VBSSC miss out semi-final berth
LUCKNOW: Gorakhpur’s Veer Bahadur Singh Sports College missed out a berth in the semi-finals of the 25th Charanjit Rai Nehru Hockey Tournament for girls, losing to Tika Ram Senior Secondary School, Sonepat 2-8 in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Haryana outfits maintained pressure over the Gorakhpur side from the very start and were leading by 7-0 at the break. Arti Kashyap remained the star performer for the winners, netting five goals, including a hat-trick.
Komal Rohila, Dimple and Manju Chourasiya scored a goal each for Sonepat team, whereas Purnima Yadav and Kamini Tyagi scored consolation goals for the Gorakhpur team, at the Shivaji Stadium.
EASY WIN
Shia PG College scored a convincing 64-run win against BSNV PG College to make it to the semifinals of the 47th Sundari Devi Inter PG Collegiate Cricket Tournament, at the JNPG College Ground here on Wednesday. In other quarterfinal match of the day National PG College beat LPC Gomti Nagar by 9 wickets. BRIEF SCORES
Shia PG College 173 for 8 in 20 overs (Raj Yadav 54, Hasan Akhtar 23, Anubhav Srivastava 23, Harshit Yadav 3/31, Saurabh Pandey 2/47) beat BSNV PG College 109 in 18.2 overs (Arpit Yadav 27, Akhilesh Mishra 21, Vinay 3/27, Raj Yadav 2/7, Pranjal 2/14). LPC Gomti Nagar 113 for 8 in 20.0 overs (Vikas Singh 40, Sanskar Singh 3/17, Anurag Chand 2/18, Shikhar Tandon 2/31) lost to National PG College 115 for 1 in 14.5 overs (Sachin Singh 59*, Kanha 25*).
FELICITATED
The Abhijeet Sinha Cricket Academy on Wednesday felicitated UP’s new Ranji Trophy skipper and its former trainee Akshdeep Nath on his achievements. The ASCA director, Abhijeet Sinha on the occasion presented Akshdeep a cheque of Rs 50,000 and also honoured his parents.
SCHOOL CRICKET
CMS Gomti Nagar and DPS Eldeco notched up convincing wins to collect full points in the InterSchool Cricket Tournament here on Wednesday. CMS defeated Jagran Public School by six wickets, whereas DPS outplayed Manipal Public School by 10 wickets.
CONDOLED
The KD Singh ‘Babu’ Hockey Society on Wednesday condoled the tragic death of national level player Rohit Sonkar, who died in a road accident on Tuesday. Trainees as well as coaches observed a two-minute silence on the occasion.