NEW DELHI, May 31: Star-studded Indian Airlines retained the 25th edition of Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial tournament but not before giving the spectators some exciting moments in the final against DS Group at Hindu College. IA won by two wickets for their eighth title since 1981.Set a victory target of 211, IA made a brilliant start with opener J Arun Kumar scoring 73 and sharing two valuable partnerships, with skipper Vijay Dahiya (21) and Shafiq Khan (50), of 41 runs and 89 runs respectively. But a middle-order collapse made the task look difficult (174-6). But thanks to Ashok Singh (28 not out off 34 balls) Airlines made it.
Put in to bat, D.S.Group reached 210 for seven with opener Balwinder Singh (42), Harish Kumar (53 not out) and Rajeev Rathore (48) contributing useful runs. J Arun Kumar was declared the man of the match. Sateyendra Yadav of Collage Group won the man of the tournament award while Devinder Singh of D.S.Group got the best all-rounder prize. The best batsman and the best bowler award was bagged by Safique Khan and Doda Ganesh respectively.
The award (Chetan Dev Sharma memorial trophy) for the `best disciplined team' went to Collage Group.
Brief Scores
DS Group: 210 for 7 (Balwinder Singh 42, Harish Kumar 53, Rajeev Rathore 48, Subash Chaudhary 2 for 26); IA: 214 for 8 (J Arun Kumar 73, Vijay Dahiya 21, Shafiq Khan 50, Ashok Singh 28 n.o, Rajeev Rathore 2 for 25, K S Rana 2 for 38, Davinder Singh 2 for 57).
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