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KN Colts emerge winnersFine knocks by Bhupender Dhoopaer (81) and Rajneesh Gautam (52) helped KN Colts humble West Delhi Academy by 75 ru...

KN Colts emerge winners
Fine knocks by Bhupender Dhoopaer (81) and Rajneesh Gautam (52) helped KN Colts humble West Delhi Academy by 75 runs and reach the quarter-final of the first Pool World East Delhi (under-19) tournament at Yamuna Sports complex. Electing to bat first, KN Colts scored 276 for 8 in 40 overs. Sanjay Singh, Jitender Kumar and Kamal Mehra claimed two wickets each. In reply, West Delhi Academy were dismissed for 201. Sandeep Jhakar and Ajay Kumar took three wickets each giving 40 and 35 runs, respectively. Amit Mishra also claimed two wickets for 30 runs.

Brief scores: KN Colts: 276 for 8 in 40 overs (Bhupender Dhooper 81, Rajneesh Gautam 52, Sandeep Jhaker 35, Sanjay Singh 2 for 44, Jitendra Kumar 2 for 40, Kamal Mehra 2 for 33) bt West Delhi Academy: 201 in 32 overs (Sanjay Singh 76, Vivhar Parashar 32, Manish Kumar 31, Sandeep Jhakar 3 for 40, Ajay Kumar 3 for 35, Amit Mishra 2 for 30).

Ankur Julka hits 137
A stroke-filled 137 by 12-year-old Ankur Julka and a fine spell by Manav Sharma (3 for 13) powered Gyan Bharti School (Saket) to a 203-run victory over St Marry School in the first Escon Gyan Bharati inter-school (under-13) tournament at Gyan Bharti School ground. Gagan Shama (4 for 15) was the most successful bowler for the losers while Rahul Parashar (2 for 10) also contributed towards Gyan Bharti’s win.

Brief scores: Gyan Bharti School: 254 for 7 (Ankur Julka 137, Gaurav Chabra 57, Gagan Shama 4 for 15) bt St Marry School: 51 (Manav Sharma 3 for 13, Rahul Parashar 2 for 10).

Prabhat, Lakshit win
Prabhat defeated Vikas 6-3 in the under-10 boys categroy while Lakshit triumphed over Vikas in the under-12 section in the DAV Tennis Academy tounement at Shreshta Vihar.

In another encounter, Jitendra Mehlda prevailed over Vivek Misra 7-5 while Honey Rana knocked out Rachi 7-2 in the under-14 category.

Results: Boys (under-10): Gaurav Malhotra bt Anumesh Sharma 6-2, Rahul Jain bt Abhimanyu 6-2, Prabhat bt Vikas 6-3, Chandril bt Humank 6-0, Lakshit bt Pranav 6-0.

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Under-12: Pulkit Mishra bt Varun Mehta 6-0, Chirag bt Aayush 6-1, Raghav bt Priyankar 6-0, Vigit be Rahul 6-2, Nikunj bt Chandril 6-1, Kushal bt Ankur 6-0, Prabhat bt Prateek 6-0 and Lakshit bt Vikas 6-3.

Under-14: Siddarth Gulati bt Vijay Singh 7-1, Vijit Sehgal bt Pranav Vohra 7-1, Honey Rana bt Rachit 7-2, Tushar bt Kush Dugal 7-0, Ankit Bhatia bt Sangh Priya 7-0, Adit Alam bt Rahul Jain 7-4 and Jitender Mehlda bt Vivek Misra.