Short Corner — Delhi

Big win for LBS Club
All-round display by Chirag Paul helped LB Shastri Club beat Rajasthani Club by 104 runs in the Ramesh Chand Kangra memorial tournament at Ashok Vihar. In another match, Goyal Club downed Star XI by 33 runs. In yesterday’s games, Young Star Club downed Shastri Nagar Club by 115 runs while Vidhya Niketan Club beat PC Sharma Academy by seven wicekts.

Brief scores: LBS Club 213 for 8 (C. Paul 44, S. Gidwani 24, Jiwan 2 for 28) bt Rajasthani Club 109 (Rishab 28, Chirag Paul 2 for 25). Goyal Club 246 for 6 (Ramesh Vadera 53, Gyan Chand 44, Mahesh Kumar 56, Gyan Chand 2 for 39) bt Star XI 213 (Naresh 49, Roshan 47, Pradeep 3 for 34).

Fine efforts by Lamba
Ashok Lamba’s dual role as a batsman and bowler (40 and 4 for 23) guided NDMC to a fine 82-run victory over GWTC and take them to the pre-quarterfinals of the Laxman Dass memorial cricket tournament.

Brief scores: NDMC 217 for 8 (Ashok Lamaba 40, Mukesh 50, Ravi Yadav 34, B.M. Kapoor 3 for 39, Prabjeet Singh 2 for 29) bt GWTC 135 (Prabjeet Singh 35, Ravinder Negi 37, Rajesh 4 for 20, Ashok Lamba 4 for 23).

Fine spell by Pant
A fine bowling effort (five for 29) by Rakshit Pant saw Young Friends beat Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium by eight wickets in the Tara Devi Khullar memorial cricket tournament. In another match, South Delhi downed LBS Club by 34 runs. Earlier, South Delhi had registered a five-wicket win over Sonnet.

Brief scores: JNS 149 (Puneet 30, Rakshit Pant 5 for 29, Sahil Jain 2 for 28) lost to Young Friends 150 for 2 (Himanshu Khullar 40 not out, Gaurav Chhabra 38 not out, Sahil Jain 37). South Delhi 167 (Kushal Kapoor 43, Deepak Soni 3 for 38) bt LBS Club 137 (VikasTiwari 28, Manav Sharma 4 for 19).

Pankaj Tiwari strikes
UP Ranji Trophy spinner Pankaj Tiwari claimed four wickets for 45 runs while Abhilash Chopra (61) and Sachin Khurana (51) struck form to guide Malviya to a five-wicket win over Gemini in the second Hari Singh Tyagi TYCA tournament. Malviya are through to the semifinal and await their opponents.

Brief scores: Gemini Club: 259 (Varun Kumar 45, Sidharth Verma 40, Naveen Asrani 30, Pankaj Tiwari 4 for 45). Malviya Club: 260 for 5 (Sachin Khurana 51, Abhilash Chopra 61, Kshitij Rohtagi 42, Kuldeep Singh 3 for 85).