NEW DELHI, June 9: Municipal Corporation of Delhi triumphed over Rajnigandha by four wickets in a A-1 division DDCA League at the Kotla.MCD restricted Rajnigandha Cricket Club to 233 and then achieved the target in 40 overs losing six wickets. John (66 n.o.), Sant Ram (59) and Dharamveer Beniwal were the main scorers for Rajnigandha. For the winners Jitender Solanki scored 79 runs while Devender Singh contributed with a fine 67.
In a B division match, Bank of India defeated Universal Cricket Club by 47 runs at the Kotla No 2 ground. Pradeep Kanojia's brilliant 86 runs was the highlight of the match. Mukesh Yadav's brilliant 80 runs shaped Delhi Development Authority's one-run win over Rehman Cricket Club.
In a A-1 division match at the DAV College ground, Raghubir Willowers prevailed over Pusa Youngsters by two wickets while in a C division match at the Khalsa College, Three Star defeated OBC by two wickets.
Brief Scores
MCD: 234 for 6 in 40 overs (John 66 n.o., Sant Ram 59, Dharamveer Beniwal 43, Sarvesh Gupta 2 for 25, Rakesh Bhatia 2 for 32) beat Rajnigandha c.c (233: Jitender Solanki 79, Devender Singh 67. Santram 2 for 38).
Bank of India: 232 for 9 (Pardeep Kanojia 86, Suresh Ahuja 40, H.K. Kalra 33, Dinesh 2 for 49, Anand 2 for 41, Anil 2 for 20, Virender 2 for 39) beat Universal c.c: 185 (Balbir Bisht 60 n.o, Sachin Sharma 28, Sehgal 4 for 35, Tandon 2 for 30).
DDA: 178 (Mukesh Yadav 80, Amarnath 26, Maharaj Kishan 26 n.o, Masood Amini 2 for 29) bt Rehman c.c: 177 (M Jawed 49, M Furqan 32, S Wajih Jafar 26, Maharaj Kishan 3 for 24, Kundan Sharma 2 for 39).
Raghubir Willowers: 169 (Harender Chaudhary 100, Harsh Amarnath 25, Ravi Uniyal 3 for 3) bt Pusa Youngsters: 168 (Ravi Uniyal 62 n.o, V.Kumar 39 n.o, Gagandeep Singh 6 for 32). n Three Star: 184 (Javed 53, Gajender Bisht 30, Deepak Behl 25, Dhanpat 4 for 19) bt OBC 183:(Ashok Thakur 40, Anil Arora 34, Vikrant 4 for 26, Monu Sharma 2 for 31).
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