Capital briefs

Sushil shines for Hari Nagar
An important all round display by Sushil Kumar (32 and 3/24) and accurate bowling by Ashwani Kumar (3/18) helped Hari Nagar Academy beat Kalka Academy by 3 wickets in the 5th Sharma Sports KP Trophy Under-19 cricket tournament at Picnic Hut ground. Anubhav Mehrotra’s 56 which was the highest score in either innings ultimately proved to be a futile knock.

Brief scores: Kalka Academy 139 all out in 27 overs (Anubhav Mehrotra 56,Pawan Kushwaha 32,Ashwani Kumar 3/18,Sushil Kumar 3/24,Suraj Pal 2/36); Hari Nagar Academy 140 for 7 in 27.2 overs (Balraj Meena 35,Sushil Kumar 32 n.o,Ambar Aneja 4/17)

Ravindra have it easy
A fine all round display by Arjun Arora (33 and 2/22) and support from Sufyan Alam (35) led Ravindra Academy to a 5 wicket win over Golden Arrow Academy in the 5th Shalimar Cup u-16 cricket tournament at Ashok Vihar Ground. Batting first,Golden Arrow were restricted to a below par score of 132 in the allotted 30 overs thanks to a constricting spell by Paras Bhatnagar (4/26).

Brief scores: Golden Arrow Academy 132 for 8 in 30 overs (Abhishek Mishra 35,Pankaj Jaiswal 32,Paras Bhatnagar 4/26,Arjun Arora 2/22); Ravindra Academy 135 for 5 in 21.2 overs (Sufyan Alam 35,Arjun Arora 33,Nitin Tanwar 22 n.o ,Imran Khan 3/23 )

Close victory for Indrapuram
In what proved to be an invaluable knock,Paras Chouhan scored a half century (56) while suitable contributions came from Divyansh Sharma (32),Nitesh Rawat (3/18) and Kartik Kumar (3/11) as Indrapuram School edged out Gurukul Academy by 2 wickets in the NC Cup being held at Najafgarh ground. Hritik Parkash’s five wicket haul(5/26) went in vain for Gurukul Academy as did Shubham Chouhan’s knock of 56 runs .

Brief scores: Gurukul Academy 120 all out in 24 overs (Shubham Chouhan 56,Nitesh Rawat 3/18,Kartik Kumar 3/11); Indrapuram School 121 for 8 in 24.5 overs (Paras Chouhan 56,Divyansh Sharma 32,Hritik Parkash 5/26 Ankit singh 3/22)

Comfortable for Malik
Thanks to Surinder Dahiya’s half century (58),Sandeep Kumar knock of 35 and Rajeev Rawat’s three wicket haul (3/11),Malik Sports emerged victorious over Handa XI by 8 wickets in the Parmarth 20/20 Prize Money cricket tournament at Parmarth Ground.

Brief scores: Handa XI 105 all out in 17 overs (Vishal 47,Rajeev Rawat 3/11); Malik Sports 106 for 2 in 11 overs (Surinder Dahiya 58,Sandeep Kumar 35)

Shokeet snares four
Abhishek Shokeet trapped four (4/21) in a deadly spell of bowling while Sandeep Mor stroked a half century (53) to enable Najafgarh Sports to crush Hari Singh Cricket Academy by the huge margin of 8 wickets in 1st Laurent u-19 cricket tournament at Najafgarh Ground.

Brief scores: Hari Nagar 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)

Kodan ton secures huge win
A quickfire 78 ball century by man of the match Narinder Kodan (103 n.o.) along with contributions from Mohit (53), Mohd. Sameen (26 and 4/13) and Sumit (3/8) helped Ramjas School No 2 beat Ramjas Sr. wing School Anand Parwat by 187 runs in the inter Ramjas 20/20 School cricket tournament at Ramjas Sports Complex. Chasing a mammoth 223 to win,Ramjas Sr Wing were shot out for a paltry 35.

Brief scores: Ramjas No 2 222 for 2 in 20 overs (Narinder Kodan 103 n.o, Mohit 53,Mohd. Sameen 26 n.o); Ramjas Anand Parwat 35 all out in 14 overs (Mohd. Sameen 4/13,Sumit 3/8)

Bharat guides Madhav win
Half centuries by Bhaskar (50) and Bharat Sindwani (55) and decent bowling by Lokesh (2/19) took Madhav Sport to a 20 run win over GRM Academy in the 1st Najafgarh 20/20 cricket tournament at Najafgarh Sports Complex.

Brief Scores: Madhav Sports 140 for 3 in 20 overs (Bhaskar 50,Bharat Sindwani 55); GRM Academy 120 all out in 19 overs (Lakshay 30,Moun Kumar 30,Lokesh 2/19)