Airtel Rising Stars 2013 – Delhi Leg

St. Margret School, Heritage Public School & Pragati Public School Advance to Next Round

New Delhi, 19^th August: The 2^nd edition of the Airtel Rising Stars-Delhi Leg, where Delhi’s talented under-16 football players from leading schools are participating, kicked-off at Ganga International School Ground, Hiran Kudna in Delhi today.

In the inaugural match, St. Margret School beat Venkateshwara School, Rohini 3-0. Rohan’s first goal in 17^th minute gave the lead to St. Margret. In 29^th minute, Himanshu extended the lead and Raju’s goal in 30^th min sealed the victory.

In another league match at the same ground, Pragati Public School, Dwarka defeated Bal Bharti Public School 3-1. Pragati Public School’s Ketan opened the account with his goal in 10^th min. However, Rajesh from Bal Bharti equalised the score in 12^th min. Since then, Pragati played an aggressive football and scored two more goals to win the match. Suraj took the lead in 15^th min and Nikhil extended the lead in 29^th min.

Ganga International School was awarded a walk-over as Richmond Public School didn’t arrive for the tie. Heritage Public School thrashed Vidya Jain School 3-0 with the help of goals scored by Aditya Bhalla (11^th), Anmol (20^th) and Sahil (39^th).

Shreya Sharma’s lone goal helped N.K. Bargodia School beat DAV Public School 1-0. Initially, both the teams struggled to score goals. It was Shreya, who got the success in 20^th min and assured a result. DAV tried to equalise the score but all their attempts went in vein.

Results:

Ganga International School (walk-over) v/s Richmond Public School;

St. Margret School 3 (Raman 17^th, Himanshu 29^th, Raju 30^th) bt Venkateshwara School, Rohini 0;

N.K Bargodia Public School 1 (Shreya Sharma 20^th) bt DAV Public School, Pushpanjali 0;

Heritage Public School 3 (Aditya Bhalla 11^th, Anmol 20^th, Sahil 39^th) bt Vidya Jain School 0;

Pragati Public School, Dwarka 3 (Ketan 10^th, Suraj 15^th, Nikhil 29^th) bt Bal Bharti Public School 1 (Rajesh 12^th);

C.R.P.F, Dwarka 2 (Rajinder Joshi 17^th, Deepak 49^th) bt Titiksha School 0;

St. Marks School 2 (Shiva 17^th, Lalit 33^rd) bt Mira Model School 0.