Short Corner — Delhi

Brief Scores: BHEL (Bhopal): 122 all out (Deepak 24, Diwakar 27, Nakul Chopra 6 for 29, Mayank Kapila 3 for 37) and 108 all out (Deepak 48, Vikram Mahajan 4 for 24, Nakul Chopra 3 for 20, Mayank Kapila 2 for 22). National Stadium: 188 for 8 decl (Sandeep Karki 72, Vikram Mahajan 50, Bobby Sham 22, Ratan Rawat 21, Yugant 3 for 49, Nipun 2 for 22) and 45 for 2 (Sandeep Karki 21 not out).

Shonit, Ekant shine
All-round performances by Shonit and Ekant helped Bal Bharati Public School beat Salwan Public School (Morning) by 53 rund in the Bro. Dunne sixth inter-school tournament at Mt St Mary’s School.

Brief Scores: Bal Bharati Public School: 216 for 9 (Shonit 47, Ekant 36, Shahil Kataria 28, Ankit Thakur 24, Vaibhav Handa 3 for 43, Vishesh Dabas 2 for 39). Salwan Public School: 163 (Mayank Thakkar 58, Vaibhav Handa 22, Amit Gupta 3 for 23, Shonit 2 for 26, Ekant 2 for 50, Parvesh 2 for 11).

Central triumph
Central Zone, winners of Vijay Hazare Trophy for u-16 inter-zonal, won the Polly Umrigar Trophy beating the Rest of India by 16 runs at Rohtak, according to reports reaching here.

Brief Scores: Central: 184 for 9 (Anshul Kapoor 46, Prashant Malviya 55, Ashutosh 22 not out, Jagdish Patel 5 for 20). Rest of India: 168 (Deepak Chowgle 55, Deepak Joon 36, U Karavarda 21, Ankush Singh 3 for 44, Harjeet Singh 3 for 34, Sunil Upadhyay 2 for 20).

Manoj shines
Fine knocks by Manoj Madhvan (69) and Rajender Bisht (58) guided Media Transasia crush Doordarshan by 73 runs in the semi-fiinal of the Media Transasia league match at Garge College. In another match, Indian Airlines prevailed over Ajanta Press by six wickets to enter the final. Onkar Singh (49) and Pardeep were the top scorers for the winners.

Brief Scores: Media Transasia: 203 for 6 (Manoj Madhvan 69, Rajender Bisht 58, Sajith Shivanandan 45, Murli Menan 25) bt Doordarshan: 130 for 9 (Rajkumar 56, Naresh 3 for 14, KS Rana 3 for 18, Sanjay Rawat 3 for 14). Indian Airlines: 115 for 4 (Onkar Singh 49, Pardeep 32, Shammi 3 for 12) bt Ajanta Press: 144 (Vishal 45, Salman Heder 3 for 21, Sanjay 3 for 17).

Selection trials
Selection trials for Delhi Volleyball teams (men and women) will be conducted at Anubhav volleyball grounds, Naharpur, Sector-7, Rohini on February 4 at 2 PM. Players born on or after 1.1.1978 may contact Ajay Yadav, Jt Secretary at the venue with birth certificates.

Vinay stars
Vinay Singh made a quickfire 38 off 23 balls and superb spell of bowling (4 for 26) went in vain as St Stephen’s College lost to Hindu College in an inaugural match of the Centenary Cup tournament organised by Hindu College for completion of 100 years.

Brief Scores: St Stephen’s: 156 for 8 (Sumeet Tomar 43, Vinay Singh 38 not out, Surinder Dhayma 3 for 34, Vikram Bhatti 2 for 23) lost to Hindu College: 157 for 5 (Rohit Ralhan 40, Manish Chawla 42, Vinay Singh 4 for 26).