City Briefs

Participating teams: Collage Group,Rajnigandha Cricket Club,Air India,Gush Cricket Club,Rajasthan Cricket Association,ONGC,Mallik SPorts,Rohtak Road Gymkhana,Hargopal Cricket Club,Himachal CA,FCI,Vidya Jain Cricket Club.

Three Delhi boys make the cut

Wrapping up a four-month long search,the fourth season of the Arsenal Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars ended in a grand finale with 16 kids making the final cut out of the shortlisted 30 players identified to be trained by Arsenal coaches. The 16 will now represent India at the 21st Arsenal International Soccer Festival this year,with three Delhi boys impressing the coaches. Lalruat Puia,Nim Dorjee Tamang and Abhiraj Vikram Singh will travel to the Arsenal Soccer School in London.

LB Shastri victorious

Ravi Dixit took a matchwinning four-wicket haul (4/15) while Darshan Kajania (3/19) and Parves Chikara (3/20) took three wickets apiece as LB Shastri Club beat Hari Singh Academy by 8 wickets to take the title of the 2nd Shekhar Tyagi Prize money T20 cricket tournament at Bharat Nagar ground. LB Shastri took home the winners’ prize of Rs 51000.

Brief scores: Hari Singh Academy 93 all out in 18 overs (Sanjay Gill 25,Ravi Dixit 4/15,Darshan Kajania 3/19,Parvesh Chikara 3/20); L.B.Shastri 94 for 2 in 17 overs (Nakul Sharma 40 n.o, Nitish Rana 36 n.o)

Solanki smashes 182

Akshay Solanki hit 10 sixes and 17 fours in his massive 182 as Sonnet Club beat Bal Bharti by 169 runs to take four points in the 4th Peacock cricket tournament at Gargi college ground. Sagar Sehrawat (25) and Arjun Yadav (3/31) were the other contributors in the victory.

Brief scores: Sonnet Club 303 for 5 in 35 overs (Akshay Solanki 182 n.o,Sagar Sehrawat 25); Bal Bharti 134 for 8 in 28 overs. (Pavid Kohli 30,Arjun Yadav 3/31)

Easy win for GM Academy

Rahul Singh hit an unbeaten half century,while Kaushal Issar took a four-wicket haul (4/23) as GM Academy registered an easy five-wicket win over MRV Academy,Dwarka,to take four points in the Nirmal Premier League cricket tournament at Rajesh Sharma Sports Complex,Yamuna Nagar.

Brief scores: MRV Academy 182 all out in 29 overs (Saurabh Chauhan 60,Sachin Mishra 49,Kaushal Issar 4/23,Robin Sharma 3/10); GM Academy 188 for 5 in 29.3 overs (Rahul Singh 51 n.o,Sagar Tehlan 34)

Hritik snares four

Man-of-the-match Hritik Kanojia snared four wickets (4/23) while Bhavneet Singh (3/7) was economical as Sonnet Club managed to get the better of West Delhi Academy by five wickets in the Bal Bhawan U-13 Premier League cricket tournament at Bal Bhawan School,Dwarka.

Brief scores: West Delhi 103 all out in 28 overs (Jayesh Kumar 28 n.o,Jatin Kumar 24,Hritik Kanojia 4/19,Bhavneet singh 3/7); Sonnet Club 104 for 5 in 25 overs (Abhimanyu Budhiraja 46 n.o)

Yogesh impressive

Yogesh Sharma came through with a fine all round display (36 n.o and 4/20) while Sahil Sharma (3/27) and Ghanshyam (40) made usefull contributions enabling Baba Hari Das Academy beat GM Academy by 61 runs in the innaugural match of the 2nd Balaji U-16 cricket tournament at Balaji Ground at Bahadurgarh.

Brief scores: Baba Hari Das Academy 195 for 9 in 40 overs (Ghanshyam 40,Lalit 38 n.o,Yogesh Kumar 36,Kushal 3/39); GM Academy 134 all out in 31 overs (Aniket Sharma 47,Yogesh Kumar 4/20,Sahil 3/27)

Rawal hits strokefilled century

Delhi U-19 player Vaibhav Rawal scored a fine 90-ball-127 while Manik Tandon scored 86 to guide RP Academy to a facile 7 wicket win over FCI in the DDCA League. The win gave RP Academy 4 points. Chetan Sharma’s 101 went in vain for the FCI.

Brief scores: FCI 259 for 8 in 40 overs (Chetan Sharma 101,Paras Dogra 57,Ankur Julka 35,Rahul Balooni 3/40); R.P Academy 260 for 3 in 37.4 overs. (Vaibhav Rawal 127 n.o,Manki Tandon 86)