Capital briefs

Parth drives Telefunken
A destructive spell by Parth Madan (4/9) and a useful innings by Bharat Gupta (34 n.o) helped Telefunken overwhelm GRM Academy by 9 wickets in the 5th Sharma Sports KP Trophy cricket tournament at Picnikhut ground. Batting first GRM never looked in control and were bundled out for the paltry total of 60 while Telefunken lost just the single wicket in reply. In addition to Parth,Deepak Khattri(2/11),Vansh Bajaj(2/12) and Avesh Sharma(2/14) were the wreckers in the GRM innings claiming two wickets apiece.

Brief scores: GRM Academy 60 all out in 24.3 overs (Ratan Singh 25,Parth Madan 4/9,Deepak Khattri 2/11,Vansh Bajaj 2/12,Avesh Sharma 2/14); Telefunken Club 61 for 1 in 15.2 overs (Bharat Gupta 34 n.o,Shivam Minhas 19)

Easy for PMG
A half century by Shasheem Rathore (53) and an important four wicket haul by Rajesh Sharma (4/25) guided PMG to a 59 run win over Ravindra Blue in the Shalimar Cup u-16 cricket tournament at Ashok Vihar ground. Batting first PMG accumulated a par total of 175 in their 30 overs. The run chase seemed to overwhelm the Ravindra Blue batsmen as they crashed to 116 with a little over 4 overs left in their innings.

Brief scores: PMG 175 all out in 30 overs (Shasheem Rathore 53,Gaurav Shaukeen 36,Prashant Bhandari 22,Rishabh Jain 3/24,Shubham Gupta 3/28,Prayanshu Vijyan 3/44); Ravindra Blue 116 all out in 25.2 overs (Prayanshu Vijyan 35,Sumit Tomar 24,Ashutos Sharma 22,Rajesh Sharma 4/25)

Jaggi impresses
A devastating spell of bowling consisting of four scalps by Rahul Jagi (4/3) and a composed knock of 33 by Akash sharma led Ramjas School No 2 to a comfortable 7 wicket win over Ramjas School No 3 in the Inter Ramjas School u-16 20/20 cricket tournament at Ramjas Sports Complex. Batting first Ramjas No 3 were dismissed for 91 without playing out their 20 overs. Ramjas No 2 won without much fanfare to continue their impressive run in the tournament so far.

Brief scores: Ramjas No 3 91 all out in 18 overs (Anant Kumar 19, Rahul Jaggi 4/3,Sunil Nayat 2/13); Ramjas No 2 95 for 3 in 13 overs (Akash Sharma 33 n.o.)

Rahul snares four
A five wicket triumph by GRM Academy over GM Academy was made possible thanks to a tricky bowling performance by Rahul (4/12) and a measured batting display by Anurag (27) in the 1st Najafgarh u-13 20/20 cricket tournament at Najafgarh Sports Complex. Chasing a modest 94 for victory,GRM made heavy weather losing half their side before overhauling the total. Lokesh and Manish took two wickets each to keep GRM academy in the hunt,but their failure with the bat proved to be their undoing.

Brief scores: GM Academy 94 all out in 17 overs (Sagar 25,Arjun Kumar 23, Rahul 4/12); GRM Academy 98 for 5 in 14 overs (Anurag 27,Lokesh 2/17,Manish 2/17)

Anish clicks with bat and ball
A vital all-round display by Haryana u-16 player Anish Jain (34 and 2/25) along with a half century by Manjeet (50) was instrumental in Modern Cricket Academy edging out SBHS.Cricket Academy by 2 wickets in the Green Plywood cricket tournament at Bhadurgarh ground. Batting first SBHS made a credible 229 in the alloted 35 overs. However despite losing 8 wickets in the bargain,Modern surpassed that mark with three overs to spare.

Brief scores: SBHS Academy 229 for 7 in 35 overs (Shiva 45,Honny Singh 34,Anish Jain 2/25); Modern Cricket Academy 233 for 8 in 32 overs (Anish Jain 34,Manjeet Singh 50,Rohit Sharma 3/26)

Shokeen downs Hari Singh
n A match winning bowling display by Abhishek Shokeen (4/21) and an equally important innings by Sandeep Mor (53),were exactly what Najafgarh Sports needed as they left Hari Singh Academy in the dust in the 1st Laurent cricket cup being held at Najafgarh ground. Chasing a lowly total of 122 set by Hari Singh Academy,Najafgarh were never under any sort of trouble as they crossed the tape with eight wickets in hand.

Brief scores: Hari Singh 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)