Balaji claims selection chess

Final positions: 1. G Balaji 8.5 points; 2. Ganesh Bhilare 7.5; 3-4. Vaibhav Saxena, Amol Wagle 7; 5-7. Rajan Rajadhayakshya, Kiran Kamble, Abhijit Bhurke 6.5; 8-12. DB Pulekar, Anant Iyer, Raj Parakh, Vakil Akhtar, Prakash Patole 6.

Anand Bharti tops

Sri Anand Bharti Samaj Sangh bt Royal Cricket Club by four wickets in the final of the 14th Dr Sridhar Deshpande Memorial cricket tournament, conducted by Sporting Clubs8217; Committee in its Platinium Jubilee year at the Central maidan, Thane, yesterday.

Brief Scores

Royal CC 158 all outin 29.5 overs Nitin Palande 37, Kiran Salgaonkar 34; Nishikant Koli 3-30 lost to Sri Anand Bharti 159-6 in 29.1 overs Sanjiv Kharade 74. MoM: Sanjiv Kharade. Best fielder: Dinesh Amre Anand Bharti.

Carl prevails

Carl Serrao 60 pipped MV Gospel 50 103-95, 88-123, 129-97 in the third-round of the Sushil R Ruia Cup Open Handicap snooker tournament, sponsored by Selvel and Consultant, at the Matharpacady Club, Mazgaon, today.

Other Results:

Third-round: D Sitwala 35 bt R Mehta 50 98-78, 112-103; B Shahade 40 bt M Jagdale 55 103-86, 42-109, 109-79.