Capital briefs

Gagan,Adarha star
Three wickets each by Gagan Singh (3/29) and Adarha (3/32) helped Diwan Academy beat Royal Cricket Academy by 52 runs to qualify for the final of the Sacado cricket tournament at Green Field School.

Brief scores: Diwan Academy 143 all out in 29 overs (Yashraj 37,Rohan 30,Japjot Singh 4/22); Royal Academy 92 all out in 22 overs (Apoorva 30,Gagan Singh 3/29,Adarha 3/32)

Deepak shines for Somdut Academy
A four wicket haul along with contributions with the bat by Deepak Malik (24 and 4/15) Ashwani kumar helped Somdut Academy beat Pranjay Sports by 6 wickets in the 1st Parmarth 20-20 Prize Money cricket tournament at Parmarth ground.

Brief scores: Pranjay Sports 89 all out in 18 overs (Prem Kumar 27,Deepak 4/15,Ashwani 3/9); Somdut Academy 93 for 4 in 18 overs (Satender 28,Deepak 24)

Raman,Deepak steer Ramjas
Half centuries by Raman Singh (54) and Deepak Tomar (53) helped Ramjas School No-3 beat Ramjas School,Pusa Road by 36 runs in the Ramjas Inter School 20-20 cricket tournament at Ramjas Sports Complex.

Brief scores: Ramjas School No-3 153 for 4 in 20 overs (Raman 54,Deepak 53); Ramjas Pusa Road 117 al out in 19 overs (Sachin Deva 35,Shivam Bansal 3/2

West Delhi Blue win
Mrinal Raj bowled a tight line to scalp 3/9 which helped West Delhi Blue beat West Delhi Red by 5 wickets in the 1st Radhika U-12 cricket tournament at Rajesh Sharma ground,Najafgarh.

Brief scores: West Delhi Red 88 all out in 16 overs (Utkarsh 25,Mrinal Raj 3/9); West Delhi Blue 92 for 5 in 17 overs (Vineet Sharma 30,Nishant 2/20)

Rakshit powers YFC victory
An all-round performance by man of the match Rakshit Pant (30 and 4/23) helped Young Friends Club beat Queta DAV Academy by 25 runs in the 2nd Baba Haridass cricket tournament at Ved Solanki Academy ground.

Brief scores: Young Friends 133 for 8 in 20 overs (Rakshit Pant 30,Vijay Tyagi 28,Vivek Mishra 3/28,Sagar Malik 2/20); Queta DAV 108 all out in 19.5 overs (Tarun Chaudhary 32,Ayush Deshwal 30,Rakshit Pant 4/23)

Arjun shines for Ravindra Blue
An unbeaten knock of 90 and a six wicket haul by Arjun Arora (6/15) helped Ravindra Blue beat Telefunken Red by 86 runs in the Shalimar Cup U-16 cricket tournament at Ashok Vihar ground.

Brief scores: Ravindra Blue193 for 3 in 30 overs Arjun Arora 90 n.o,Abhishek Pradhan 37,Nitin Tanwar 30,Naman Puri 3/29); Telefunken Red 107 all out in 26.4 overs Imran Khan 37,Anmol Gupta 33,Arjun Arora 6/15,Saurav Kumar 3/17)

Cricket tourney from July 26
The 1st Indian Bright Cup Open cricket tournament will start from July 26 at Ramjas Sports Complex ground. The tournament will see top 16 teams vying for a cash prize of Rs 61000 to winner and Rs 31000 to the runners up. Matches will be played on league cum knock out basis. Interested teams may contact Nirpan Bala at 9971212352.

Delhi to face MP in opener
Delhi will play Madhya Pradesh in their first match of the 64th Senior National Championship for Santosh trophy being held at Kolkata. The other teams in their cluster are Uttar Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh. Defender Bijender Kumar Bhardwaj will lead the 20 member squad.

Team: Goal-keepers Vikrant Sharma (vice-captain),Pronoy Roy; Defenders Vikas Rawat,Bijender Kumar Bhardwaj ( captain),Yogesh Prasad,Amjad Ali Khan,Prashant Jaggi,Pushpender Kundu,Anil Bara; Mid-fielders Ashish Pandey,Ashish Rawat ,Bhuvan Joshi,Golmei Akhonmei,Monu Choudhary; Forwards Saurav Patra,David Ngahite,Mahender Singh ,Tushim Mashangwa ,Ankit Sharma,Ashu Nathani; Officials Ranjit Thapa,Tarun Roy,Ravi Rana.

Veterans score 8 past Friends FC
In DSA A division premier football league,Veterans FC trounced Friends United FC by a massive margin of 8-0. In a strictly one sided match,two Veterans player scored hat tricks. Jatinder Kumar Soni struck in the 3rd,45th and 51st minute while Bablu scored in the 7th,15th and 43rd minute. On a day when one of the matches got washed away,Friends United FC had only nine players on the field.