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Teri clinch Phadkar TrophyAn unbeaten knock of 103 by K P Eashwar and a useful 50 by Pradeep Kumar and their 149-run stand for the first ...

Teri clinch Phadkar Trophy
An unbeaten knock of 103 by K P Eashwar and a useful 50 by Pradeep Kumar and their 149-run stand for the first wicket helped Tata Energy Research Institute TERI, New Delhi beat G E Capitals by nine wickets in the final of the second D G Phadkar memorial tournament at Air Force grounds, Palam.

Put in to bat, G E Capitals made 181 in 34.1 overs. Arvinder Singh 52: 5215;4 and Rahul Dixit 30 were the main scorers. R K Pachauri 3 for 26, Sriram 2 for 35 and Atul Dhyani 1 for 25 shared the spoils. TERI reached the target in 31.2 overs for the loss of just one wicket. Eashwar struck 15 fours in his unbeaten century knock.

Eashwar was declared the man of the final as well as the man of the tournament. Pradeep Kumar best batsman, R K Pachauri best bowler, Rahul Dixit best fielder and Tarun best wicketkeeper also received awards from former Test cricketer Vijay Mehra.

Brief Scores: G E Capitals: 181 Arvinder Singh 52, Rahul Dixit 30 TERI: 183 for 1 K P Eashwar 103 not out, Pradeep Kumar 50.

Punjab zone advance
Punjab entered the semi-finals in the badminton event in the 16th Punjab National Bank All India inter-zone sports meet being held here. Punjab beat Southern Zone 3-0. In carrom, MP qualified for the quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over East UP Zone.

Other results: Table tennis: Delhi bt Central UP 3-2 to enter quarter-finals. Skipper Kapoor won both matches for the winners. Basketball: Delhi bt West UP 26-9 in quarter-final. Volleyball: West UP bt Southern Zone 15-7, 15-6, 15-7; Eastern Zone bt MP 15-8, 15-2, 15-4 to enter semifinals. Kho-kho: Rajasthan bt Southern Zone by one innings and four poinbts to enter semifinals. Triple jump final: 1.Balwan Singh Northern, 11.48m; 2.R N Dutt Central UP, 11.12m; 3.Banni Singh Central UP, 10.63m.

Anirudh shines
Fine batting by Anirudh Sehgal 65 not out helped Lintas score a facile nine-wicket win over MAA Group in the Media Transasia Cup at Gargi College.

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Brief Scores: MAA Group: 147 for 9 N Rawat 48 not out, Prashant 38, Vikram 3 for 13, Praveen 2 for 32. Lintas: 151 for 1 Anirudh Sehgal 65 not out, Anam 53; Mudra: 155 for 9 Hari 55, Sujoy 25, Mohit Sharma 4 for 20, Devender 3 for 17. Media Transasia: 139 Mohit Sharma 29, Sriram 3 for 22.

School Games
The sports branch, Directorate of Education, National Capital Territory of Delhi will hold hockey boys and girls under-17, Vinoo Mankad Trophy u-16, judo boys and girls, under-19, 17 and 14 and wrestling boys u-19, 17, 14 as part of the National School Games during December 22-26. Further details can be had from Sat Pal, Dy Director of Education Sports, Chhattarsal Stadium.

Peltzer races
Rahul Shokeen CISF and Bhagwati Youth Club won the men8217;s and women8217;s events, respectively, in the weekly Reebok Otto Peltzer road races. Sanjay GB and Sharmila SMG were the winners in senior boys and senior girls category while Yogesh BSV and Promila SMG emerged winners among junior boys and girls.

Sonnet move up
Fine batting by Delhi Ranji batsman Aakash Chopra 75: 4215;4 helped Sonnet beat Madras Club by three runs in the inaugural Davinder Singh memorial tournament at Jamia grounds.

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Brief Scores: Sonnet: 210 for 9 Aakash Chopra 75, Saket Bhatia 50, Rodney Charles 3 for 32. Madras Club: 207 for 8 Jagdev Chauhan 53, Manohar Singh 51 not out, Harender Chaudhary 26, O8217;Niel Wilson 2 for 30, Rohit 2 for 38, Suhail Sharma 2 for 44.

Kamla Nehru in final
Skipper Seema Wadhwa 65 and Paler Vandana 5 for 31 helped Kamla Nehru College beat Jesus and Mary College by 22 runs DU women8217;s semifinals.

Brief Scores: K N College: 154 Seema Wadhwa 65, Ruchika 2 for 14, karishma 2 for 24. J M College: 132 Ruchika 62, Vandana 5 for 31.

YMCA volleyball
Prasanth Club beat Dhaka Sports 15-12, 14-16, 15-5, 15-8 in the second Delhi state invitation volleyball tournament. Other winners included jaunti Club, LIC, Northern Railway, Air Force and JDM.