Hockey Academy inaugurated The Jai Bharat Hockey Academy has been started at at Mata Sukhdevi Senior Secondary School,Main GTK Road. Brainchild of former Indian hockey captain Rajesh Chauhan,the academy was inaugurated by KPS Gill in the presence of former coach MK Kaushik and players likes Pritam Siwach and Mamta Kharab. The academy,with a current strenght of 80 students between ages 9-20,also helps provide scholarships to students for their education. Almost seven players from the academy were part of the Delhi team that won the Federation Cup recently in Jalandhar. Kshitij slams ton In a match that ended in a tie,Kshitij Sharma scored a century (106) while Amanjeet Singh produced a three wicket haul (3/34) for NK Khanna Club against Kishan Ganj Gymkhana in the DDCA league. Brief scores: NK Khanna Club 207 for 8 in 40 overs (Kshitij Sharma 106,Subodh Rathi 32,Arun 2/35); Kishan Ganj 207 all out in 39.3 overs (Arun Chaprana 44,Sehwaj Khan 37,Amanjeet Singh 3/34,Dinesh Dogra 2/28) In other matches,a half Century by Aashish Sharma (76) and an all-round performance by Jasvinder Singh (50 and 3/29) helped Delhi Cricket Club beat GG Dutt by 94 runs in the DDCA League . Brief scores: Delhi Cricket Club 215 all out in 38 overs (Aashish 76,Jasvinder Singh 50,Dilraj Atwal 4/25); GG Dutt 121 all out in 30 overs (Shitij Sharma 49,Jasvinder Singh 3/29)
