NEW DELHI, March 17: An excellent spell by Amit Yadav (3 for 20) and Vikas Puri's 46 helped Madras Club triumph over Delhi Police by seven wickets in the A-I division match at Kotla.Vikas Puri was the topscorer for Madras, while Pramod Bhati (26) and Harish Handa (23) were the main contributors for the losers.
In another encounter in B division, Young Cricketers triumphed over Maya Puri by five wickets at Kotla 2. Jatin Khanna, Sanjay Nagar and Sawan Bhardwaj were the main wicket-takers for the winners while Zaheer Ahmed and Rakeshwar took two wickets each giving 36 and 48 runs, respectively for the losers.
In the same division game at Yamuna sports complex, Essex Farm crushed Bank of India by 120 runs. Tanuj Sud and Ashwani Chaudhary were the principal contributors for Essex while Tirath Ram scored unbeaten 27 for Bank of India.
Fine knocks by Ashok Malhotra (50) and an unbeaten 32 by Vikram helped United India prvail over KG Gymkhana by five wickets in an A-II division at University ground while in a C division Chandni Chowk Gymkhana outplayed Ministry of Health by 18 runs.
Brief scores: Madras: 124 for 3 (Vikas Puri 46) bt Delhi Police: 122 (Pramod Bhati 26, Harish Handa 23, Amit Yadav 3 for 20, Rodney Chales 2 for 37). Young Cricketers: 223 for 5 (Sumit berry 64, Prabhjit Singh 53 not out, Zaheer Ahmed 2 for 36, Rameshwar 2 for 48) bt Maya Puri: 222 for 9 (Harpreet Singh 40, Dinesh Nagar 39, Anup 28 not out, Mayank Dua 28, Jatin Khanna 2 for 27, Sanjay Nagar 2 for 32). Essex Farm: 236 (Tanuj Sud 59, Ashwani Chaudhary 38, Konark Bhandari 30, Sanjeev Tandon 3 for 49, Mukesh Sehgal 2 for 35) bt Bank of India: 116 (Tirath Ram 27 not out, Suresh Ahuja 25, Jitendr Singh 3 for 17, Mukesh Marwaha 2 for 10). United India: 170 for 5 (Ashok Malhotra 50, Vikram 32 not out, Dinesh Sharma 3 for 37) bt KG Gymkhana: 169 (MP Singh 46, Sunil 35, Jasbeer Singh 4 for 22, Ashok Malhotra 2 for 28, JP Singh 3 for 32).
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