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Convincing win for Advisers XI
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 12
A fine knock of 57 by Narinder Kwatra helped Chandigarh Advisers XI beat Chandigarh Press Club XI by 42 runs in the annual Samuel Banerjee Memorial cricket match at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here today.

The Press Club team won the toss and asked Advisers XI to bat. The Administration put on 132 for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. Kwatra was the highest scorer with 57 runs.

Chasing the target of 133, the Press Club was bundled out for just 90 runs.

“Man of the match” award was given to Kwatra, while the best fielder and best bowler titles were given to Ramesh Handa and Surinder Baijee of the Press Club, respectively.

Dr G.S. Sandhu of the Adviser’s XI won the Best Batsman award.

Earlier, the chief guest, Mr Lalit Sharma, Adviser to the Administrator, UT Chandigarh, welcomed Ms Samuel Banerjee, wife of late Samuel Banerjee on the occasion. He gave away the winners trophy to P.S.Aujla, captain of Advisers XI, and the Runners-up award to Ajay Banerjee, the club skipper.

Sports events mark opening of Nabotsav
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 12
Eight teams from Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh , Chhattisgarh, Mumbai A and B, Madhya Pradesh and Lucknow (NBSC) sailed into quarterfinals of badminton during Nabotsav being held at the Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today. As many as 20 teams participated in 25 matches played here on the first day of the event.

This is the five-day All India annual sports and cultural meet ‘Nabotsav’ event being conducted by NABARD Employees’ Sports and Recreation Club, Chandigarh.

It is the first such event organised by NABARD in the city at various centres and the 10 th Nabotsav at the national level in which about 350 delegates from 32 NABARD centres from across the country are participating.

Cricket:

A fine performance by Vikas Sathe of Mumbai, who took six wickets, enabled Mumbai to win by 9 wickets against West Zone in a cricket match played on the PU campus during the NABARD meet. The West Zone team were bundled out for 53 runs only. Mumbai team achieved the target for the loss of one wicket only.

In another match, the East Zone team registered a win by eight wickets against the North Zone team. North Zone was all out for 114 runs only. East Zone made 115 runs for the loss of two wickets. Gautam went home with the man of match title.

Table Tennis:

In the quarterfinal rounds of table tennis, Gujarat thrashed Tamil Nadu 3-0 in a onesided tie held at the TT Hall, Sector 42.

The results:

Uttaranchal b Mumbai-A (3-2).

Gujarat b Tamil Nadu (3-0).

Punjab & Haryana b Bihar (3-1).

Uttar Pradesh b Andhra Pradesh (3-0).

DAV school lift Parle Cup
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 12
A fine performance by Gaurav Chhabra (56 off 64 balls) and Arjit Gupta (30 off 41 balls) enabled DAV Senior Secendory School, Sector 8, Chandigarh to register an emphatic victory over Budhadal Public School, Patiala in the finals of PCA-Parle Cricket Cup Inter School Boys (under 17), held at PCA grounds, here, today.

DAV School, Chandigarh won the toss and elected to field first. Budhaldal Public School managed to score only 96 runs in 38 overs.

Jaspreet and Preet Kamal were the only two batsmen who displayed some resistance scoring 26 and 23 runs, respectively. Abhishek of DAV took 5 wickets for 15 runs in 10 overs.

DAV Chandigarh achieved the target at the loss of one wicket in just 19.2 overs. Gaurav Chhabra was not out at 56 and Arjit Gupta scored 30 runs.

Brief score :

BDPS Patiala: 96 all out in 38 overs

Jaspreet Singh 26 off 87 balls, Preet Kamal 23 runs in 38 balls. (Abhishek 5 for 15 in 10 overs, Vikrant 2 for 9 in 7 overs)

DAV Chandigarh: 99 for 1 in 19.2 Overs

Gaurav Chhabra 56 in 64 balls and Arjit Gupta 30 in 41 balls.

Man of the Match (final): Abhishek of DAV Chandigarh.

Man of the Series: Arjit Gupta of DAV Chandigarh.

Amar Ujala team win
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 12
A fine unbeaten knock of 113 runs by Varinder Bhatia of Indian Express went in vain as the Indian Express team lost to the defending champions Amar Ujala by 7 runs in the opening match of the Airtel-Press Club Inter Media Cricket Tournament held at the St. Johns Cricket Ground here today.

Batting first after winning the toss, Amar Ujala scored 206 for 5 in the stipulated 20 overs. Openers Amit Sharma (0) Satish Kumar (8) lost their wickets early. However, Chandrasekhar steadied the innings and hit a swashbuckling 81 off just 68 balls. Bikram Pathaniya with 37 and Praveen Antal with 15 made useful contributions.

Indian Express gave a valiant fightback with Jaipal Singh scoring 21 runs off 16 balls and Raghav Ohri 25 runs off 22 balls but it was man-of-the-match Varinder Bhatia who got the spectators cheering with his wide array of shots. He cut, pulled and drove the hapless Amar Ujala bowlers all over the ground and hit 17 fours and 2 towering sixes in his marathon 113 run-knock. However, the team could put on 199 for 2 in the stipulated overs.

Brief Score: Amar Ujala 206 for 5 ( Chandrashekhar 81, Bikram Pathaniya 37, Praveen Antal 23).

Indian Express 199 for 2 in 20 overs (Jaipal Singh 21, Varinder Bhatia 113 n o, Raghav Ohri 25).

Archery championship
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 12
Sanket Sharma will lead the Chandigarh men’s team in the Senior National Archery Championship for men and women to be held at Jamshedpur from February 23 to 28.

Jagandeep Kaur will be the captain of the women’s squad. Announcing the team, the Chandigarh Archery Association president Satya Pal Jain said Chandigarh would compete in both the women’s and men’s competitions.

The team: (Men): Sanket Sharma (captain), Anil Kumar, Ravinder Kumar, Kamal Kumar, Arvind Kumar, Gaurav Choudhary.

Women: Ramandeep, Monika, Sarita, Ravinder Kaur, Tanushree and Jagandeep Kaur.