Short corner — Delhi

In A-II division Paragon defeated Delhi Gym by five wickets at Khalsa College ground. Dheeraj Bagai, Mohinder Channi and Danny Obrai were the main contributors for Paragon while unbeaten 85 by Kamal Raj and 65 by Harinder Singh went in vain for Delhi Gym. Patel Nagar overcome Young Delhi by 39 runs in B division at Ramjas sports complex.

Sudhir Garg, Manish Arora and Kuldip Singh claimed three wickets each giving 19, 29, 29 runs, respectively for the winners while Sanjay Kumar claimed 5 for 22 and JK Kapoor 2 for the loss of 46 for Young Delhi.

Brief scores: TN Colts: 172 for 3 (Kamal Kumar 63 not out, Vikas Pandey 69 not out) bt Darling: 171 (Navneet Kumar 47, Manoj Dutt 34, Grish Sharma 3 for 38, NP Singh 4 for 39). Ashirwad: 183 for 3 (Neeraj Simon 58 not out, Dhruv Gupta 40, Rakesh Sharma 30 not out) bt Roop Nagar: 182 (Ravi Sonik 55, Dhaneshwar Singh 50, Rajeev Gupta 5 for 42, Mohinder 3 for 28). Paragon: 232 for 5 (Dheeraj Bagai 50, Mohinder Channi 43, Danny Obrai 42, Puneet 2 for 53) bt Delhi Gym: 231 for 3 (Kamal Raj 85 not out, Harinder Singh 65, Manmeet Jakhar 50 not out, MP Narang 2 for 33). Patel Nagar: 239 for 8 (ajay Thren 74, Manish Arora 32, Sanjay Kumar 5 for 22, JK Kapoor 2 for 46) bt Young Delhi: 200 (Chetan Bhatia 52, S Prakash 44, Sudhir Garg 3 for 19, Manish Arora 3 for 29, Kuldeep Singh 3 for 29).

Dhupia Billiards
Ramneek Singh knocked out Pramod Dhawan 52-38, 45-58, 69-39, 49-29 in the Meharban Singh Dhupia memorial billiard and snooker tournament at Chelmsford Club.

Results: Sunny Sabharwal bt Manoj Tyagi 59-48, 48-32, 39-68, 52-25; Sanjay Dutt bt Harpreet Singh 73-17, 64-9, 52-38; Rajat Thakreja bt Amit Singh 71-10, 50-46, 62-31; Mukul Bajaj bt Jatin Nanda 62-18, 65-20, 76-17; Sandeep Betala bt Anuj Aggarwal 81-44, 61-56, 101-34; Yogen Jehti bt Amit Sabharwal 68-14, 43-40, 9-64, 53-30; Varun Taneja bt Rishab Jain 73-32, 62-39, 63-3.

Satpal, Sumit shine
A stroke-filled knock of 125 by Satpal Rawat and equally fine spell by Sumit Bhati (4 for 10) helped SS Group prevail over Ramjas Institute by 10 runs to enter the semi-final of eighth Nawab tournament at police chowki ground, Yamuna Vihar.

Except Satpal Rawat, Kesri Sharma and Parmod Bharti were the other contributors for the winners while Naveen Kumar (100) and Raju (60) were the top scorers for the losers.

Brief scores: SS Group: 242 for 6 (Satpal Rawat 125, Kesari Sharma 51, Parmod Bharti 50 not out, Naveen Kumar 2 for 25, Pinka 2 for 40, Gopal 2 for 45) bt Ramjas Institute: 232 for 9 (Naveen Kumar 100 not out, Raju 60, Rinku 45, Sumit Bhati 4 for 10, Dharmender 3 for 45, Jay Singh 2 for 48).