Close win for Pusa Youngsters
Excellent batting by Amit (74) and fine spell by Rashid helped Pusa Youngsters beat Mont Fort Academy by nine runs in the first Evergreen cricket tournament at Parmarth Hospital ground (near Pitampura). Bhunesh (78) and Karun (48) were the main scorers for the losers.
Brief scores: Pusa Youngsters: 178 (Amit 74, Jagbir 2 for 38, Deepak 2 for 26) bt Mont Fort Academy: 169 (Karun 48, Bhunesh 78, Rashid 3 for 35).
Sandeep impressive in RRG win
Man-of-the-match Sandeep Chawla’s 65 and Vivek Khurana’s superb spell of 3 for the loss of 31 powered Rohtak Road Gymkhana to a seven-wicket victory over Delhi Blues to enter the quarter-final of the Poolworld East Delhi (under-19) tournament at Yamuna Sports complex.
Sandeep Chawla of RR Gymkhana and Kumar Gaurav of Delhi Blues were jointly awarded man of the match. Kumar Gaurav was the top scorer for the losers while Sandeep Chawla and Pradeep Chawla were the main scorers for the winners.
Brief scores: Delhi Blues: 148 (Kumar Gaurav 69, Maninder Singh 21, Vivek Khurana 3 for 31, Nitin Punia 2 for 34) lost to RR Gymkhana: 149 for 3 (Sandeep Chawla 65, Pradeep Chawla 34 not out, Sachin Sahni 26, Anshul Lamba 2 for 41).
Deepak’s 75 takes Sonnet home
A stroke-filled unbeaten 75 by Deepak Rajput enabled Sonnet Club prevail over RKPCC by 46 runs in the Rajesh Peter Memorial tournament at Shanti Sports complex. Deepak Rajput was adjudged man of the match.
Brief scores: Sonnet Club: 210 for 7 (Deepak Rajput 75 not out, Kunal Narang 27, Shekhar Dhawan 22, Mujiv 2 for 18, Amandeep 2 for 23) bt RKPCC: 164 for 9 (Sarvesh Gautam 66, Madhav 38, Rahul Ghatak 3 for 34, Karan 2 for 28).
Hans Raj Academy triumph
Fine spell of bowling by Geet Vats (3 for 13) and Vivek Khurana (3 for 12) guided Hans Raj Sports Academy to a eight-wicket win over Gold Star Academy in a low-scoring legue match of the Namdhari Suba Ganda Singh (under-16) tournament at Ramjas Sports complex.
Brief scores: Gold Star: 56 (Lovkesh 20, Vivek Khurana 3 for 12, Geet Vats 3 for 13, Chetan Sharma 2 for 5, Akash 2 for 22) lost to Hans Raj Academy: 57 for 2 (Anshul 35).