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Gaurav excelsFormer national junior champion Gaurav Anand outclassed Manan Chandra 13-91, 72-25, 63-35, 80-41 in the Meharban Dhupia memo...

Gaurav excels
Former national junior champion Gaurav Anand outclassed Manan Chandra 13-91, 72-25, 63-35, 80-41 in the Meharban Dhupia memorial billiard and snooker tournament at Chelmsford Club.

In other matches, Rishab Thukral easily accounted for Subhash Sood in straight frames; Feroz Khan caved in meekly to Anuj Uppal 75-9, 56-100, 53-45, 68-30; Varun Taneja trounced Deepak Govil while Rajat Taneja also won 3-0 and both entered the quarter-finals.

Industrial Cup
Fine knock of 81 by Khazan Singh and excellent bowling by Ravinder Singh (3 for 13) powered Hero Honda to record a 99-run victory over Krishna Maruti Ltd in the Industrial Cup tournament at Nehru Stadium (Gurgaon).

In another match, Sun Beam prevailed over Maruti Udyog by 25 runs. Ajay (54) and Kamal (34) were the main contributors for the winners while Sanjay’s 82 went in vain for the losers.

Brief Scores: Hero Honda: 219 for 9 (Khazan Singh 81, N Thareja 40, Atul 20, Sudhir 2 for 11, Neeraj 2 for 34, Surjeet 2 for 39) bt Krishna Maruti Ltd: 120 (Dinesh 31, Ravinder 3 for 13, Satish 2 for 15, Karan 2 for 11). Sun Beam: 187 for 6 (Ajay 54, Kamal 34, Vimlesh 33, Sudhir 2 for 31, Prashant 2 for 39) bt Maruti Udyog: 162 (Sanjay 82, Prashant 33, Lok Nath 2 for 23, Vimlesh 2 for 32).

Sharma strikes
Anuj Yadav’s unbeaten 65 and fine spell by VK Sharma (4 for 25) helped Bharat Sheets Ltd prevail over Atlas Steel Tube Industries in the Industrial Cup at Nehru Stadium (Gurgaon).

Brief scores: Bharat Sheets: 184 for 4 (Anuj Yadav 65 not out, Jaswant 35) bt Atlas Steel Tube: 144 (Tayal 21, Anuj 20, VK Sharma 4 for 25).

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Under-19 tourney
The newly-formed East Delhi Cricket Club will organise East Delhi (under-19) tournament from April 1 at Yamuna Sports complex and Tahirpur sports complex. About 12 teams are expected to participate in the meet which will include LB Shastri, Sonnet, South Delhi Coaching Centre, Delhi Blues, RR Gymkhana, Ghaziabad Colts, Chetan Sharma-Sumeet Dogra Academy, Krifit Acadmey, Salwan Boys and Shanti Academy. Rs 30,000 will be prize money of this tournament which will be played on league-cum-knockout basis. Entries close with Rajeev Kapoor, Phone 9810041605 on March 20.

Amar stars
An unbeaten quickfire 85 by Amar Singh helped Sahara Airlines triumph over DSI by seven wickets in the group D match of second Hari Singh Tyagi TYCA league at Air Force ground.

Brief scores: Sahara Airlines: 176 for 3 (Amar Singh 85 not out, Deepak Bhatnagar 74, Harender Rawat 2 for 20) bt DSI: 175 (Pramod Yadav 35, Sanjay Singh 31, Paras Kumar 29, Mahender Pal 3 for 28, Jagjeet Singh 2 for 21, Sunil Sharma 2 for 44).

DS Group in semis
A fine spell of bowling by Ranji player Rajiv Rathore (4 for 7) and useful knock by Anil Kumar (58) enabled DS Group outplay KN Colts by 50 runs to enter the semi-final of the Communal Harmony tournament at Paschim Vihar sports complex.

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Brief scores: DS Group: 195 (Anil Kumar 58, Harish Kumar 28, Rakesh Bhatia 20, Manoj Goel 3 for 22, Nitin 2 for 37, Anand Mishra 2 for 39) bt KN Colts: 145 (Amit Missra 43, Bharat Dhooper 36, Devashish 22, Rajiv Rathore 4 for 7, Sarvesh Gupta 2 for 26, Tapeshwar Tyagi 2 for 43).

Gym elections
The Indian Gym Federation elected Rajinder Sharma as its president on March 8 at Shah Auditorium. Bhupender Dhawan was elected as general secretary.