Short Corner — New Delhi

Airports Authority of India: 114 in 18.3 overs (Sanjay Gupta 40, Shiv Kumar 4 for 26, Somesh Ghambhir 2 for 33).

All round show by N. P Singh An all-round display by N.P.Singh (54 n.o and 3 for 20) helped Tilak Nagar Colts beat DSTA by seven wickets and enter the second round of the Om Nath Sood Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Roshanara ground.

Put into bat first DSTA, who were at one stage 104 for 3 in 15 overs, could only score 175 in 31 overs. Young Vaibhav Parashar scored 55 runs which included 6 fours and came of 75 balls. Off-spinner Vinod Sehgal (4 for 24) and N.P.Singh (3 for 20) of TN Colts were mainly responsible in restricting the DSTA score.

In reply T.N.Colts, who were at one stage 66 for 3, achieved the winning target in 29 overs. This was possible mainly due to the unbeaten 112 runs stand for the fourth wicket between Vikas (73 n.o) and N.P.Singh (54 n.o). Vikas’ knock came of 82 balls and contained 8 fours while N.P.Singh struck 5 fours.

N.P.Singh won the PMC man of the match award.

DSTA: 175 in 31 overs (Vaibhav Parashar 55 n.o, Harmeet Sethi 25, Yogender 22, Harjit 23, Vinod Sehgal 4 for 24, M.P.Singh 3 for 20).

Tilak Nagar Colts: 178 for 3 in 29 overs (Vikas 73 n.o, N.P.Singh 54 n.o, Amit Chadha 2 for 36).

DAV boys lose
Modern School, Barakhamba Road triumphed over DAV, Shalimar Bagh by eight wickets in the first Gyan Bharati under 12 cricket tournament.DAV, Shalimar Marg: 121 for 3 in 25 overs (H. Garg 41, M.Sharma 20, Bhanu 21, Surya Azad 2 for 16).

Modern School: 122 for 2 in 24.4 overs (Surya Azad 50 n.o, Raghav Aggarwal 35).

Women’s hockey
Chennai will host the 49th senior National Women’s Hockey Championship in August. Indian Women Hockey Federation (IWHF) President Vidya Stokes said here on Monday that the championship will be played from August 1 to 10. She said all the affiliated units of the IWHF are likely to take part in the Nationals. Railways are the defending champions.

Salwan tennis
Arjun defeated Devashish 7-3 in the boys second round of the first Salwan Inter-School Tennis Tournament which began on Monday. In the other matches, Mayank Jain beat Dhruv Chadha 7-2, Sameer Jain beat N.H.Krishnan 7-2, Akash Mayur beat Anirudh Vijay 7-0, Himanshu beat Praveen 7-2.

In the first round matches, Paul Novotny beat Akash 7-0, Vipin Gupta beat Rishi Handa 7-2, Hemant beat Abishek Sethi 7-1, N.H. Krishnan beat Hitesh 7-1, Praveen beat Ishpreet Gandhi 7-1.

Nehru cricket
The Indo-Asian Trophy Nehru Cricket Tournament will be held at the DDA playground in Kalkaji. Entries may be sent to Janak Raj Kohli at A-414, Kalkaji, New Delhi (Phone No 6484354) on April 26, 1998. The winners wiil be given cash prize of Rs 11,000 and the runners-up Rs 5,100.