Chasing the PCA Colts XI's moderate total of 206, Indian Airlines capitalised on a flying start and coasted to victory with six of their allotted 50 overs still remaining. Dahiya scored 80 enterprising runs off 97 balls, studded with six fours to be declared the man of the match.

Earlier, PCA Colts fumbled when looking poised for a big total. They were 185 for 6 in 41 overs but the innings folded up soon as the later order batsmen showed their inexperience. Middle-order batsman Sanjay Kumar held the PCA Colts' innings together with a strokefilled 60 (74b; 5x4) while the opener, Ankur Kakkar scored 40 (44b; 6x4). Indian Airlines were missing their star players, some of whom are on national duty, but seamers Abdul Qayoom and RP Singh made up well for them. RP Singh bagged three for 32 while Onkar Singh and Subhash Chaudhary picked up two wickets each.

Indian Airlines openers Dahiya and J Arun Kumar (39) set the pace early on in the run chase and with the advent of left-hander Yuvraj Singh (38), the PCA Colts' attack was rendered toothless. Arun hit eight fours in his knock while Yuvraj, who got a reprieve off Sanjay Dhull's bowling, had four boundaries and a six in his effort.

Towards the end, Airlines did lose a couple of wickets to the left-arm spinner Ankur Kakkar but that was only a slight hitch.
Scores: PCA Colts: 206 in 45.5 overs (Sanjay Kumar 60, Ankur Kakkar 40, Tejinder Singh 26, Harminder Kaku 20, Rakesh Saini 17; R P Singh 3-32, Onkar SIngh 2-43, Subhash Chaudhary 2-65) lost to Indian Airlines: 207 for six in 44 overs (Vijay Dahiya 80, J Arun Kumar 39, Yuvraj Singh 38, Shafiq Khan 22; Ankur Kakkar 4-27).

Walia leads from the front
Panchkula beat Chandigarh by six wickets in the Haryana Inter-District (Under 19) cricket tournament here today. Panchkula now take on the winners of the Ambala-Karnal tie in their next game on September 27 in Karnal.

Skipper Narinder Walia led from the front with an unbeaten knock of 51 as Panchkula reached their target of 132 in 29.4 overs. Walia hit seven boundaries in his knock. Umesh, Rajeev and Vishal lent a helping hand to their skipper.

Earlier, Chandigarh's disastrous batting show meant they could manage only 131. Mandeep Sodhi was the only batsman to put up any resistance as Panchkula bowlers, Gaurav Sood, Aman Verma and Deepak Lohotia ran through their innings.
Scores: Chandigarh: 131 in 33.4 overs (Mandeep Sodhi 23, Anurag Chopra 18, Sanjay Rajpal 15; Gaurav Sood 3-28, Aman Verma 2-21, Deepak Lohotia 2-14) lost to Panchkula: 133 for 4 in 29.4 overs (Narinder Walia 51 n.o., Umesh Kaira 19, Rajeev 15, Vishal Sahni 15; Ayodhya Prasad 3-22).

Govt Model-23 win
Govt Model Sr Secondary School, Sector 23 beat Govt Model Sr Secondary School, Sector 32 by five wickets in the Shivalik Trophy schools cricket turnament here today.
Scores: GMSSS-32: 104 (Sarabhjot 37; Gurjeet 4-16, Sanjay 2-17, Gagan 2-19) lost to GMSSS-23: 107 for 5 (Rupinder 22, Kartik 15; Sarabhjot 3-29).