NEW DELHI, April 12: MCD crushed Bright by 88 runs in an A-I division match of the DDCA league at Kotla here today. Dharam Bir Baniwal (83) was the top scorer for the winners while Sanjay Sahni scored unbeaten 68 for the losers. The other winners of the league include Indo Club, NSCC and Syndicate Bank.Brief scores: MCD: 251 for 9 (Dharam Bir Baniwal 83, Ajay Tiwari 38, Suresh Baniwal 28, Rambabu Baniwal 24, Sanjay Sahni 2/41, Shambhav Sainan 2/52, Ajay Sharma 2/42) bt Bright: 163 (Sanjay Sahni 68 not out, Nischal Gaur 28, Ajay Tiwari 3/15, Rajesh Lucky 3/25, Suresh Baniwal 3/42). KG Colts: 124 (Gaurav Bhardwaj 46, Sumit Rana 27, Prahlad 3/49, Prashant 2/20, Balbir Singh 2/3) lost to Indo: 129 for no loss (Parul 75 not out, Prahlad 22 not out). NSCC: 238 (Anand Ramola 59, Rajender Ramola 31, Naveen Verma 4/34) bt Kranti Star: 219 (Sanjeev Sachdeva 66, Naresh Kaushik 56, Kuldeep Rawat 2/17, Puneet Sharma 2/22). Syndicate Bank: 212 for 9 (Bhushan Kaul 57, Dalip Kumar 60, Ashok Verma 26, Sunil Sharma 3 for 45, SK Dogra3 for 34) bt Bank of Baroda: 186 (Vijender Singh 57, Sunil Sharma 51, Ashok Verma 3/30, Rajeev Kumar 2/33, Dalip Kumar 2/21).Big win for SonnetAkash Chopra missed what would have been a deserving century by four runs but his knock off 89 balls proved handy for Sonnet Club, who defeated J.N. Golden by 127 runs in the all-India Om Nath Sood Memorial cricket tournament at the Khalsa College ground here today.Put in, Sonnet piled up 254 for five with contributions coming from, besides Chopra, Devender Sharma (53), O'neil Wilson (22) and Yashpal (26). In reply, JN Golden failed to match the required run-rate and for the exception of Ashu Dani(43) all other batsmen failed as they folded making 127 in 26.4 overs.Wilson was the most successful bowler with four wickets while Vijay Walia captured three.Brief scores: Sonnet: Akash Chopra 96, Onil Wilson 22, Devender Sharma 53, Yashpal 26 not out, Amolak Singh 2 for 47) bt JN Golden: Ashu Dani 43, Onil 4 for 24, Vijay Walia 3 for 40, Rohit Mehra 2 for 6).
