CHANDIGARH, May 17: Arun Tuli's deadly spell (5 for 12) backed up by Girish Bhanot's all round performance (3 for 22 and 23) helped Godrej Club humble Gymkhana Club by four wickets in a league match of the Quadrangular Cup for the P R Munjal Memorial trophy at PGI here today. PGI XI beat DYFI XI by 28 runs in another match.Gymkhana Club were bundled out for 127 as Tuli and Bhanot bowled well in tandem. Had Vikram Sharma (41) and Kamal Walia (32) not countered them with confidence, Gymkhana Club would have been in further trouble.
Godrej XI were off to a quick start as Vineet Jain and Vaneet Chawla scored 27 apiece. However, a couple of quick wickets meant Godrej Club had to look to the dependable Aman Kumar and Bhanot to steer them through.
Rajinder Singh's fine knock (52) helped PGI XI to a comfortable win over DYFI XI. PGI XI scored 192 for 9 while DYFI XI were all out for 164. Ravi was the top scorer for them.
Scores: Gymkhana Club: 127 (Vikram Sharma 41, Kamal Walia 32, Arun Tuli 5-12, Girish Bhanot 3-22, Naresh Dhingra 2-19) lost to Godrej: 130 for 6 (Aman Kumar 28 n.o., Vineet Jain 27, Vaneet Chawla 27, Girish Bhanot 23, Karan 3-16, Rajan 2-24).
PGI: 192 for 9 (Rajinder 52, Mandeep 38, Anil 25 n.o., Abhey 4-31, Ajay 2-27) beat DYFI: 164 (Ravi 47, Sanjiv 23 n.o., Vikram 2-19, N K Jha 2-25, Amit 2-36).
Sandeep shines
A fine half century (75) by Sandeep Sonu enabled Tari XI beat Punjab Civil Secretariat by 118 runs in the Third Shine Star Cup cash prize cricket tournament at Government School, Sector 27 on Sunday.
In another match LIC XI scored 6-wicket win over Kalsi XI.
Brief scores: Tari XI: 180 for 5 in 20 overs (Sandeep Sonu 75, Daljeet 45, Rajinder 26, Sumit Bhardwaj 3 for 27); Punjab Civil Secretariat: 62 in 12 overs (S Bhandari 9, Sandeep Sonu 2 for 1, Baljeet Rana 4 for 27).
Kalsi XI: 123 for 6 in 20 overs (Kalsi 54, Sushil 18, Devinder 2 for 20); LIC XI: 124 for 4 in 16 overs (Dinesh 37, Aaksah 30, Onkar Singh 2 for 13, Jagjeet 2 for 16).
LIC win
Fine batting by Lalit (51) helped LIC Cricket Club beat Thakur XI 110 runs in the 9th Bathany Cup cricket tournament at CRPF gound.
Brief scores: LIC: 188 in 24.3 overs (Lalit 51, Sunil 25, Virender Singh 26, Palwinder Singh 3 for 31); Thakur XI: 78 in 21 overs (Ram Parsad 26, Dinesh 2 for 19, Akash 2 for 12).