A superb knock by VK Mishra (90) helped Ministry of Agriculture crush Armed Forces Headquarters by 63 runs in the inter-ministry tournament. VK Mishra, Rajendra Aheer and Suresh Saini were the top scorers for the winners while SK Gautam was the top scorer for the losers.Brief scores: M/o Agriculture: 222 for 4 (VK Mishra 90, Rajendra Aheer 42, Suresh Saini 40, BK Dangwal 30, Ravi 3 for 40). AFHQ: 159 (SK Gautam 51, DS Rawat 3 for 39, Sajeeta Nand Dhoundiyal 3 for 22, Jeevan Kishore 3 for 44).
Lintas win
Lintas prevailed over HTA by 23 runs in a low-scoring match of the Media Transasia League Cup at Gargi College. Vikram (29) was the top scorer for Lintas while Sunil Gupta contributed 23 for the losers. In another match, Montage defeated Maa Group by six wickets. Krishnan was the main scorer for the winners while Kaushik Roy (39) scored for the losers.
Brief scores: Lintas: 152 for 6 (Vikram 29, S Bali 3 for 23) bt HTA: 129 for 9 (Sunil Gupta 23, Vikram 3 for 12). Montage: 117 for 4 (Krishnan 42 not out, Nandan 3 for 23) bt Maa Group: 115 (Kaushik Roy 39).
Ministry Hockey
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare humbled Ministry of I&B 6-0 in the inter-ministry hockey championship. Prabhat scored all the six goals. Ministry of Finance, Min of Health, Delhi Audit and Min of Urban qualified for the semis. Dharmender deadly
A fine spell of bowling by Dharmender (5 for 36) and unbeaten knock by Amit Sharma (42) helped Young Association overwhelm NSCC by 27 runs in A-II division match of DDCA league.
Brief scores: Young Association: 184 for 9 (Amit Sharma 42 not out, Rahul Bansal 38, Hemant Pathak 30, Ramesh Chopra 4 for 34) bt NSCC: 157 (Kailash Rawat 31, Kuldeep Rawat 28, Dharmender 5 for 36, Gurjender Singh 2 for 25).
Sarvesh shines
An unbeaten knock by Sarvesh Gupta (78) and fine bowling by Rakesh Bhatia (3 for 1) enabled DS Group drub Kesav Puram by a huge margin of 113 runs in the second Hari Singh Tyagi TYCA league. Brief scores: DS Group: 198 for 3 (Sarvesh Gupta 78 not out, Anil Kumar 47, Jitender Solanki 36, Brij Mohan 2 for 45) bt Kesav Puram: 85 (Dharmesh Verma 22, Bhatia 3 for 1).
Yash stars
A good show by Yash (62 n.o., 3 for 10) helped Bristol Club overwhelm Konark by seven wickets in the Jai Balmiki tournament.
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