Capital briefs

Published>Tue, Jul 27 10 06:08 AM

Narrow win for Friends A three wicket haul by Jayant Yadav (3/21) and useful knocks by Prateek Pawar (49) and Kapil Dhaka (47 n.o) helped Young Friends beat Ekta Club by 3 wickets in the 2nd Baba Hari Dass cricket tournament at Ved Solanki Academy ground. Batting first Ekta Club reached 195 thanks to a knock of 82 by Nakul Sharma. Young Friends made heavy weather of the small total losing 7 wickets before scoring the winning run with just one over left.

Brief scores: Ekta Club 195 for 9 in 30 overs (Nakul Sharma 82, Sakib Alam 30, Jayant Yadav 3/21, Vijay Tyagi 3/33); Young Friends 198 for 7 in 29 overs (Prateek Pawar 49, Kapil Dhaka 47n.o , Nitish Rana 2/29, Sakib Alam 2/12)

Sushil shines for Hari Nagar An important all round display by Sushil Kumar (32 and 3/24) and accurate bowling by Ashwani Kumar (3/18) helped Hari Nagar Academy beat Kalka Academy by 3 wickets in the 5th Sharma Sports KP Trophy Under-19 cricket tournament at Picnic Hut ground. Anubhav Mehrotra's 56 which was the highest score in either innings ultimately proved to be a futile knock.

Brief scores: Kalka Academy 139 all out in 27 overs (Anubhav Mehrotra 56, Pawan Kushwaha 32, Ashwani Kumar 3/18, Sushil Kumar 3/24, Suraj Pal 2/36); Hari Nagar Academy 140 for 7 in 27.2 overs (Balraj Meena 35, Sushil Kumar 32 n.o, Ambar Aneja 4/17)

Ravindra have it easy A fine all round display by Arjun Arora (33 and 2/22) and support from Sufyan Alam (35) led Ravindra Academy to a 5 wicket win over Golden Arrow Academy in the 5th Shalimar Cup u-16 cricket tournament at Ashok Vihar Ground. Batting first, Golden Arrow were restricted to a below par score of 132 in the allotted 30 overs thanks to a constricting spell by Paras Bhatnagar (4/26).

Brief scores: Golden Arrow Academy 132 for 8 in 30 overs (Abhishek Mishra 35, Pankaj Jaiswal 32, Paras Bhatnagar 4/26, Arjun Arora 2/22); Ravindra Academy 135 for 5 in 21.2 overs (Sufyan Alam 35, Arjun Arora 33, Nitin Tanwar 22 n.o , Imran Khan 3/23 )

Close victory for Indrapuram In what proved to be an invaluable knock, Paras Chouhan scored a half century (56) while suitable contributions came from Divyansh Sharma (32), Nitesh Rawat (3/18) and Kartik Kumar (3/11) as Indrapuram School edged out Gurukul Academy by 2 wickets in the NC Cup being held at Najafgarh ground. Hritik Parkash's five wicket haul(5/26) went in vain for Gurukul Academy as did Shubham Chouhan's knock of 56 runs .

Brief scores: Gurukul Academy 120 all out in 24 overs (Shubham Chouhan 56, Nitesh Rawat 3/18, Kartik Kumar 3/11); Indrapuram School 121 for 8 in 24.5 overs (Paras Chouhan 56, Divyansh Sharma 32, Hritik Parkash 5/26 Ankit singh 3/22)

Comfortable for Malik Thanks to Surinder Dahiya's half century (58), Sandeep Kumar knock of 35 and Rajeev Rawat's three wicket haul (3/11), Malik Sports emerged victorious over Handa XI by 8 wickets in the Parmarth 20/20 Prize Money cricket tournament at Parmarth Ground.

Brief scores: Handa XI 105 all out in 17 overs (Vishal 47, Rajeev Rawat 3/11); Malik Sports 106 for 2 in 11 overs (Surinder Dahiya 58, Sandeep Kumar 35)

Shokeet snares four Abhishek Shokeet trapped four (4/21) in a deadly spell of bowling while Sandeep Mor stroked a half century (53) to enable Najafgarh Sports to crush Hari Singh Cricket Academy by the huge margin of 8 wickets in 1st Laurent u-19 cricket tournament at Najafgarh Ground.

Brief scores: Hari Nagar Academy 122 all out in 34 overs (Tushar Kaushik 34, Abhishek Shokeen 4/21); Najafgarh Sports 126 for 2 in 24 overs (Sandeep Mor 53, Rajat Rai Singh 2/20)

Kodan ton secures huge win A quickfire 78 ball century by man of the match Narinder Kodan (103 n.o.) along with contributions from Mohit (53), Mohd. Sameen (26 and 4/13) and Sumit (3/8) helped Ramjas School No 2 beat Ramjas Sr. wing School Anand Parwat by 187 runs in the inter Ramjas 20/20 School cricket tournament at Ramjas Sports Complex. Chasing a mammoth 223 to win, Ramjas Sr Wing were shot out for a paltry 35.

Brief scores: Ramjas No 2 222 for 2 in 20 overs (Narinder Kodan 103 n.o, Mohit 53, Mohd. Sameen 26 n.o); Ramjas Anand Parwat 35 all out in 14 overs (Mohd. Sameen 4/13, Sumit 3/8)

Bharat guides Madhav win Half centuries by Bhaskar (50) and Bharat Sindwani (55) and decent bowling by Lokesh (2/19) took Madhav Sport to a 20 run win over GRM Academy in the 1st Najafgarh 20/20 cricket tournament at Najafgarh Sports Complex.

Brief Scores: Madhav Sports 140 for 3 in 20 overs (Bhaskar 50, Bharat Sindwani 55); GRM Academy 120 all out in 19 overs (Lakshay 30, Moun Kumar 30, Lokesh 2/19)

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