City Briefs

Bhasin (69-68),a 10th tee starter on Wednesday,was looking down the barrel in the first half of his round,having bogeyed the 11th and 16th. However,the turnaround began with the 32-year-old’s inspiring tee shot on the par-four second hole. Bhasin drove the green on the second and his ball landed three feet from the pin. The resultant eagle spurred him on to pick up four more strokes on the remaining seven holes. Kunal,a winner on the PGTI in 2009,went on to birdie the fourth,fifth,sixth and ninth.

Anuj scalps four wickets

Anuj Rai finished with a four wicket haul ( 4/20) and his bowling figures along with those of Sidharth Sharma (3/26) and Khajith Sharma (3/22) helped Ravindra Academy beat Modern School,Barakhamba Road by 5 wickets to enter the semi-final of the 4 th Peacock cricket tournament at Gargi College ground.

Brief scores: Modern School 117 all out in 32 overs ((Himmat Singh 51,Shrey Tanwar 42,Anuj Rai 4/20); Ravindra Academy 120 for 5 in 27 overs (Ashu Kandai 29,Tejashvi Malik 31,Shrey Tanwar 3/22)

Mor shines

Sandeep Mor (80 run and 2/12) came through with a match winning all round performance as Najafgarh Sports Club beat TCA by 72 runs in the 3 rd Baba Hari Das Sports Complex in Najafgarh. Mor was ably assisted by Divakar Shokeen (50) and Mukesh (2/20) in the win that gave Najafgarh Sports Club 4 points in the tournament.

Brief scores:Najafgarh Sports Complex 162 all out in 31 overs (Sandeep Mor 80,Divakar 50,Anuj Meena 3/32,Mohit Sehrawat 2/39) TCA 90 all out in 29 overs(Sunil Sagar 35,Deepak 30,Sandeep Mor 3/12)

Ansari smashes century

Sultan Ansari first picked up two wickets (2/30) and then was devastating with the bat ( 122 run) as Mount Cricket Club crushed Century Club by 9 wickets to get four points in the DDCA league at PGDAV ground. Assisting Sultan Ansari with an other all round display was Bharat Gupta (51 run n.o and 2/34).

Brief scores: Century Club 186 for 8 in 40 overs (Himanshu 51,Bharat Gupta 2/34,Sultan Ansari 2/30); Mount Club 188 for 1 in 18 overs (Sultan Ansari 122,Bharat Gupta 51 n.o)

Himmat slams double ton

Himmat Singh smoked 27 fours and 12 sixes in his matchwinning 241 run knock that helped Sonnet Club beat Gyan Bharti Academy on the basis of a first innings lead in the 2nd Khushal U-17 Days cricket tournament at Gyan Bharti School,Saket. Bharat Gupta (101),Anmol (37 n.o) and Arjun (4/26) also contributed to the win that took Sonnet to the quarterfinals.

Brief scores: Sonnet Club 441 for 3 in 58 overs. (Himmat Singh 241 n.o,Bharat Gupta 101 ,Anmol 37 n.o); Gyan Bharti Academy 226 all out in 59 overs (Lakshay Jawa 51,Jai Deep Mishra 65,Dinesh Rawat 38,Arjun4/26,Abhishek 3/65)

Sehrawat impresses

Kartik Sehrawat stroked a fine century (110) and his effort along with those of Bharat Gupta (29 n.o) and Vibhor Aggarwal (2/15) helped Sonnet Club beat Dinesh Verma foundation by 5 wickets to get four points in the Rajeev Gandhi cricket tournament at Purvi Delhi Khel Parisar.

Brief scores: Dinesh Verma Academy 193 for 9 in 40 overs (Nadeep Alam 33,Satnam 33,Vibhor 2/15); Sonnet Club 195 for 5 in 33 overs (Kartik Sehrawat 110,Bharat Gupta 29 n.o)

Kalra snares four

Powered by Manjot Kalra’s four wicket haul (4/13),Akarsh’s (3/12) and Ankur Tongar’s unbeaten 52 Rajeev Rathor Academy beat Ravindra Academy by 7 wickets in the Om Sharma Jr. Premier league at  Montfort school Ashok Vihar.

Brief scores:Ravindra Academy 85 all out in 32 overs (Manjot Kalra 4/13,Akarsh 3/12); Rajeev Rathor 91 for 3 in 26 overs (Ankur Tongar 52 n.o,Mahavir Singh 25)