SBI cricketFine batting by G.N. Srinivas and good bowling by Gopal Raja and Vincent Vijay Kumar helped Hyderabad beat Bhopal by 25 runs to qualify for the semi-finals of the all-India SBI inter-circle cricket tournament. In other matches, Chennai beat Bangalore by 18 runs to make the grade while Delhi will take on Patna for a semi-final place.Brief Scores: Hyderabad (151: GN Srinivas 27, Abu Baker 25, Rajiv Dua 3 for 33, Roy Thomas 2 for 31). Bhopal (126: Mahender Satokar 53, Vincent Vijay Kumar 3 for 30, Gopal Raju 3 for 21); Chennai (w221 for 8: K. Shiva Kumar 86, V. Vijaysarathy 37, Anil Kumar 2 for 30, S. Prakash 2 for 32, M.V. Prashant 2 for 217). Bangalore (203: M.R. Srinath 54, Maruti Shambal 56, Ganesh Kumar 3 for 30, K. Kuvendrem 3 for 38).Angurala shinesK N Colts (175 in 45 overs: Ajay Verma 58, Manish Mahendru 37, Jatinder Solanki 3 for 29, Sandeep Angurala 3 for 29) lost to RR Gymkhana (176 for 3: Joginder Singh 38, Harinder Dhillon 29 not out, Sandeep Angurala 32 not out) by seven wickets in the inaugural all-India Davinder Singh memorial cricket tournament.
