Sunil, Amar shine
Powered by Sunil Rawat’s 77 (11×4) and Amar Singh’s 57 (1×6, 7×4), Sahara Airlines beat MCD by 93 runs in a league match of fourth Maharaja Agarsen Cup tournament at Mont Fort School (Ashok Vihar) ground. Mahinder Pal (3 for 20) and Sant Ram (3 for 27) were the main wicket-takers for the winners while Narender Malik (2 for 35) and Vijay Bhatia (2 for 32) were the successful bowlers for the losers.
Brief scores: Sahara Airlines: 288 for 7 (Sunil Rawat 77, Amar Singh 57, Surender Dayma 35, Narender Malik 2 for 35, Vijay Bhatia 2 for 32) bt MCD: 195 (N.Malik 56, V.Bhatia 46, M. Pal 3 for 20, Sant Ram 3 for 27).
Young Paragon win
Fine knocks by Dhiraj Bagai (52) and Ravinder Gill (50) helped Young Paragon prevail over Brighto by five wickets in the second Hari Singh Tyagi TYCA league at Mohan Meakin ground. Raju Grewal’s 84 went in vain for Brighto.
Brief scores: Brighto: 153 (Raju Grewal 84, Jagdish Singh 22, Kiran Kumar 3 for 16, Vikram Kumar 2 for 22, Baljinder Singh 2 for 26) lost to Young Paragon: 156 for 5 (Dhiraj Bagai 52, Ravinder Gill 50, Subrato 26 not out, Surjeet Singh 2 for 22).
Yashpal Singh hits 132
A stroke-filled knock of 132 by Yashpal Singh (132= 13×4, 3×6) and an all-round display by Jaideep Gill (57 and 2 for 32) enabled Sonnet to reach the semi-final of the ninth Nawab Rex Remedies Cup beating East Colts Sports by 53 runs at Telephone Exchange ground (Yamuna Vihar).
Brief scores: Sonnet Club: 223 for 2 (Yashpal Singh 132 not out, Jaideep Gill 57, Praveen Sharma 2 for 51) bt East Colts Sports: 170 (Praveen Sharma 59, Maujpal Singh 44, Neeraj Simon 39, Rohit Mehra 4 for 25, Vijay Walia 3 for 25, Jaideep Gill 2 for 32).
Om Nath Sood tourney
The ninth All India Om Nath Sood memorial cricket tournament will begin from April 3 at Hindu College ground.
The leading participants include Chand Khanna, ONGC, Sonnet, RR Gymkhana, JN Golden, Collage Group, DS Group, Sahara Airlines, State Bank of Patiala, Bright Club, South Delhi, KN Colts, Citizen XI (Mumbai), Madras Club, Gemini Club, JDC XI (Haryana), RBL Group, Delhi Blues, Modernites and DDA. The tournament will be played on knockout basis and will be of 40 overs each side.
All-round display by Sameer nAll-round performance by Sameer (49 and 2 for 16) and a breezy 51 by Ghai helped Maruti Udyog crush Atlas Steel Tubes by 171 runs in the Industrial Cup at Nehru Stadium, Gurgaon.
Brief scores: Maruti Udyog Ltd: 240 for 8 (Sameer 49, Ghai 51, Taragi 25, Ashwini 2 for 38) bt Atlas Steel Tubes: 69 (MS Taragi 2 for 4, Sameer 2 for 14, Sudhir 2 for 16).
Moonways cricket
Daryaganj Gymkhana (Brighto) Club will organise the third All India Moonways (under-19) cricket tournament from April 11 at Yamuna Sports complex. About twenty teams are taking part in this tournament.