Ruchika starsRuchika Khanna's superb knock of 69 helped Daulat Ram College overwhelm Gargi College by 138 runs in the first Maitreyi invitation women's tournament for MS Trophy at Maitreyi College ground. Ruchika Khanna and Rakhi Mehra were the top scorers for Daulat Ram while Asha (24) contributed for Gargi College.Brief scores: Daulat Ram: 215 (Ruchika Khanna 69, Rakhi Mehra 39, Surabhi 30, Asha 3 for 28, Jyoti 3 for 14) bt Gargi College: 77 (Asha 24).Dinesh excelsA fine knock of 49 by Dinesh Kumar helped Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs thrash CWC to enter the quarter-final of the inter-ministry tournament at Vinay Marg grounds. Chander Salwan (3 for 21) was the most successful wicket-taker for the winners though Ashok Kumar's fine knock of 51 went in vain for the losers.Brief scores: Ministry of Food: 243 for 5 (Chander Salwan 29, K Chandru 30, Harminder Singh 28, Satender Ghildiyal 37 not out, Dinesh Kumar 49, Ashok Kumar 3 for 31) bt CWC: 156 (Ashok Kumar 51, Satender 2 for 28, Manoj Kumar 2 for 19, Chander Salwan 3 for 21, Pawan Sharma 2 for 19).Batra sparklesWinners Club prevailed over BN Colts by five wickets in a low-scoring match to reach the semi-final of the fourth Magnum tournament at Mehrauli. Anil Batra (4 for 7) was the principal wicket-taker for the Winners Club while Sarabjeet Singh was the highest scorer for the BN Colts.Brief scores: Winners Club: 96 for 5 (Sarabjeet Singh 37, Sameer Wadhwa 22 not out, Yudhveer 3 for 36) bt BN Colts: 92 (Jagdish 37, Anil Batra 4 for 7, Duleep 3 for 32, Chirdeep 2 for 28).Chopra to leadUman Chopra will lead the Central Secretariat badminton team in the All India Civil Services badminton tournament to be held at Ambala Cantt from February 24 to March 1.Team: Uman Chopra (captain), Kulwinder Pal Singh, Pankaj Pandey, Vijay Sharma, Arun Sundram, Rajiv Sharma. Veteran: HK Sharma, SK Gupta, KP Nair. Women: Rakhi Meena, Neera Pasricha and Varsha Kohli.N Railway winNorthern Railway outwitted WAC 25-18, 25-21, 25-22 in the first Godawari Devi memorial vollyeball tournament at Jindpur village. In other matches, Parshant Club prevailed over WAC 25-12, 25-18, 25-13; CRPF beat Dhaka Sports Club 25-12, 25-12, 25-14 while Air Force defeated Delhi Youth 25-20, 25-15, 25-17.Panth shinesA stroke-filled knock of 70 runs off 40 balls by IP Singh and fine spell by 12-year-old Rakshit Panth enabled Garry Academy overcome East Delhi Academy by eight wickets in the second Hari Singh Tyagi TYCA league at Mohan Meakin ground.Brief scores: Garry Academy: 121 for 2 (IP Singh 70, Manish Kumar 22 not out, Manish Rawat 2 for 20) bt East Delhi Academy: 120 (Raunak Kumar 36, Manish Rawat 24, Rakshit Panth 3 for 15, VW Lara 2 for 12, IP Singh 2 for 28, Sachin Rana 2 for 29).
