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By Nalin Khanna
The 3rd DSOBS Inter House Cricket was held on Feb 28 on 2 grounds of the Central Secretariat followed by a dinner at the Thai Wok. More than 111 Dosco's (plus wives/girlfriends) attended the cricket and dinner. The format allowed all Dosco's to play. Mr. Vohra did the customary toss and Kashmir played against Jaipur and Tata played Hyderabad. Despite Bharat waging a lone battle, Kashmir sailed through easily. Notwithstanding an inspiring effort by Pepe Dugal and Asheet Lanba, Tata fought an unsuccessful battle against Hyderabad. Jaipur played Tata for the 3/4 place and after Dicky's success with the willow and Asheet's fiery spell it seemed as if the fate of Jaipur was doomed. But Jaipur fought back with a century stand between Ranjan Bhalla("Itkan") and Vivek Seth to see the halpless Gurmit 'Hardout' Singh bowling 2 wides in the last over for Jaipur to reach the target by one run. In the finals Kashmir house youngsters outran the Hyderabad house veterans and their total of 201 proved too much for Hyderabad house. It was commendable to see Brig Sundaram (class of 1944) on the field for the full 20 overs.
The event was well sponsored by Daks clothing, DSP-Mutual Fund, SOTC travels and Becks. The Malhotra's (Vipin and Anil) made arrangements for all the liquid that flowed during the day/evening/night. Asheet Lanba, Sandeep Sharma, Vivek Seth and Arun Khanna all chipped in to ensure a successful event. This year we had 5 participants who came in specially for the event from out of town- Vinit Khanna from Philadelphia, Dicky from Bangalore, Vivan Patel from Baroda, Subroto Khan from Lucknow and Nikhil Poddar from Calcutta. We hope to add to the numbers for the next year event which is likely to be on Feb 26, 2005.
RESULTS OF 3RD INTER HOUSE DSOBS CRICKET HELD IN NEW DELHI ON FEB 28, 2004
1. HYDERABAD vs TATA
Tata 120 for 9 (20 overs) - Pepe Dugal 23, Asheet Lanba 19, Donny 20, Anil Handa 16 n.o
Yadav Rai 2-16, Arun Khanna 2-10, Nalin Khanna 2-14
Hyderabad 124 for 3 (17.3 overs)- Dhruv Rathore 29, Arun Khanna 38, Nalin Khanna 28 n.o
Sanjay Labroo 1-22, Sanjay Mediratta 1-16
Hyderabad House won by 7 wickets. Highlight of the match was a spectacular one handed catch by Asheet Lanba to dismiss Dhruv Rathore.
2. JAIPUR vs KASHMIR
Jaipur 108 for 8(20 overs) - Bharat 50 n.o, Pratiyush 3-17, Sheel Sharma 2-17
Kashmir 113 for 3(20 overs)- Vivek 29, Manas Aggarwal 46 n.o
Kashmir won by 7 wickets. Highlight of the match was 2 wickets by Mr. Sheel Sharma
3. JAIPUR vs TATA
Tata 162-6 (15 overs) - Dicky 33, S. Mediratta 24, Asheet 24, Vivek Seth 2-32
Jaipur 163-4 (14.5 overs)- Vivek Seth 77 n.o, Ranjan Bhalla 38 n.o, Asheet Lanba 3 for 12.
Jaipur win by 1 ball to spare. Highlight of the match was an unbeaten century partnership by Vivek Seth and Ranjan Bhalla
4. HYDERABAD vs KASHMIR
Kashmir 201-5 (20 overs) - Manas 41, Pratiyush 66, Shashi 38 n.o, Nalin 2-31 Hyderabad 184-8(20 overs)- Dhruv Rathore 41, Nikhil Poddar 47, Arun 36, Dhirendra (of O house) 6-20
Brig Sundaram (class of 1944) fielded for the entire duration of the match.