Short corner — Delhi

Batting first, Haryana Veterans piled up 313 at the loss of four wickets in alloted 40 overs. Yashpal’s century had a dozen boundaries and three hits over the ropes while Deepak’s 111 included fourteen boundaries. Deepak’s feat earned him the Man of the Match award. Rakesh Jolly contributed with 53 runs to consolidate Haryana’s total. Among Delhi bowlers, Hari Gidwani claimed two giving 50 runs.

Chasing the target, Delhi Veterans could manage 243 runs for six wickets in the alloted time. Sunil Khanna (63) and Hari Gidwani (59) were the main contributors for Delhi.

Next match between Punjab State Veterans and Indian Railways Veterans will be played on March 14 at Railway Sports Stadium.

Brief Scores: Haryana Veterans: 313 for 4 in 40 overs (Deepak Sharma 111, Yashpal Sharma 109, Rakesh Jolly 53, R.P. Singh 14, Hari Gidwani 2/50, Anuj Sharma 1/54) beat Delhi Veterans: 243 for 6 in 40 overs: (Sunil Khanna 63, Hari Gidwani 59, Anuj Sharma 38, Gursaran Singh 29, Chetan Sharma 2/37, Arun Sharma 2/28, Deepak Shrama 1/13).

Dental Hydraulics win
Dental Hydraulics Limited beat Krishna Maruti Limited by 104 runs in the Industrial Cup cricket tournament being organised by Gurgaon District Cricket Association.

Brief Scores: Dental Hyderaulics: 222 for 8 in 30 overs (Amitabh 46, Neeraj 5/30) beat Krishna Maruti: 118 all out (Govinda 24, Mohd Iliyas 5/10) Man of the match: Mohd Iliyas.

RBL triumph
RBL Group beat Citizen XI by 152 runs to enter the semi-finals of the Communal Harmony Cricket tournament.

Brief Scores: RBL Group: 286 for 9 in 35 overs (Rajinder Bisht 114, Pankaj Malik 38, Sanjeev Rana 33, Prashant Yadav 4/61, Ravinder Sunny 2/46, Amit Verma 2/41) beat Citizen XI: 134 in 31.2 overs (Prashant Yadav 57 n.o, Ajit Pal 18, Yoginder Khari 3/15, Anil Rana 2/20, Sant Ram 2/24)

Hot Weather cricket
About 21 teams have confirmed participation in the Om Nath Sood Memorial Hot Weather Cricket tournament to be played from April 3 at Hindu College and Khalsa College grounds. Among the promiment entries are last year’s runners-up Chand Khanna Club, DS Group Sports Club, ONGC, State Bank of Patiala and Haryana Colts. For details contact Pramod Sood, organising secretary at 1358 Rani Bagh, Delhi-34, pnone 7021588 by March 20.

Delhi State Carrom
Delhi State Carrom Championship will be held from March 12 at Anglo Arabic School, Ajnmere Gate. The events will be held in Team championships, singles and doubles for men, women, junior boys, junior girls, sub junior boys, sub junior girls and veterans singles. For details contact: Rais Ahmed organising secretary at 3256298 upto March 9. The draw will be made on March 10.