Combined Hostel, NCR share points in hockey opener
LUCKNOW : Combined Hostel and North Central Railway split points in the opening match of the 2nd Padma Shri Mohd Shahid All India Hockey Tournament, playing a 2-2 draw at the Lalpur Astro Turf Stadium in Varanasi on Monday.
Deepak Rana and Deepu scored for the North Central Railway, whereas Vinay Gaur and Sarthak Prajapati struck for the Combined Hostel.
POSTAL FOOTBALL
West Bengal and Karnataka launched their campaign in the All India Postal Football Championship, notching up easy wins, at the Chowk Stadium here on Monday.
West Bengal defeated Jammu and Kashmir 3-00, whereas Karnataka trounced Madhya Pradesh 13-1.
CHAUDHARY CRICKET
Delhi outfits Kashmiri Gate Colts scored a convincing fourwicket win against Cricket Association Lucknow to advance to the next round of the All India Choudhary Asif Ali Memorial Tournament, at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium in Barabanki on Monday. BRIEF SCORES CAL 164 in 39.2 overs
(Abhinav Dixit 30, Ansh Yadav 29, Asif 4/24, Harshit Sethi 3/35) lost to KGC 168/6 in 38 overs
(Nikhil Bhati 44, Harshit Seth 44, Parth Jain 26, Deependra Pandey 3/28, Surendra Kumar 2/42).
FINE VICTORY
Apratim Tewari took 6/15 as Paarth Cricket Academy scored a thumping 119-run win against Microlit Cricket Gymkhana in a league match of the 2nd Bansal Sports Trophy here on Monday. BRIEF SCORES PCA 190/6 in 40 overs (Priyank Bhatt 62, Shaswat 39*, Vikrant 34*, Ravindra Verma 4/24) beat MCG 71 in 19.1
overs (Ankur 31, Apratim Tewari 6/15, Abhinav Upadhyay 3/23).
SPGC TRIUMPH
Shia PG College defeated Vidyant PG College by 65 runs to make it to the second round of the VN Vidyant Memorial Collegiate Tournament, at the Pt Raas Bihari Tewari Stadium here on Monday. BRIEF SCORES SPGC 151/5 in 20 overs
(Saad 44, Anubhav Srivastava 25, Nayab 24*, Faizan 2/14) beat
VPGC 86 in 15 overs (Faizan 29, Hasan Akhtar 3/24, Syed 2/6, Intikhab 2/6, Anubhav 2/14).
EASY WIN
RBN Global Club defeated RKB Cricket Club by eight wickets in a league match of the SL Cup here on Monday. BRIEF SCORES RKBCC 73 in 25.4 overs
(Anshuman Singh 5/16, Ankit Singh 2/15, Sushil Yadav 2/29) lost to RBNGC 76/2 in 11.2 overs (Rohan Jain 40*, Danish
30).
SPARKLING CENTURY
Jai Prakash Gupta smashed an unbeaten 110-ball 185 with the help of 31 fours and three sixes to help hosts CSD Cricket Academy beat Divya Yug Ashram by 293 runs in a D division league here on Monday. BRIEF SCORES CSDCA 348/9 in 40 overs
(Jai Prakash Gupta 185*, Akash Sharma 55, Krishna Mohan 3/50, Abhishk Gupta 2/49, Shivam Verma 2/76) beat DYA
55/7 in 20.1 overs (BD Dwivedi 3/22, Jai Prakash 2/2/, Izrayal 2/11).