Short Corner — Delhi

Amardeep hits ton
An unbeaten 157 off 86 balls by Amardeep Jhakar and a fine spell by Parveen (7 for 24) helped Sunbeam Casting crush Atlas Steel Tube Industries by 187 runs in the Industrial Cup tournament at Nehru Stadium, Gurgaon. Amardeep Jakhar was adjudged the `man of the match.’

Brief scores: Sunbeam Casting: 285 for 3 (Amardeep Jakhar 157 not out, Dharmender 58, Anoop 2 for 66) bt Atlas Steel Tube Industries: 98 (Parveen 7 for 24).

Rajyalakshmi, Asha shine
Former women’s champions Asha Thakur of Audit and S Rajyalakshmi of IB defeated their rivals in the inter-ministry women’s singles carrom championship.

S Rajyalakshmi beat Padma of Audit 25-8, 25-6 while Asha Thakur defeated K Venkataraman also of Audit 25-2, 25-13. In the men’s singles category, Raja Ramaswamy eliminated MP Chamoli of Power in straight games 22-12, 25-18. AK Rajput (UAE), Jaipal Singh (Audit), SV Yenurkar (Health), Dinesh Batra (Audit), SK Singh (LSS), Virender Singh (Health), MM Sahay (Defence) and Md. Nasir (Audit) entered the quarter-final stage.

Khazan Singh tourney
The fourth Khazan Singh Mathur memorial cricket tournament will be organised from April 19 at University sports complex.

The winners will get Rs 41,000 while runners-up will receive Rs 25,000. The man of the series will be richer by Rs 10,000. The main teams include Collage Group, JN Golden, DS Group, State Bank of Patiala, Sahara Airlines, ONGC, AFC Sampla.

Entries close with Vijender Mathur, 1/15, Main Bus Stand, Karala (near MR Hospital) Karala Village, Phone 5180100, 5476943 or Mahesh Sharma, phone 5187553 on April 15.

Sarfraj excels
An excellent knock of 62 not out by Sarfraj enabled Royal Club outplay Air India Club by eight wickets to enter the second round of the ninth Nawab tournament for Rex Remedies Cup at Telephone Exchange ground (Yamuna Vihar).

Brief scores: Air India Club: 123 for 8 (Jasbir Singh 27, Haroon 25, Mohd Rehan 3 for 24, Mohd Asim 2 for 24, Mohd Nasir 2 for 33) lost to Royal Club: 124 for 2 (Sarfraj 62 not out, Zakir 22, Mohd Nisar 2 for 20).

Delhi Police win
A fine spell of bowling by Sune Singh Thakran (5 for 27) and Sanjay Verma’s 36 powered Delhi Police to a 63-run victory over Satya Priya Academy. The winners got two pionts in the fourth Maharaja Agarsen Cup at Mount Fort School.

Brief scores: Delhi Police: 189 (Sanjay Verma 36, Harvinder Singh 30, Harish Handa 26, Deepak Sen 3 for 30, Joginder Singh 2 for 31) bt SPCA: 126 (Bablu Sharma 28, Manoj Yadav 25, Ashok Kumar 22, Sune Singh Thakran 5 for 27, Sanjay Verma 2 for 27, Sanjeev Kumar 2 for 29).

FCI inter-zonal meet
Davinder Dhillon (FCI Hqrs) outwitted Nimesh Goyal (west zone) 15-12, 15-6 in the men’s singles while in the doubles category, Davinder Dhillon and Hemant Duggal beat Nimesh Goyal and Rusi Punegar 15-5, 15-5 to reach the final of the FCI inter-zonal badminton tournament at IG stadium.

In table tennis, north zone beat east zone 3-0 to reach the final of team championship. Headquarters prevailed over NE zone 3-0.

Anam sparkles
Fine bowling by Anam (3 for 21) and a useful 33 by Praveen helped Ammirati Puri’s Lintas triumph over Indian Market Research Bureau by five wickets in the Excellence Cup.

Brief scores: IMRB: 150 (Raman Bhushan 32, Gurkeerat Singh 31, Sandip Dube 29, Praveen 2 for 47, Anam 3 for 21, Naresh 2 for 41) lost to Lintas: 151 for 5 (Praveen 33, Pushpinder 28, Neeraj Garg 2 for 40, Ritesh 2 for 38).