhi, March 30
Delhi defeated Karnataka 15-1, 15-5 and Uttar Pradesh beat Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Nasik 15-17, 15-12, 15-2 in the 26th National Shooting Championship for men at the Traffic Training Stadium at Punjabi Bagh.

S S Sharma, Raj Kumar and Ashok Dabholkar were the referees.

MP, Goa lift baseball titles

Madhya Pradesh toppled defending champions Delhi 1-0 to lift the men’s title in the 18th National Baseball Championship at the Delhi University ground. Karnataka beat Orissa to take the fourth position. In the girls section, Goa won the title while Delhi finished second. Chandigarh emerged third.

Mandley hits ton

Sidhant Mandley slammed a century and Kartikey Bhatia hit 65 as Rohtak Road Gymkhana defeated Ravindra Public School Academy by 75 runs in a league match of the R C Sharma Memorial Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Vikaspuri School ground.

Scores: R R Gymkhana: 232 for 6 in 40 overs (Sidhant Mandley 112, Kartikey Bhatia 65, Sidharth Minhas 3 for 45). Ravindra School: 157 all out in 34.3 overs (Anil Jariyal 35). — OSR

Surjit Singh lifts two titles
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 30
Surjit Singh of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) displayed his might in all its worth when he annexed a ‘double’ crown on the second day of the three-day sixth Inter-Power Board Athletic Meet at the Nehru Stadium on Tuesday.

Surjit first bagged the discuss gold and then pocketed the hammer throw title. Balbir Kumar of BBMB raced to the 1500m title while F P Tigga added another gold by winning the triple jump.

The last day’s events on Wednesday will include the sprints and the relays.

Kaushik and Ankit star

Dashing batting display by Prateek Kaushik (72, 14x4) and deadly bowling by Ankit Dabas (5 for 7) and Rohan Dhaya (3 for 24) helped DAV School, Shalimar Bagh defeat St. Marks School, Meera Bagh by 118 runs in the second Pankaj Jain Under-14 Cricket Tournament at the Bal Bharati School ground.

Scores: DAV School: 211 for 8 in 30 overs (Prateek Kaushik 72, Rajeev Bose 39, Sushant Sharma 3 for 43). St. Marks School: 100 all out in 29 overs (Sawant Singh 30, Nitin Tudeja 30, Ankit Dabas 5 for 7, Rohan Dhaya 3 for 24, Kartik 2 for 1).