Pandey stars in Pelican win

NEW DELHI, January 8: The present Mohan Meakins cricket team is a far cry from the one in the Eighties which had in its ranks several Ranji ...

NEW DELHI, January 8: The present Mohan Meakins cricket team is a far cry from the one in the Eighties which had in its ranks several Ranji Trophy players from Punjab and Delhi. With not many regular cricketers representing the breweries team at present, they went down to Pelicans by eight wickets in a A-1 division match in the DDCA League at Kotla 1 today.Jitender Pandey scored an unbeaten 83 (nine fours) as Pelicans reached the target of 150 in just 25.3 overs.

Punjab National Bank, another regular team in the league, suffered a 57-run loss at the hands of Delhi Cricket Club at the Yamuna Sports Complex in their A-2 division match.

Oriental Bank of Commerce, powered by K K Talukdar’s all-round performance (61 and 3 for 34) defeated Ravi Brothers by 80 runs in a C division match at Kotla 2.

Brief scores

Mohan Meakins: 149 for 8 in 30 overs (Jayant 30, Vijay Chopra 27, Kamlesh Singh 3 for 28, Ashwini Tyagi 2 for 29).
Pelicans: 150 for 2 in 25.3 overs (Jitender Pandey 83 not out, Ashwini Kapoor 50).
Oriental Bank: 253 for 7 in 35 overs (S K Sharma 89, K K Talukdar 61, S K Sharma Jr 30, Sanjeev Sachdeva 2 for 43).
Ravi Brothers: 173 in 28.3 overs (Manav Nigam 46, Sat Singh 40, K K Talukdar 3 for 34, Anil Arora 2 for 33, S K Sharma 2 for 35).
Delhi Club: 171 for 3 in 25 overs (Manoj Sharma 82 not out, Jai Wardhan 45, Dinesh Kumar Bhatti 2 for 30).
PNB: 114 for 6 in 25 overs (H S Kohli 50 not out, Jitender Kumar 3 for 15, Manoj Sharma 2 for 16).