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GEC Caps, Apollo Tyres in semisGE CAPS XI and Apollo Tyres Tornado XI entered the semifinals of the ESPN Star Sports Corporate Challenge ...

GEC Caps, Apollo Tyres in semis
GE CAPS XI and Apollo Tyres Tornado XI entered the semifinals of the ESPN Star Sports Corporate Challenge Cup cricket, getting past their respective opponents in the quarterfinal games here today. GE Caps XI beat Birla Soft XI by 49 runs while Apollo Tyres Tornado XI defeated IBM XI by 23 runs.
Brief scores: GE Caps: 239 for 2 in 25 overs Rahul Dixit 71 n.o., Metesh 65, Harish 57; Hitender 2-32 beat Birla Soft: 190 in 23.2 overs Vikas Sharma 78, Vishal 34; Atul 4-20, Dharam 3-42; Apollo Tyres Tornado: 152 for 8 in 25 overs Tejpal 31, Neeraj Karautiya 27; Javed 2-18 beat IBM: 129 in 23 overs Sunil 37, Ashwin Dosraj 27; Shankar 3-21, Anil 3-20.

St Xavier8217;s School enter final
Superb bowling by medium pacer Rahul Sharma 4 for 23 and equally unbeaten 92 by Anuj Tagra helped St Xavier8217;s School crush Mount St Mary8217;s School by nine wickets and enter the final of the Tenth Brother Foley Memorial tournament at St Columba8217;s School ground. Pargat Singh 43 and Varun Bakshi 31 not out were the main scorers for Mount St Mary8217;s while Nakul was another contributor for the winners.
Brief scores: Mount St Mary8217;s School: 147 in 30.2 overs Pargat Singh 43, Varun Bakshi 31 not out, Rahul Sharma 4 for 23, Prashant Mehta 3 for 15 lost to St Xavier8217;s School: 152 for one in 24 overs Anuj Tagra 92 not out, Nakul 26.

Saurabh and Chetan shine
Excellent batting by Saurabh Tiwari 49 and Chetan Solanki8217;s fine spell of bowling 3 for 8 guided Outer Delhi Academy to a 25-run victory over Raj Sports in the under-14 match at Parmarth ground Rohini.
Brief scores: Outer Delhi Academy: 118 for 8 in 25 overs Saurabh Tiwari 49, Abhishek Rastogi 23, Tushar Arora 23, Mannu Vats 3 for 10 beat Raj Sports Club: 93 all out in 19.4 overs Vinit Arora 25, Naveen Panwar 21, Chetan Solanki 3 for 8, Rajat Sharma 2 for 12.

Gyan Bharti School triumph
Gurave Chabbra8217;s 65 and all-round display by Ankur Julk 45 and 3 for 30 enabled Gyan Bharti School Saket prevail over Jarial Academy Jamshedpur by 17 runs in an invitational match at Gyan Bharti School ground.
Brief scores: Gyan Bharti School: 180 for 8 in 40 overs Gurave Chabbra 65, Manav Sharma 30, Ankur Julk 45, Mridul Misra 4 for 23, Duljit Kumar 3 for 34 beat Jarial Academy: 163 all out in 38 overs Duljit Kumar 42, Himanshu Shukla 44, Ankur Julk 3 for 30, Manav Madan 2 for 30.

Yogesh Saxena strikes
Fine spell of bowling by off-spinner Yogesh Saxena 4 for 14 guided HUDCO to a 72-run win over Pamp;O Travel India in the third Dattu Phadkar Memorial tournament at TERI Oval, Gural Pahari Gurgaon. VK Shukla 46 and Ramesh 40 were the principal contributors for the winners while Rajinder Singh 26 was the top scorer for the losers.
Brief scores: HUDCO: 159 for 9 in 25 overs VK Shukla 46, Ramesh 40, Mukesh Kumar 4 for 23, Ashish Kumar 2 for 23 beat Pamp;O Travel India: 87 all out in 20.4 overs Rajinder Singh 26, Yogesh Saxena 4 for 14.

Chetan, Vivek shape Salwan win
Excellent bowling by Chetan Sharma Junior 3 for 4 and Vivek Khurana 3 for 23 helped Salwan Boys School down Bal Bharti Public School Brij Vihar by 10 wickets in a low-scoring mathc in the third round and reach the semi-final of the Chacha Nehru Super Six tournament at Salwan School ground. Yashpal Sharma 38 and Sachin Prakash 27 were the main scorers for Salwan Boys while Vikas Gupta 30 was the top scorer for Bal Bharti Public School.
Brief scores: Bal Bharti Public School: 67 all out in 24 overs Vikas Gupta 30, Chetan Sharma 3 for 4, Vivek Khurana 3 for 23, Rajesh Kumar 2 for 11 lost to Salwan Boys: 68 for no loss in 13 overs Yashpal Sharma 38, Sachin Praksh 27.

Inter-Services basketball tourney
The 48th Inter-Services basketball Championship will be held at 629 Transport Company ASC, Basketball Stadium, Delhi Cantt, from October 21 to 26. Four teams 8212; Army Red, Army Green, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force will participate in the tournament to be played on league-cum-knock-out basis.

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Bhatia Club beat East Delhi
Bhatia Sports Club beat East Delhi Club by 64 runs to enter the quarter-finals of the Jagdish Khatri Memorial Cricket Tournament. Naveen Negi scored 57 while Irish Saxena took three wickets for winners. Irish was declared man of the match.
Brief scores: Bhatia Sports Club: 213/7 in 30 overs Naveen Negi 57, Ashok Singh 42, Mahender Bhatia 32, Shafiq Khan 30, Ram Babu 5/15 bt East Delhi Club: 149 Pradeep 53, Harvinder 26, Irish Saxena 3/36, Deepak Tyagi 2/19, Sanjeev Sharma 2/16, Manjit 2/26.

HDFC prevail over Bank of America
HDFC Bank beat Bank of America by eight wickets in a practice match played at Modern School, Barakhamba Road today.
Brief scores: Bank of America: 153 lost to HDFC: 156 for 2 Muskan Singh 70 n.o., Pankaj 47.