A fine all-round display by Sandeep Kaushik (35, 3/15) aided LB Shastri Club to beat Subhania Club by 31 runs to enter the final of the third Nishant Chaudhary memorial tournament here on Tuesday.
Brief scores: LB Shastri: 129/9 in 35 overs (Rajeev Bose 38 n.o., Sandeep Kaushik 35, Manoj Chauhan 3/18) bt Subhania Club: 98 in 30 overs (HiteshGemini 36, Jitender Singh 31, Sandeep Kaushik 3/15).
Indian squad for World Carrom Championship
Reigning world champion RM Shankara led the 16-member Indian contingent that left for the 5th World Carrom Championships to be held at the Palace de Festivals, Cannes, in France on Tuesday.
The men's team also comprises world No.2 Arokia Raj along with M Natraj, Yogesh Pardesi, Sandeep Deorukhkar, D Kubendra Babu, Jitendra Kale and Prakash Gaikwad.
The squad for the women's team championship, which will held from February 13 to 17, consists former world champion Rashmi Kumari, reigning national champion I Illavazhaki alongwith P Nirmala, G Revathi, Kavita Somanchi, Anuraju, Sangeeta Chandorkar and Anupama Kedar.
Deepak-Lalit Sharma Memorial body-building
Yogesh Kumar claimed the honours in the lowest 55 kg weight category while Satish Chand became champion in the highest 90 kg weight category of the Deepak-Lalit Sharma Memorial Delhi bodybuilding meet that concluded on Tuesday.
The other winners in their respective weight category were Ravi Kumar (60 kg), Subhas Rajput (65 kg), Gopal Singh (70 kg), Rahul Sharma (75 kg), Praveen Kumar (80 kg) and Rajesh Singh (85 kg).
Aakash leads FAPS to RG Williams semis
A fine unbeaten century struck by Aakash Sudan (114) and good contribution by Piyush Nanda (86) helped Frank Anthony Public School (FAPS), Lajpat Nagar beat Sumit Dogra Cricket Academy by a convincing margin of 102 runs to make it to the semi-final of the 9th RG Williams memorial cricket tournament.
Brief scores: FAPS: 260/5 in 40 overs (Aakash Sudan 114 n.o., Piyush Nanda 86, Param Gera 3/30) bt SDCA: 158 in 27 overs (Rohit Singh 39; Sagar Sudan 3/39).
Inter-College tourney
An all-round performance by Deepak Dabas (3/32, 55) helped Ram Lal Anand College beat Dyal Singh College by three wickets in the Inter college cricket tournament for Maharishi Dayanand Trophy.
Brief scores: Dyal Singh College: 171 in 39.1 overs (Shobhit Kaushik 55, Prateek Kumar 52 n.o., Deepak Dabas 3/32, Sunil Kumar 3/28, Abhishek Bhatti 3/30) lost to Ram Lal Anand College: 171/ 7 in 24 overs (Deepak Dabas 55).
Harry Academy posts win
Riding on fine bowling performance by Zoon Paharia (3/14), Harry Cricket Academy defeated SD Cricket Academy by four wickets in a league match of the Khushal memorial under-17 tournament.
Brief scores: SDCA: 125 in 19.1 overs (Himanshu Rawat 33; Zoon Paharia 3/14) lost to HCA: 126 /6 in 17.4 overs (Simran Singh 35).
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