Capital Briefs

Brief scores: Gyan Kunj 103 for 9 in 20overs (Sachin Kumar 21,Ram Kumar 20,Pankaj Tanwar 2/12); Jawahar Bal Bhawan 104 for 2 in 14 overs (Vivek Sharma 36 n.o,Amit Kumar 34)

Sunny shines for Kunal Xi

Sunny Kumar delivered a fine all-round display (61 runs and 2/12) for Kunal XI and that effort along with those of Nikhil Kumar (35) and Kunal (4/13) enabled Kunal XI to get the better of SAP by 7 wickets in the 2nd Najafgarh T-20 League Cricket tournament at Najafgarh sports complex.

Brief scores: SAP 135 for 7 in 20 overs (Sharad Prashar 50,Vipul 35,Kunal 4/13); Kunal XI 137 for 3 in 18 overs (Sunny Kumar 61,Nikhil 35,Ramkey 2/30)

Easy win for future CA

It proved to be an easy 38 run win for Future Cricket Academy over GRM Academy in the 1st GRM cricket tournament after some good batting by Ajay Sudan (67) and effective bowling by Abhinash (3/6) and Abhinav Kalra (2/7). In a low scoring match that was held at Rahnola Ground,GRM were dismissed for 97 in 27 overs chasing a total of 135 set by Future CA in 30 overs. Sumit Nisal who performed admirably for GRM academy with a bowling analysis of 3/6 and a batting score of 38 had to end in the losers camp.

Brief scores: Future Cricket Academy 135 for 9 in 30 overs (Ajay Sudan 67, Sumit Nisal 3/6); GRM Academy 97 all out in 28 overs (Sumit Nisal 38,Abhinash 3/6)

Akash impressive in win

Akash Verma scored a half century and took 3 wickets (65 and 3/22) while Anish Jain also came good in an all-round role (30 and 3/28) to guide Green Field Academy to a narrow 2 wicket win over Haryana Cricket Academy in the 1st PL Vergish Cricket tournament at Bhadurgarh ground. Haryana Academy will be ruing they did not utilise their entire 40 overs while batting considering they were dismissed with two overs to go,while Green Field Academy only had five balls left in their innings.

Brief scores: Haryana Academy 173 all out in 38 overs (Rajat Paliwal 40,Akash Verma 3/22, Anish Jain 3/28); Green Field Academy 175 for 8 in 39.1 overs (Akash Verma 65,Anish Jain 30,Rajat Paliwal 3/11)

St Gregorius through qlf’s

St.Gregorious School,Dwarka won the West Zone qualifiers being held for the Mir Iqbal Husain Trophy Sub-Junior National which concluded at St.Marks School,Meera Bagh. In the final,St.Gregorious defeated Govt.Senior Secondar School,Mundka 3-2 in the sudden death tie-brekar session. Earlier in the semi-final matches,St.Greorious School defeated Venketeshwara International School 3-0 in tie-breaker while in other semi-final,Govt.Senior Sec. School,Mundka beat Shah International School,Pashim Vihar 2 – 0.

Ankit scalps four

Ankit Kumar (4/18) and Gulshan Kumar (3/11)came good in the bowling department while Ajay Kumar (36) and Govind (33) performed with the bat to take GM Academy to a thumping 9 wicket win over Goyal Cricket Academy in the Pratibha Talent cricket tournament. Goyal Academy were shot out for 76 and chasing that paltry total,GM hardly expended themselves as they utilised all of 23 overs to chase down that mark.

Brief scores: Goyal Academy 76 all out in 22 overs (Abhay Kumar 30, Ankit Kumar 4/18,Gulshan 3/11); GM Academy 77 for 1 in 23 overs. (Ajay 36,Govind 33)

Singh leads with 5-under

Gaurav Pratap Singh of Noida fired a five under 67 at the Jaypee Greens golf course on Wednesday to lead after round one of the LG Race to Ireland. Gurki Shergill,Arjun Singh,Vikrant Chopra and Amandeep Johl are one stroke off the lead in tied second.Gaurav Pratap Singh made a brilliant start to the week with a round of 67 that featured seven birdies and two bogeys. Gaurav made birdies on the fourth,fifth,eighth,11th,13th,14th,17th and dropped bogeys on the 10th and 15th. Gurki Shergill,Arjun Singh,Vikrant Chopra and Amandeep Johl share second place at four under 68. Vivek Bhandari,Raj Randhawa,Manav Jaini,Abhishek Jha,Rafick Ali Mollah,Mukesh Kumar and R Murthy are a further stroke behind in tied sixth place.

Delhi soccer veteran dies

Former Delhi State footballer Prof. Neb Raj passed away on November 1 at his residence in Rajinder Nagar,New Delhi following a prolonged illness. Prof. Bhatia aged 86 years is survived  by his wife,two married sons and a married daughter. Prof. Bhatia started his career as a centre-forward with Delhi’s Frontiers Club in the year 1949. After his playing career,he taught Spanish at Delhi University.