Sports briefs

YJR Cricket Academy win

Chandigarh: YJR Cricket Trainers Academy defeated Champions Cricket Academy, Kharar, by 88 runs in the ongoing 1st Ashok Kumar Vij Memorial U-16 Cricket Tournament on Tuesday. Batting first, YJR Cricket Academy posted 209/8 in the allotted 35 overs. Shoumik Dhandey scored an unbeaten 48, while Kartik Rana (43), Paras (26), Ansh Khosla (26) and Saksham Thakur (24) were other main scorers. Paras Parihar claimed two wickets, while Harshdeep, Ikjot Singh and Taranveer Singh took one wicket each for the bowling side. In reply, Champions Cricket Academy scored 121/9 in the allotted overs. Parihar (28) and Gurtaj Singh (26) shined with bat. Girish (3/21) and Ivraj Singh (2/21) shared the maximum wickets, while Paras, Jayant Vashisht and Arnav Bhardwaj claimed one each. TNS

Four win SaBa World C’ship

Chandigarh: In a first-of-its-kind virtual world salsa competition, “SaBa World Championship 2020”, four students of Club Salsa International a city-based dance organisation, have made the tricity and the country proud by becoming world champions. The participants are trained by coach Varun DS Rana, who was also the official Indian coach for team DanceSport India for Asian Indoor Games. Aashna Bagri bagged the first spot while participating in the amateur Solo Female (14-17 years’) category. While Bhoomika Bansal and Kailash Thakur won the Amateur Salsa On1 Couple, Subhankar Mondol won the Amateur Salsa On2. TNS