Capital briefs

Dabas hits ton
Siddarth Dabas brought up a fantastic century,while Vinay Loknath took a five-for (five for 14) to post another win for Dwarka Academy. Dwarka beat Tomar Academy by 77 runs in the Radhika Cup under-15 cricket tournament at the Najafgarh grounds mainly due to the efforts of Dabas,who scored more than half his team score.

Brief scores: Dwarka Academy 200 for 9 in 40 overs (Siddarth Dabas 101,Rahul Pal 34; Rahul Tiwari 2/28,Shubham Rana 2/30); Tomar Academy 123 all out in 32.2 overs (Dharmender Kumar 32; Vinay Loknath five for 14,Gaurav Kashyap two for 10)

Collage win
Kamal Beniwal narrowly missed his century and Narender Singh was a wicket away from snaring a five-wicket haul,but their efforts were good enough to help Collage Group beat FCI by 5 wickets and enter the semifinal of the 26 th Laxman Dass Chhabra memorial cricket tournament at the Bharat Nagar grounds. Narender got 4/36,while Kamal was named the Man of the Match for his 82.

Brief scores: FCI 196 for 7 in 40 overs (Rajender Bisht 78,Mandeep Singh 27,Pankaj Thakur 22; Narender Singh 4/36,Ravinder Kumar 2/30); Collage Group 199 for 5 in 35.4 overs (Kamal Beniwal 82,Ashish Sharma 39,Rameez Nemat 23; Parvesh Chikara 2/22)

Puneet Bisht scalps four
Known mainly for his batting and his wicketkeeping for Delhi,Puneet Bisht picked up four wickets with the ball for Madras Club in the DDCA League on Monday. Apart from registering figures of 4/31,Bisht also scored 65 runs with the bat. He was ably supported by Sahil Kher (77 n.o.),Varun Sood (42 n.o.) who also assisted in the team’s victory over Indian Air Force by 7 wicket to get four points.

In the second match,Mohammad Farman Ahmed picked up five wickets for 27 runs to help Raghubir Willows beat Friends Club by eight wickets.

In the third match,ONGC walloped GG Dutt by 134 runs mainly due to Tanmay Srivastava’s unbeaten 109. In the fifth game,Arjit Gupta missed his century by nine runs,but helped Dena Bank beat Young Cricketers by a massive 131 run scoreline. In the sixth game,Rajesh Sharma scored 85 runs to help his side,Roop Nagar Academy,win by one wicket.

Brief scores: Indian Air Force  224 for 7 in 35 overs (Somik Chattarji 50; Puneet Bisht 4/31); Madras Club 225 for 3 in 33 overs (Puneet Bisht 65,Sahil Kher 77 n.o.,Varun Sood 42 n.o.); 

Friends Club 84 all out in 28 overs (Md Farman Ahmed 5/27); Raghubir Willows 85 for 2 in 21 overs (Ravish Taneja 31 n.o.);

ONGC  261 for 2 in 35 overs (Tanmay Srivastava 109 n.o.,Radhey Shyam Gupta 56); GG Dutt 130 all out in 31 overs (Anshul Lamba 68; Sohil Sharma 2/21);

Dena Bank 236 for 9 in 35 overs (Arjit Gupta 91, Sidharth Chaudhary 4/40); Young Cricketers 105 all out in 29 overs (Abhishek Kapoor 29; Arjit Gupta 4/11);

Universal 230 for 7 in 40 overs.(Jaideep Singh 56,Adnan Mirza 43 n.o.); Roop Nagar 232 for 9 in 37 overs (Rajesh Sharma 85,Ravinder Singh 43; Adnan Mirza three for 39)

Shaurya shines
Fine all-round display by Man of the Match Shaurya Singh (42 n.o. and 4/14) helped APJ School Noida beat BP School by 3 wickets to enter the quarterfinal of the Baldev Raj Kala memorial cricket tournament at the Noida Sports Complex.

Brief scores: BP School 119 all out in 24 overs (Rahi Singh 21; Shaurya Singh 4/14); APJ School 123 for 7 in 22 overs (Shaurya Singh 42,Harsh 35; Rahul two

for 19)

Dipanshu scores 59
Dipanshu’s 59 and Himanshu Rawat’s 49 helped Future Cricket Academy beat Gyan Bharti Academy by 125 runs to get four points in the IB Cup u-16 cricket tournament at Ram Jas sports complex.

Brief scores: Future Cricket Academy 199 for 5 in 30 overs (Himanshu Rawat 49,Dipanshu 59; Ashish Goniyal two for 2); Gyan Bharti Academy 74 all out in 23 overs (Nikhil four for 22 and Jatin three for 24)