Chandigarh , January 25
DAV Senior Secondary School-8 ‘B’ team lifted the first Adviser’s Cup beating their other school team DAVSSS-8 ‘A’ team by two wickets in the Chandigarh Inter-School Under-19 Cricket Tournament at the Sector 16 cricket stadium here today.

Putting up a valiant show, the DAV ‘B’ team achieved the huge target of 258 runs losing 8 wickets in 39.3 overs.

Earlier, batting first, DAV ‘A’ piled up 257 for 6 in 40 overs with fine centuries from Gourav Chabra (100) and Vaibhav Narang (115). Chabra and Narang consolidated their innings with an authoritative 170-run partnership for the second wicket. Himanshu Chawla snapped 3 wickets for 49 while Rohit Rathi, Anil Sihag and Rahul Chara claimed one wicket each.

Chasing the target, Shivam Khurana steered the team to win his 58-run knock. He was well supported by Shahnawaz Khan and Himanshu Chawla, who scored 46 and 45 runs, respectively. Sumit Verma and Arjit Gupta took two wickets each conceding 35 and 48 runs, respectively.

Rahul Chara, who took 13 wickets, including 7 for 6 in one match, was declared the best bowler of the tournament while Shahnawaz Khan was adjudged the best batsman.

Brief score

DAVSSS-8 ‘A’: 257 for 6 in 40 overs (Gourav Chabra 100, Vaibhav Narang 115, Jaskaran Singh 19, Himanshu Chawla 3 for 49, Rohit Rathi 1 for 22, Anil Sihag 1 for 50, Rahul Chara 1 for 35)

DAVSSS-8 ‘B’: 258 for 8 in 39.3 overs (Shahnawaz Khan 46, Anil Sihag 19, Himanshu Chawla 45, Tinku 24, Shivam Khurana 58, Sumit Verma 2 for 35, Arjit Gupta 2 for 48, Suyash 1 for 44, Praveen Kahle 1 for 54).

Chandigarh, January 25
Shivika secured her berth in the finals of the 2nd St Peter’s Open Tennis Tournament beating Gayatri 4-1, 4-0 in the girls u-18 category at St Peter’s School, Sector 37, here today.

In the boys u-18 section, Inderjot Singh beat Paramvir Toor 2-4, 4-2, 4-2 in a well-contested match and reached the quarterfinals.

Results:

Boys u-12 ( Pre-quarters): Harpreet Singh bt Raghav Sadana 7-1; Srijan Uppal bt Jai Nagpal 7-0; Jatinder Singh bt Rahul 7-0; Paramvir Bajwa bt Sanjog Singh 7-2; Dhruv Walia bt Indervir Singh 7-1; Sachin bt Harpreet Singh 7-4; Nikhil Kaswan bt Arjun 7-1.

Boys u-14 (Quarters): Gagandeep Singh bt Sahej 4-1, 4-0; Hardik Singh bt Lavish 4-5 (5), 5-4 (1), 4-0; Pankaj Kumar bt Srijan Uppal 4-1, 4-1; Uday S Mann bt Arshbulland Aulakh 4-1, 4-2.

Boys u-18 (quarters): Inderjot Singh bt Paramvir Toor 2-4, 4-2, 4-2; Vaibhav Gupta bt Nipin Sodhi 4-1, 4-1; Gagandeep Gill bt Gurbinder Singh 4-0, 4-2; Paramveer Toor bt Ishaan Thukral 4-2, 4-1.

Girls u-18 (Semifinal): Shivika bt Gayatri 4-1, 4-0.

Girls u-14 (Quarters): Bhavika bt Ankita 4-0, 4-0; Ramneek bt Chandrika 5-4 (3), 4-2; Nikita bt Arpan 5-3, 2-4, 4-0; Hasan bt Shivika 2-4, 4-2, 4-2.

Girls u-12 (Pre-quarters): Hasan Tanova bt Divya 7-0; Vibhuti bt Tanvi 7-0; Ayna bt Prabhneet 7-3; Nikita bt Shiffali 7-0; Harkirat Bains bt Nandini Sharma 7-4; Naemat bt Saumya 7-1.

Mens Doubles (Pre-quarters): Gurpreet Singh/Shyam Jagat bt Ajay / Shakul 6-0, 6-1; Ishaan Thukral/ Mandeep bt Mohanty/ Ram 6-0, 6-2; Gagandeep/ Hardik Singh bt Akash/ Sahej 6-0, 6-4.

Chandigarh, January 25
Rajni won the top honours in 100 m race (girls category) in the annual sports meet of Industrial Training Institute, Sector 28, here today.

The second position was secured by Gurpreet Kaur while Gaganpreet remained third.

The other results: (Boys) 100 m race: Gurpreet Singh 1, Aditya Singh 2, Chandu Kant 3; 200 m race: Gurpreet Singh 1, Deepak Rawat 2, Aditya Singh 3; 400 m race: Aditya Singh 1, Satwinder Singh 2, Rajeev Kumar 3; 800 m race: Ajit Yadav 1, Ajay Kumar 2, Bhupinder Singh 3; 1500 m race: Ajit Yadav 1, Sandip Kumar 2, Anuj Kumar 3;

5000 m race: Ajit Yadav 1, Rajesh Kumar 2, Prem Kumar 3; 4x 400 m relay: Rajesh Kumar, Mahesh Kumar, Prem Kumar, Rajeev Kumar 1, Gurpreet Singh, Fiyaz Khan, Deepak Rawat, Sheetal Bisht 2, Jasbir Singh, Ram Ashish, Gurdev Singh, Aditay Singh 3; Discus throw: Vikram Singh 1, Jasbir Singh 2, Narinder Singh 3; Shot put: Dinesh Badhan 1, Jasbir Singh 2, Narninder Singh 3; Long jump: Prem Kumar 1, Kapil Mandhotra 2, Kavinder Singh 3; High jump: Kavinder Singh 1, Gurdev Singh 2, Shoan Singh 3.