CRICKET
Rajnigandha Achievers win in quaters of Goswami Ganesh Dutt cricket tournament
Hiten Dalal hammered 169 off 94 balls with 10 sixes and 18 fours to power Rajnigandha Achievers to a seven-wicket victory over Young Cricketers in the quarterfinals of the 49th Goswami Ganesh Dutt cricket tournament at the Khalsa College ground on Wednesday.
Hiten had able support from Arvind Kumar (65) and Atul Rajotia (42) as the team chased the target of 350 with 4.1 overs to spare.
Earlier, Young Cricketers was well served by Madhav Kaushik and Salil Malhotra as they hit 139 and 135 respectively.
Hiten Dalal was adjudged the Kimati man-of-the-match. For his 135 off 87 balls, Madhav Kaushik was presented the Fightor Spartan “outstanding player” award.
In the first semifinals on Thursday, Delhi Challengers will meet Sporting Club.
The scores:
Young Cricketers 349/6 in 40 overs (Madhav Kaushik 139; Salil Malhotra 135) lost to Rajnigandha Achievers 353/3 in 35.5 overs (Hiten Dalal 169, Arvind Kumar 65, Atul Rajotia 42).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Aakruti Sonkusare wins pre-quarterfinals of ITF junior tennis tournament
Aakruti Sonkusare beat the second seed and champion of the last tournament Priyanka Rana 6-4, 6-3 in the girls pre-quarterfinals of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Vijay Khand tennis arena on Wednesday.
In the quarterfinals, Aakruti will challenge Aishwarya Jadhav.
In the boys section, Pradyumna Singh Tomar edged out Varchasva Thapliyag 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(7).
The results (pre-quarterfinals):
Boys:
Kandhavel Mahalingam bt V Thirumurugan 6-1, 6-2; Tavish Pahwa bt Anurag Kallambella 7-6(3), 6-2; Praneel Sharma bt Ojas Mehlawat 6-2, 6-4; Adhiraj Thakur bt Aaradhya Mhasde 6-3, 6-2; Aarav Chawla bt Prabir Chavda 6-0, 6-2; Pradyumna Singh Tomar bt Varchasva Thapliyag 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(7); Fateh Singh bt Tejas Ahuja 6-3, 6-2; Shanker Heisnam bt Armaan Walia 7-5, 5-7, 6-0.
Girls:
Laxmisiri Dandu bt Parthsarthi Mundhe 6-2, 6-1; Shaivi Dalal bt Shagun Kumari 6-4, 6-3; Prisha Shinde bt Riya Sachdeva 6-2, 6-4; Mahika Khanna bt Tamanna Walia 6-1, 6-4; Jaya Kapoor bt Ananya Jain 6-1, 6-3; Princy Mandagalla bt Sreenidhi Balaji 6-4, 7-5; Aishwarya Jadhav bt Diya Chaudhary 6-1, 6-1; Aakruti Sonkusare bt Priyanka Rana 6-4, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Olympic-bound Diksha, Pranavi Urs to lead Indian contingent at the German Masters
Olympic-bound Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs will spearhead a huge Indian contingent of seven players, including one amateur, as they tee off in the Amundi German Masters from Thursday.
The Ladies European Tour (LET) is back in Europe and in Germany as a field of 132 players from 35 nations will engage in a 72-hole stroke play competition with a cut coming in for top 60 professionals and ties after the second round.
Olympic-bound Diksha Dagar, Pranavi Urs, Tvesa Malik, Vani Kapoor, and Amandeep Drall will be joined by Sneha Singh, who has received an invitation and amateur Avani Prashanth who is also among the 11 invites to the event.
Diksha will try and make amends for 2023, when she led in the event before three bogeys around the turn on the final day saw her drop to third. It was one of the two third places she had in 2023 – the other being at her home event, the Hero Women’s Indian Open.
-PTI
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