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Crown for AnsalFine knocks by Rajeev 57 and Vaibhav 46 not out helped Ansal Group win the ninth NBCC invitation cricket tournament be...

Crown for Ansal
Fine knocks by Rajeev 57 and Vaibhav 46 not out helped Ansal Group win the ninth NBCC invitation cricket tournament beating Hawlet Packerd by four wickets. Dhiraj 56 was the top scorer for the losers. Rakesh and Edwin also contributed 26 each for Hawlet.

Brief scores: Hawlet Packerd: 211 for 8 Dhiraj 56, Rakesh 26, Edwin 26 not out, Santosh 2 for 29, Prakash 2 for 33 lost to Ansal Group: 215 for 6 Rajeev 57, Brijesh 35, Vabhav 46 not out, Vivek 3 for 49.

Sen football
Tagore International School East of Kailash trounced Tagore International School Vasant Vihar 4-1 in the Sen memorial football tournament at Tagore International School, East of Kailash. Girish scored four goals for the winners while Danial scored for the losers.

Title for Pelicans
Pelicans Club won the first Maharana cricket tournament defeating Delhi Police south-west by seven wickets. Delhi Police scored 193 for nine. Neeraj Sharma 80 was the top scorer. Sudhir Tyagi and Ravi Unniyal claimed three wickets each giving 18 and 33 runs, respectively. In reply, Pelicans easily made 196 for the loss of three wickets. Ashwani Kapoor scored unbeaten 75 while Deepak Anand 46 and Jitender Pandey 34 were the other contributors. Ashwani Kapoor was adjudged man of the tournament. Sudhir Tyagi was declared the man of the match.

Brief scores: Delhi Police: 193 for 9 Neeraj Sharma 80, Sudhir Tyagi 3 for 18, Ravi Unniyal 3 for 33, Vikas Choudhary 2 for 31 lost to Pelicans: 196 for 3 Jitender Pandey 34, Ashwani Kapoor 75 not out, Deepak Anand 46, Sudhir Tyagi 30 not out.

Kuldeep deadly
A fine spell of bowling by Kuldeep Singh 5 for 22 and equally excellent knocks by Sohail Rauf 52 and Naveen Asrani 41 powered Chand Khanna to a 116-run victory over Young Friends in the quarter-final match of the seventh Pal Singh memorial tournament at Khalsa College.Sanjay Verma was the most successful bowler for Young Friends.

Brief scores: Chand Khanna: 233 for 7 Sohail Rauf 52, Naveen Asrani 41, Sachin Khurana 39, Pankaj Joshi 25, Sanjay Verma 4 for 32 bt Young Friends: 117 Vijay Tyagi 33, Satender Yadav 20, Rakesh R Jha 2 for 19, Kuldeep Singh 5 for 22, Jitender Choudhary 2 for 16.

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Tejender hits 116
Punjab Ranji player Tejender Pal Singh8217;s 116 and an equally breezy 102 not out by Delhi Ranji player Harender Chaudhary guided Art India to a 9-wicket win over Off Set Club to reach the semi-final of the first Jamil Ahmad memorial tournament at Shastri Park.

Brief scores: Off Set Club: 233 for 7 Mohd. Sharif 54, Mohd. Farkun 51, Raju Bhatti 35, Tajender Pal Singh 2 for 19, Aman Randev 3 for 31 lost to Art India Club: 234 for one Harender Chaudhary 102 not out, Tajender Pal Singh 116.

Joshi excels
Fine knocks by Anuj Joshi 67 not out and Jitender Pal Singh 62 enabled SL Group triumph over RR Gymkhana by four wickets in the fourth Khazan Singh Mathur memorial tournament at University ground.

Gagan Malik8217;s 74 and Pradeep Chawla8217;s 64 went in vain for the losers.

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Brief scores: RR Gymkhana: 249 Gagan Malik 74, Pradeep Chawla 64, Neeraj Chawla 40, Amit Khanna 3 for 43, Devender 3 for 50, Naresh Jain 2 for 38 lost to SL Group: 250 for 6 Anuj Joshi 67 not out, Jitender Pal Singh 62, Atul Sharma 34, Devender 31, Sundeep Angurala 2 for 32, Chetan Nanda 2 for 39.

Meet put off
Rafiq Ahmed cricket memorial tournament scheduled to begin from May 2 will now be organised from May 8 at Jamia Millia slamia University ground.