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Services in commandServices have taken an overall lead of 153 runs against Railways on the second day of the annual Thimmaya Cup at Air F...

Services in command
Services have taken an overall lead of 153 runs against Railways on the second day of the annual Thimmaya Cup at Air Force Palam grounds. The three-day game will be followed by a one-day match on Saturday.

Brief Scores: Services: 235 for 8 in 80 overs Sarabjeet Singh 92, Narender 23, Devender 5 for 62, OP Tiwari 2 for 63 and 76 for 4 in 28 overs Chinmaya Sharma batting 24. Railways: 158 in 67.5 overs Sanjay Bangar 52, Balram 37, Sanjay Sirsat 4 for 37, Chinmaya Sharma 4 for 33.

Gurgaon in final
Consistent batting by Parshant Ahlawat 35, Devashish 31 and Bhuvanesh Sharma 32 not out helped Gurgaon enter the final of Haryana state inter-district tournament for the Pataudi Trophy by beating last year8217;s champions Chandigarh by three wickets.

Chandigarh, led by former India speedster Chetan Sharma and having in its ranks current Ranji players including Vineet Jain, R P Singh and Ravinder Nain, were restricted to 155 in the stipulated 40 overs. Devinder Dahiya 3 for 27, Sonu Sharma 3 for 28 and Surinder Kataria 2 for 24 were the main wicket-takers.

Gurgaon reached 158 for seven with five balls to spare.

Brief Scores: Chandigarh: 155 Bhupinder 26, Madan Lal 25, garish 21. Gurgaon 158 for 7 Parshant Ahlawat 35, Bhuvanesh Sharma 32 not out, Devashish 31, Vineet Jain 3 for 31, Madan Lal 3 for 27.

Zakir Hussain in semis
Zakir Hussain College entered the semifinal of WAAS inter-college basketball tournament beating Bhagat Singh College 54-40. In other matches, Khalsa College bt Satyawati 52-40 and bt PGDAV Eve 43-18 to qualify for quatterfinals, Venkateswara bt Ramjas 51-37, KM College entered the last eight stage beating Bhagat Singh College 55-50.

Gyan Bharati advance
The match between Gyan Bharati and Lovely Public School in the Radha Kishan memorial tournament ended in a tie with the former entering the quarter-finals.

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Brief Scores: Lovely Public School: 152 Manish Sharma 34, Atul Bhasin 33, Manav Sharma 3 for 38, Anish Aggarwal 3 for 29.

Gyan Bharati: 152 for 5 Ankur Julka 44, Aditya Gadia 42, Raghav Narula 32 not out, Atul Bhasin 2 for 31.

Shastri Club win
L B Shastri Club beat Raman Lamba XI by 36 runs in the Raman Lamba memorial tournament at Bharat Nagar sports complex.

Brief Scores: LB Shastri Club: 128/9Gaurav Bhardwaj 48, Gaurav Sharma 4 for 28, Nagender 2 for 20 beat Raman Lamba XI: 92 Gaurav Sharma 35, Nitin Aggarwal 4 for 29, Sahil Khullar 3 for 16.