Capital brief

With poor light once again playing spoilsport at the St Stephens ground,Delhi under-19 team once again face the prospect of having to chase the NRR quotient in their qualification bid for the final.

Delhi U-19 stay in contention
* With poor light once again playing spoilsport at the St Stephens ground,Delhi under-19 team once again face the prospect of having to chase the NRR quotient in their qualification bid for the final. Delhi will begin their first innings on the fourth and final day on Wednesday chasing Mumbais score of 457/8 declared. In case of Delhi failing to overhaul the target or Mumbai not being able to dismiss the hosts for less than their score,the result will be taken by the run rate. Earlier,Mumbai batsman continued to make merry as the spin trio of Vikas Mishra,Manoj Chauhan and Unmukt Chand sharign all eight wickets to fall in the innings.
Brief scores: Mumbai Ist innings 457 for 8 decl in 172.3 overs.(Kaustab Pawar 155,Siddesh Lad 100,Rohan Kerkar 81,Prateek Prabhu 49; Vikas Mishra 4/97,Manoj Chauhan 2/74,Unmukt Chand 2/9) vs Delhi.

Badlight halts Vijay Merchant final
* Delhi were 89/1 after 26 overs against Maharshtra in the final of the Vijay Merchant Trophy before bad light stopped play in Siliguri on Tuesday. Rahul Tyagi was unbeaten on 59 of 85 balls,with the help of 10 boundaries. Going into Day Two,Tyagi is joined by Sufiyan Alam at the crease.
Brief scores: Delhi 89/1 in 26 overs (R Tyagi batting 59,K Ashish 15; K Shamzuma 1/8) vs Maharashtra

Railways announce strong team
* International players like Rakesh Kumar,Cheralathan,Manjeet Chillar,Parmod,Tejaswani,Mamtha and Kishori Shinde will form the core of the Indian railways men and womens team in the 37th senior national Kabaddi Championship that will be held in Cuttak from 15th to 17th January 2010. The Indian Railway women team is National Champion for the last 25 years.
Squad: Men: Rakesh Kumar [Captain Parmod Kumar,D. Suresh ,Rajeev Kumar,Manjeet chillar,Satish Kumar,Cheralathan,Swaraj chillar,Ramesh kumar,Pradeep Kumar,Baljit singh,S.K.Swapan Ali,Anjar Ali & Vedvir singh (Coach),Jagvir Singh (Astt. manager),Randhir Singh (Chief coach)
Women: Tejaswani Bai (Captain),Mamtha,Archna Shinde,Arun Bala,Shyamala,Kuljit kaur,Supriya,Sumitra Oraon,Kishori shinde,Monika shinde,Abhilasha mhatre,Kavita Jadhav,T.Gattaiah[coachi Randhir singh[ Chief coach Khushal singh[ Manager

Easy win for M K Group
* M K Group beat Ravindra Academy by 5 wkts to enter the pre-quarter final of 14th Sahibzada Ajit Singh Cricket tournament being played at Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce ground,Pitampura. Lokesh Sharma (34 n.o.) was adjudged man of the match.
Brief scores: Ravindra Academy 114 allout in 36 overs(Gaurav Shama 32,Hemant Singh 27,Pradeep Parashar 2/15,Rajinder Bisht 2/18,Ramesh Verma 2/19);M K Group 116/5 in 19 overs (Lokesh Sharma n.o.34,Chanderpal Saini n.o.23,Vineet Dahiya 3/64,Gaurav Shama 2/32)

SN Gymkhana win
* Man of the match Rohit Mehta picked three wickets and score an unbeaten 30 to help Sarojni Nagar Gymkhana beat Subhania Club by 6 wickets in the Reebok Cup under-14 cricket tournament at Ramjas ground.
Brief scores: Subhania 140 all out in 33.2 overs (Sachin Kundu 46,Kesav Rai 31,Rohit Mehta 3/15,Siddhant Singh 3/20) SN Gymkhana 142 for 4 in 29.2 overs (Priyank Katariya not out 38,Jatin Gawar 36,Rohit Mehta not out 30,Sachin Kundu 3/28)

Kesav scores 80
* Kesav Sainis knock of 80 not out guided Vikaspuri Academy beat GM Academy by 9 wickets in the AS Memorial T20 cricket tournament.
Brief scores: GM Academy 105 for 6 in 20 overs (Kishan Sharma 52,Avinsh Kumar 3/20); Vikaspuri Academy 107 for 1 in 15.3 overs (Kesav Saini not out 80)

Bhagat Singh cricket from 18 January
* The 19th Shaheed Bhagat Singh memorial cricket tournament for Deewan Hira Lal Chopra Trophy will be start from 18th January at the Mohan Meakins ground. The winners will recieve a cash prize of Rs 20,000 while runners-up will get Rs 15000. The 40-over competition will also have indivdual awards for man of the match,best bowler,batsman and all-rounder. Interested teams may contact Satender Yadav at 09350728743.

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Harshit hits ton
* Man of the match Harshit Goswami scored 119 and 88 in two innings as the two-day match between Prabhu Dayal Academy and Air Force Bal Bharti School in the 2nd HS Mehra tournament.
Brief scores: PDA 172 all out (Harshit Goswami 88,Aproov 3/29) and 256 for 3 decl (Harshit Goswami 119 not out; Narinder Tehlan 56) vs AFBBS 180 all out (Rajesh Nagar 92,Satinder Kumar 52,Arun Ahuja 7/44) & 37 for 3 in 21 overs.

Karan shines
* Karan Dagar picked three wickets and scored crucial 40 runs as GRM Academy beat Banaras Club by 3 wickets and enter the quarter-final of the 7th Najafgarh under-17 cricket toaurnament.
Brief scores: Banaras Club 142 all out in 31 overs (Sushant Kumar 72,Karan Dagar 3/27,Praveen Lakra 3/30); GRM Academy 143 for 7 in 23 overs (Karan Dagar 40,Rattan Singh 39)

Ishan scores 100
* Ishan Kumar scored a century in 93 balls as United chambers of Law registered a 61-run win over Young Association and move into the quarter-finals of the XXII Sandeep Suri memorial cricket tournament at Satyawati College ground.
Brief scores: UCIL 261 all out in 40 overs (Ishan Kumar 100,Parveen Yadav 36,Mohd Mohsin 34; Kapil Mehta 4/59); Young Association 200 all out in 35.4 overs (Pramod Bhatti 53,Vivek Srivastava 49,Dinesh Yadav 34; Vineet Rana 3/48)

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Capital brief

With poor light once again playing spoilsport at the St Stephens ground,Delhi under-19 team once again face the prospect of having to chase the NRR quotient in their qualification bid for the final.

With poor light once again playing spoilsport at the St Stephens ground,Delhi under-19 team once again face the prospect of having to chase the NRR quotient in their qualification bid for the final.