Short Corner 8212; Delhi

Vaidehi upset in ministry carromThird seed Vaidehi Gopal of Railways was eliminated by former women champion Asha Thakar of Audit in stra...

Vaidehi upset in ministry carrom
Third seed Vaidehi Gopal of Railways was eliminated by former women champion Asha Thakar of Audit in straight games of the pre-quarter-finals of the Inter-Ministry women8217;s singles. Asha won 22-18, 23-9 to advance to the quarter-finals. Railways women dominated in other matches too. Railways8217; SS Rawat overcame Christalal of Defense in three games before pervailing 19-10, 7-17, 16-13; L. Joyti Railways had an easy time against Vijay Lakshmi Audit winning 25-8, 11-8 while K. Venkataraman Audit beat Neera Pasricha Defense 25-12, 25-4.

In the men8217;s singles, top seed Jai Prakash Audit, fifth seed V. Suresh Water Resources, sixth seed Diwan Chand Urban Affairs, seventh seed VK Dashmana Audit were today8217;s upset. Rajesh Kumar IB, Suresh Kumar Intellegence Bureau, MM Sahay Defense, PK Bhargawa Atomic Energy, Virender Singh Health won in straight games.

Vijay Mehra Academy win
Vinay Singh of St Stephen8217;s College made 85 14215;4 and later claimed four wickets giving 21 runs to guide Vijay Mehra Cricket Academy to 72-run victory over Unique Cricket Club. A fine partnership of 180 runs between Vinay Singh and Kamal Kishore 84 was the highlight of the match.

Brief scores: Vijay Mehra Cricket Academy: 264/5 Vinay Singh 85, Kamal Kishore 84, Kartik Arya 30, Mukesh Dahiya 27, Sunder 4/26 beat Unique Cricket Club: 192 Dinesh 55, Vinay Singh 4/21, Wasim Alvi 4/36.

Inter-Bank tournaments
Indian Bank and Punjab and Sind Bank will jointly organise the VI Inter-Bank carrom, chess and badminton tournament from March 23 to 27 at Karnail Singh indoor Stadium. Teams from Delhi, Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir will be participating in the tournament. S. Rangarajkumar, GM Indian Bank, will inuagurate the function while SC Vohra, GM PSB will be the chief guest.

Qutab Nursery inuagurated
Qutab Cricket Nursery was inaugrated by former India wicket-keeper Vijay Yadav and N.P. Singh, both Subhania products, here today. On the inaugural day, about 200 boys got registered for the selection trials that start from tomorrow. Interest boys should contact Radhey Shyam and B.D. Sharma at the Nursery at Laddo Sarai, Mehrauli, Opposide Qutab Minar for trials. The talents will be chosen by a team of professionals like Rajender Goel, Haider Ali, Vijay Yadav, Vinod Gupta and N.P. Singh and B.D. Sharma, physical instructor.