NEW DELHI, June 2: The largely-attended final of the second Hari Ram Aggarwal day-night tournament at the MCD grounds here on Monday turned out to be an anti-climax. Dharampal Satyapal (D S ) Group were declared winners of the when their opponents Krishi Exports (Varanasi) staged a walkout after 18.3 overs protesting against `the bowling action' of Pankaj Thakur. Chasing D S Group's 259 for seven, the Varanasi team was 132 for four with skipper Sumeet Dogra (73) and Rizwan Shamshad (36) batting when they quit the field in protest even as chief guest of the evening, Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma and Kirti Azad were present at the MCD grounds.Invited to bat first, D S Group owed their big total to the 146-run opening wicket stand between Balwinder Singh (66) and Pankaj Thakur (69). Rakesh Bhatia (27) and Anil Rana (45) added a further 65 for the fifth wicket.Ashok Aggarwal, chairman of the tournament committee, announced that the winners of the next edition would get Rs one lakh while the runners-up would be richer by Rs 50,000.D S Group: 258 for 7 in 30 overs (Balwinder Singh 66, Pankaj Thakur 69, Anil Rana 45, Arvind Kapoor 2 for 29, Vishal Singh Yadav 2 for 41); Krishi Exports: 132 for 4 in 18.3 overs (Sumeet Dogra 73 not out, Rizwan Shamshad 36 not out); Man of the match: Balwinder Singh; Man of the tournament: Balwinder Singh; Best bowler: Tapeshwar Tyagi. Top
