Sports Corner — New Delhi

Virender hits tonVirender Sehwag, who scored 103 runs off 63 balls inclusive of 14 fours and 4 sixes, was the star of Victory Club's 67-run ...

Virender hits ton
Virender Sehwag, who scored 103 runs off 63 balls inclusive of 14 fours and 4 sixes, was the star of Victory Club’s 67-run victory over Ambassador Sky Chef in the quarter final of the Laxman Dass Memorial tournament.

Victory Club: 256 for 7 in 35 overs (Virender Sehwag 103, Adil Ahmed 59, Dinesh Yadav 2 for 50, Ajay Sharma 3 for 42); Ambassador Sky Chef: 189 in 34.4 overs (Rajender Bhist 48, Parmod Pal 29, Ashok Mudgal 22, Aashish 20, Gyanender Pandey 4 for 23, Mahesh Bhatti 2 for 25).

Ashu Dani excels
A fine knock of 72 by Ashu Dani was the highlight of Steel Authority of India Limited’s five-wicket win over Malviya c.c in the Lala Raghubir Singh Memorial tournament at Modern School.

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Malviya c.c: 228 for 6 in 40 overs (Rakesh Sharma 51 , Dinesh Mongia 33, G.P.Singh 19, Shivadhar Bajpai 37 n.o, Arun Tule 22 n.o, Sandeep Angurala 2 for 33, Devender Singh 2 for 25);

SAIL: 231 for 5 in 39.1 overs (Ashu Dani 72, Chetan Sharma 50, Mithun Minhas 63 n.o, Dinesh Mongia 3 for 46).

B B Stars’ officials
The following office-bearers of the B.B.Stars Football club were elected at its annual general meeting held recently: President: Laxmi Narain. Vice Presidents: Ajit Kumar Narula and Sudesh rattan. Hony secy: Bachi Ram. Jt Secy: Hardeep Singh Sandhu. Treasurer: R. Raju. Captain: Nirmal Banerjee and Vice captain: Rajesh Singh Negi.

Vishal, Tara shine
Vishal (59) and Tara (27 and 3 for 25) helped Allied xi beat Chandella c.c by 42 runs to enter the second round of the P.S.Sabharwal memorial Challenge Cup at the GGHSS, West Patel Nagar.

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Allied xi: 190 for 9 in 30 overs (Vishal 59, Kapil Mehta 36, Tara 27, Shyam 3 for 46, Bitoo 3 for 25).
Chandella xi: 148 in 25 overs (Ashwani Kapoor 46, Anil 33, Tara 3 for 25, Gautam 2 for 12).
In another match, Stallions c.c (107 for 4 in 17 overs: Bantoo 33 n.o, Mohit Suneja 23, Pala 23, Anand 2 for 32) defeated Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (106 in 18 overs: Amrik Singh 31, Mohit Suneja 2 for 22, Nitin 2 for 24, Pala 2 for 40) by six wickets.

Collage advance
Collage Group qualified for the semi-final of the 3rd Khazan Singh memorial tournament defeating Chand Khanna Club by 45 runs at Paschim Vihar sports complex.

Collage Group: 256 for 9 in 35 overs (John Anthony 60 n.0, Virender Sehwag 55, Mahesh Bhatti 42,Aasil Ahmed 17, Manoj Kumar 17 n.o, Gyanender Pandey 15, Ajay Tiwari 6 for 48, Suresh Beniwal 2 for 44); Chand Khanna Club: 211 for 8 in 35 overs (Prayag Raj 48, Dharambir Beniwal 41, Ajay Tiwari 35, Pankaj Malik 17, Sanjay Verma 3 for 35, Manu Kumar 3 for 47, Gyanender Pandey 2 for 31).

N. Rly crash out
Lal Bahadur Shastri Club (248 for 5 in 30 overs: Rajan Gupta 49 n.o, Karan 69, Gaurav Sharma 5 for 18) triumphed over Northern Railway (172 in 30 overs: Dinesh 38 n.o, Abhishak 30, Gaurav Sharma 25, Rajan Gupta 3 for 30, Sandeep 3 for 35) by 76 runs in a league match played at the Karnail Singh Stadium.

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Keshav Puram win
Keshav Puram c.c (164 in 23, 3 overs;Amit Kumar Das 47, Rajeev Sharma 38, Kapil 27, Ashish 5 for 39, Vinay 2 for 28) beat Country Club (122 in 18.5 overs: Vijay 29, Mukesh 25, Rajeev Kumar 3 for 21, Nitin Arora 3 for 10, Dharmesh Verma 2 for 18, Prabhat Raj 2 for 17) by 42 runs to register their seventh successive victory in the President’s Estate Challenge Cup at the PBG ground.