New Delhi, March 30
Collage Group defeated K N Colts by eight wickets and Bright Club eclipsed Pelican Club by 123 runs and entered the quarter-finals of the Devender Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Tara Devi Mathur Trophy.
Delhi and District Cricket Association sports secretary Sunil Dev inaugurated the tournament.
An outstanding all-round performance by Pankaj Joshi, who took four wickets for 25 runs and then hit a quickfire 55, and an unbeaten knock of 85 by Varun Kumar were the highlights of Collage Group’s victory.
Scores: K N Colts: 171 all out in 44.4 overs (Ashok Kumar 44, Neeraj Sehgal 37, Ajay Sharma Junior 24, Pankaj Joshi 4 for 25, Rodney Charles 3 for 23 and Raja Sharma 2 for 21). Pankaj Joshi was named the man of the match.
In the second match, Bright Club’s knock was embellished with a strokeful 53 from Nischal Gaur, which included five boundaries and two huge sixes. Nischal was named the man of the match.
Scores: Bright Club:
250 for 9 in 45 overs (Nischal Gaur 53, Nishant Sharma 41, Vivek Kumar 34, Harpreet Singh 2 for 39, Ashwani Kapoor 2 for 49).
Pelican Club:
127 all out in 35.2 overs (Ashwani Kapoor 31, Aprajit Singh 3 for 16, Akash Malhotra 3 for23, Nischal Gaur 2 for 34).