U-16 cricket squad announced

Chandigarh: Chandigarh Cricket Association, affiliated to Haryana, on Wednesday announced the U-16 probable squad for the upcoming Haryana Inter-District Cricket Tournament. The squad includes Abhimanyu, Nitin Thakur, Aditya Kumar, Puransh, Ajay Jain, Puneet, Ishaan Gaba, Kartik, Arnav, Mannat, Ardhayaa, Anmoldeep, Paravdeep Singh, Aryan Sharda, Sanidhya, Ekajit Singh, Shivam Kohli, Allen, Yash Jangra, Ishmit Singh, Armaan Goyal, Aaditya Mangla, Shashwat Singh, Shivansh, Neeraj, Manpreet Bhatti, Hiren Malhotra, Shashank, Prashant, Ayush Vashisht and Danish Kumar, said the sports body. — TNS

Oakridge School athletes shine 

Mohali: Jasparwaz Singh and Paakhi Gupta of Oakridge International School won the Best Performers award in the boys' and girls' U-9 categories, respectively, during the Punjab State Yoga and Artistic Yoga Championship held at Ferozepur. The boys' team of the school — Angad, Abhimanyu, Abhiyodit, Jasperwaz, Gautam, and Nouman — also claimed a silver medal. Kashish, Sneha, Virajdeep, Paakhi, Tanvi and Saba Singh finished second in the girls' team championship. — TNS 

Sunny, Ashish shine with bat 

Panchkula: Professional India defeated Azzaro XI by 35 runs in a rain-truncated match in the ongoing 8th Challenger Corporate Trophy here on Tuesday. Batting first, Professional India scored 203/8 in 20 overs with Sunny smashing a 44-ball 78. Ashish Rana blasted 61 off 34 balls. For the bowling side, Akash Pal claimed 3/33, while Praveen took 2/32. In reply, Azzaro XI were struggling at 97/6 in 13 overs when the rain stopped the play. The match was awarded to Professional India on the basis of D/L method. Kapil (30) was the top scorer for Azzaro XI, while Mayank contributed 24runs to the chase. Amit Verma (2/23) and Ramesh (2/15) claimed two wickets each for Professional India. — TNS

Netball c’ship from tomorrow

Chandigarh: Netball Association of Chandigarh will organise the State Netball Championship for the third CL DAV Netball Trophy from May 18. The two-day event will be held at CL DAV Model School, Sector 7, the organisers said here on Wednesday. Players born on or after April 1, 2005, will be eligible to participate in the competition. The interested teams can submit their entries — verified by respective principals — at the tournament venue before 1 pm on Thursday. — TNS