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Top teams for Raghubir Singh Cricket
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New Delhi, May 17
Top teams will take part in the 28th Lala Raghubir Singh Cricket Tournament to be held at the Modern School ground, Barakhamba Road, from May 21 to June 3. Organising secretary V K Baweja said like in the previous years, the tournament will be played on the lines of the Board of Control for Cricket in India tournaments, with a lot of India players expected to represent various club teams.

Global Vantedge enter semis

Deadly bowling by man of the match Mohi Kumar (3 for 28) and Vineet Chaturvedi (2 for 20) and fine batting by Soumya Mittal (31) helped Global Vantedge defeat FCS Software by three wickets and entered the semi-final of the CallC Cup Cricket Tournament at the Ramjas ground. Scores: FCS Software: 130 for 8 in 25 overs (Himanshu Khurana 27, Rajeev Trehan 25, Pranab Bhalla 25, Mohit Kumar 3 for 28, Vineet Chaturvedi 2 for 20). Global Vantedge: 134 for 7 in 19.3 overs (Soumya Mittal 31, Parkash Toppo 23, Vinay Yadav 3 for 19, Rajeev Trehan 2 for 16).

Guru Harkrishan School in last four

Harpreet Singh and Sandeep Bisht produced devastating bowling spells to claim 4 for 19 and 4 for 21 respectively to help Guru Harkrishan Public School (GHPS), Vasant Vihar defeat Masonic Cricket Academy by 17 runs and entered the semi-final of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the GHPS ground.

Scores: GHPS, Vasant Vihar: 173 for 5 in 30 overs (Amit Ghuman 62, Bhawjeet 39, Satender 2 for 18). Masonic Academy: 156 all out in 25 overs (Shashi Kant 51, Rajender 31, Harpreet Singh 4 for 19, Sandeep Bisht 4 for 21).

Ravindra School win

Ravindra Public School defeated Gyan Bharati by 38 runs in the first Hari Singh Chaudhary Memorial Under-13 Cricket Tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Scores: Ravindra School: 186 for 9 in 30 overs (Rohit Kumar 47, Chayan Gera 40, Mohit Batra 3 for 33, Abhilash Malik 2 for 29).

Gyan Bharati: 148 all out in 28.3 overs (Abhilash Malik 53, Paras 32, Mohit Batra 31, Rohit Kumar 3 for 15, Sarthak 3 for 22).

Rajiv, Surender star in Paul cricket

Rajiv Rathore and Surender Kumar hit half centuries and Amit Sharma and Devender Kumar claimed three wickets each as Comment Academy beat Target Club by 22 runs in the third I D Paul Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Apex Public School ground. Surender was named the man of the match. Scores: Comment Academy: 235 for 7 in 25 overs (Rajiv Rathore 57, Surender Kumar 54, Sanjay Madan 30, Hitesh Kumar 3 for 53). Target Club: 208 all out in 23.5 overs (Sanjay Bhardwaj 32, Bobby 48, Amit Sharma 3 for 33, Devender Kumar 3 for 26).

Zakir Hussain College toy with FCI
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New Delhi, May 17
Zakir Hussain College toyed with Food Corporation of India (FCI) (Headquarters) 5-0 in the opening match of the Senior Division Delhi Soccer Association Annual Institutional League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Monday.

Twenty-four teams, including Delhi Audit and runners-up

Northern Railway, are taking part in the league, which was inaugurated by DSA president Nawabuddin Zaheer.

Zakir Hussain College combined well to knock in goals at their sweet will. Striker Ravinder Mohan Bisht opened the account in the ninth minute when he capitalised on a cross from Fardeen Qureshi on the left flank. Fardeen then made a solo dash to knock in the second goal.

In the second half, Yogender Shar increased the lead to 3-0 in the 46th minute, off a rebound after his first try had hit the post. Ravinder Mohan Bisht enhanced the lead in the 50th minute, while Yogender headed in, in the 50th minute, to complete the tally.

FCI could have made a match of it had they converted two easy chances that came their way, but Irfan Zaman Khan made a hash of them.

Tuesday’s fixtures: Punjab National Bank vs Reserve Bank of India (4 pm); Urban Development Ministry vs Delhi Transport Corporation (5.15 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium.

Gaurav hits 182 for Cambridge Foundation
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New Delhi, May 17
Gaurav Mathur struck a dashing 182, off 69 balls with three fours and eight sixes, and Nikhilesh Bhardwaj scalped four wickets for 15 runs to help Cambridge Foundation School, Rajouri Garden trounce Tagore Public School by 203 runs in a league match of the Cambridge.

Foundation Summer Under-19 League Cricket Tournament at the host school ground.

In another match, Remal Public School defeated Golden Cricket Club by 132 runs.

Scores: Cambridge Foundation School: 298 for 5 in 30 overs (Gaurav Mathur 182, Sunny Verma 40, Sourav Sehgal 32, Mohit Kumar 3 for 45).

Tagore School: 95 all out in 22.2 overs (Mohit Kumar 53, Deepak Sen 20, Nikhlesh Bhardwaj 4 for 15).

Remal Public School: 250 for 9 in 30 overs (Kunal Batra 32, Rahul Rathore 75, Sumit Kumar 3 for 28, Anand Kumar 3 for 39).

Golden Club: 118 all out in 24.4 overs (Deepak Kumar 30, Sumit Kumar 3 for 33, Kuldeep Bhalla 3 for 15).

Akhil and Hemant play match-winning roles

A stylish 85, studded with 15 boundaries, by Hemant Singh and a devastating bowling spell of 4 for 21 by Akhil Goyal enabled Ravindra School, Pitampura beat Harry Coaching Centre by nine wickets and entered the quarter-final of the Achrekar Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Paschim Vihar sports complex ground.

Scores: Harry Centre: 169 all out in 40.2 overs (Gurpreet Singh 48, Dinesh Katri 49, Akhil Goyal 4 for 21, S Chandra 3 for 18). Ravindra School: 170 for 1 in 39 overs (Hemant Singh 85 n o, Ramit Gill 65).

TVS Racing have a field day in MRF Motocross
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New Delhi, May 17
TVS Racing continued their dominance at the second round of the MRF National Motocross Championship when they won four out of six races, according to information available in Delhi.

It was C Vijay Kumar all the way till his fortune changed in the last moto of the foreign open upto 250 CC class when his link between the swing arm and the shock absorber came off. This misfortune turned the table for Karan Kadam, the 14-year-old Yamaha rider, who managed to seal the foreign open class. Vijay Kumar, who came third, still leads the championship ahead of his arch rivals Yamaha Racing.

The bright and sunny humid morning at the football ground of Colva began with the Moto I of the Group A experts foreign class upto 250 CC where Vijay Kumar leaped to the front after he overtook Karan Kadam of Yamaha Racing. As the race progressed, Yamaha’s ace rider Yogesh Barguje tried catching up but in the end, it was Vijay Kumar, with a formidable lead, that sealed the first moto. T K Vishwanath of Yamaha closely followed Barguje to be third.

However, the second moto saw interesting turn of events.

Vijay Kumar, who had a good 100m lead, came down due to the shock absorber problem. He managed to drag his bike to the finish line for a distant fifth. The only heartening thing for this 22-year-old racing wonder is that he still leads the championship.

Karan Kadam and Vishwanath sealed the top positions to emerge first and second while Vijay Kumar ended up third.

He has a tally of 68 points.

The TVS team had earlier dominated other races, leaving no stone unturned for Yamaha to take the limelight. The Group B Indian Experts upto 150CC was taken by Vijay Kumar, who was leading right through with his nearest contender almost a lap behind him. Vishwanath and Sayed Eathasham came second and third, respectively.

C D Jinan of TVS took the top honours in the Group D upto 180 CC riding Fiero F2. He took a commanding lead right at the beginning and maintained his pace, leaving only Sridhar Urs to offer some resistance. The top three positions of the upto 250 CC group B four-stroke was sealed by TVS racers.

Shivkumar emerged winner in the Class D Indian Experts upto 110 CC. Sridhar and Lokesh came second and third.

Deepak John raced away with the novice class title. The local class saw some interesting fight between Alan Sequira and Fiedel Furtado. But Alan did some daredevil riding to emerge winner.

Amit Choudhary stars for Youngsters
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New Delhi, May 17
A brilliant all-round performance by Amit Choudhary (38, 5x4, 39b and 5 for 30, off seven overs) helped Youngsters defeat Gush Club by 31 runs in the Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Khalsa College ground on Monday. Amit Choudhary was named the man of the match.

Scores: Youngsters: 247 for 7 in 40 overs (Mohit Saini 56, Deepak Sharma 48, Amit Choudhary 38, Naresh Kumar 32 n o, Mukesh Diwan 2 for 45, Gursharan Singh 2 for 42).

Gush Club: 216 all out in 36.1 overs (Nitin Goel 77, Gursharan 55, Piyush Negi 25, Amit Choudhary 5 for 30,

Jitender Solanki 2 for 44, Abhishek Sharma 2 for 27).

Tuesday’s fixtures: Chand Khanna vs Young Friends; 8 a m.

Raghuveer Singh Cricket

The first Jildar Raghuveer Singh Memorial Under-17 Cricket Tournament will be organised by the Sharda Cricket Coaching Centre at the Raghuveer Singh Model School ground, Hastal, from May 28. Entries close with Bobby Dhondiyal at 981023061, Atul at 9891568828 or Deepak Gupta 31087848.

EXL Service move up

A half century by Anurag and deadly bowling by Amit (4 for 28) and Gregory (2 for 27) helped EXL Service defeat Media Transasia by 26 runs in the Century Cup Cricket Tournament at the IIT ground. Anurag was named the man of the match. Scores: EXL Service: 192 for 5 in 25 overs (Anurag 58, Himanshu 44, Abhisek 26, Kunal Punj 28, Rohib 2 for 21).

Media Transasia: 166 for 7 in 25 overs (Chetan 71, Mohit Sharma 45, Amit 4 for 28, Gregory 2 for 27).

Jhankar to meet Shreya in badminton final
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New Delhi, May 17
Jhankar Aggarwal will take on Shreya Aggarwal in the girls under-13 final of the Cosco Prize Money Badminton Tournament. In the semi-finals played at the Karnail Singh Stadium on Monday, Jhankar defeated Seema Chug 11-1, 11-0 while Shreya Aggarwal beat Radhika Babbar 11-13, 2-11, 11-3.

Following are the other results: Boys under-13 quarter-final: Gyan Singh b Yakshup Chopra 15-8, 15-6; Jatin b Jayank Ahuja 15-3, 15-3; Bharat Bajaj b Nishant Kumar 15-10, 15-4.

Girls under-10 first round: K Lakshmi b Tanima Narang 11-4, 11-9; Sanskriti b Gurpreet Kaur 11-7, 11-0; Rashmeet Kaur b Shreya Suri 6-11, 11-1, 11-9; Prarthana Narayan b Gagan Deep 11-9, 12-10, 11-7; Deepisha Solanki b Pournima 11-1, 11-2; Gurpreet Kaur b Gauri Asiza 11-0, 11-2.

Boys under-10: Harshad Bhargava b Sarvan Singh 1-15, 15-12, 15-1; Anubhav Verma b Karan Narang 15-12, 15-5; Gurpreet Singh b Suryansh Aggarwal 15-2, 15-3; Karan Narang b Geet Gulati 17-15, 11-15, 17-14; Hardhyanshu b Pranjal 15-2, 15-2; Subhanshu Wahi b Gurpreet Singh 15-7, 16-6.