Fine knock by man of the match Rajesh Sharma 94 not out and Kartik Verma 53 and good bowling by Varun Malik 3/25 and Saksham Chaudhary 3/32 helped PMG beat Young Friends club by 8 wickets in the 2nd Players Academy Under-19 cricket tournament.
Rajesh Sharma received man of the match award from Ajit Singh Madhok ex. DDCA Sports comm.. member.
Brief Scores:
Young Friends Club:170 all out in 36.6 Overs:Naved Hussain 42, Abhishek Gosain 36,Saksham Chaudhary 3/32,Varun Malik 3/25.
PMG:172 for 2 in 28.4 Overs:Rajesh Sharma 94*,Kartik Verma 53.
Cooch Behar U-19 Trophy
Good bowling by off spinner Nitin Tanwar 3/41, Vishwas Malik 3/48 and Sumit Mathur 3/63 helped Delhi forced follow-on 3rd day of the Cooch Behar Under-19 cricket tournament at Stephens ground. Delhi 537 for 7 declared in first innings. In reply Haryana first innings 276 all out and 2nd innings 120 for 4 at the end of 3rd days play. Tomorrow will be the last day.
Brief Scores:
Delhi first Innings: 537 for 7 dec. 138.4 Overs:
Haryana first Innings: 276 al out in 90.2 Overs: overs: Sanjay Dhull 70 not out, Nitin Tanwar 3/41(ROS), Vishwas Malik 3/48(RMF),Sumit Mathur 3/63(LAS), Ajay Ahlawat 1/49.
Haryana 2nd Innings:120 for 4 in 36 Overd:Shivam Chauhan 68 batting 90b,4×7,1×6,Vishwas Malik, Shusheel Kumar and Sumit Mathur took one wicket each.
Ajay Mittal Tournament
Tournament : DGRS Championship cup Venue : Aaray Bhaskar
1st match: Raheja sports club vs Goregaon boys sports club
Off the 2 matches of DGRS championship cup, first match was played between Goregaon Boys and Raheja Sports club. Goregaon batting first scored a decent 174 runs in 20 overs. Manoj Biwalkar played a captains knock of 61 runs in just 30 balls. Mukund Sangli kept up his good form scoring 41 runs.
In reply, Raheja folded just short of the required target for 160 runs. Gaurav C scored 47 runs while Goregaon captain performed well with ball too picking up one wicket in his spell of 4 overs.
In the 2nd match between SKN sports club and Dindoshi sports club, Dinsoshi sports club scored a respectable 142 for 7 wickets. Manish Pandey scored the highest 52 for them.
In reply SKN sports club achieved the target in just 17.5 overs, chiefly due to efforts of ihir Wakde and Pranav Korgaonkar who scored 55 (48 balls) and 42 (21 balls) respectively.
Man of the match was Mihir Wakde.
Tournament : Police Shield Trophy Venue : MIG
Match : Karnataka Sporting Association Vs. M.I.G.
Playing on home ground, M.I.G. captain chose to bat after winning the toss. M.I.G. openers proved their captain right by giving a good opening stand of 48 runs but introduction of bowler Moondip Mangela changed the complexion of the game. Moondip took 3 wickets of the top 4 M.I.G. batsmen. Moondip was superbly supported by Akshay Girap who took 3 wickets as well. M.I.G. s innings folded for a partly 200 runs in the 69th over. Akash Parkar top scored with 62 for M.I.G.
In reply, Karnataka sporting did not get off to a good start but their opening batsman Kausub Pawar showed resilience against some top class bowling. Kaustub scored brilliant 69 off 109 balls. He shared an excellent partnership with No. 4 batsman Eknath. But there was a mini collapse towards the end of the Karnataka innings but Karnataka managed to achieve the target keeping 3 wickets in hand.
Brief Scores:
Toss : MIG batting first 200 All out in 68.2 overs ( Akash Parkar 62, Kevin D’Almeda 29, Moondip Mangela 3-33, Akshay Girap 3-39, Vinit Sinha 2-41)
Karnataka Sporting Association 203-7 in 48.4 overs (Kaustub Pawar 69, Eknath 76, Dabholkar 3 wickets)
Result: Karnataka won by 3 wickets
AFS Cricket League
Bhawani Fire Protection edged out the home team, AFS Cric Club by just 2 runs in their second match of the tournament and kept their hopes alive for the knockout stages.
BFP won the toss and elected to bat first. They put up a moderate 152/7 in 20 overs. In reply, Abhishek Verma played another gem for his team- 57 runs (39 balls, 4×7, 2×6) but could not cross the line, succumbing to second successive defeat.
Man of the Match: Hitesh Sharma (16 runs, 2/26); Best Batsman: Abhishek Verma (57 runs); Best Bowler: Kishan Singh (3/29); Best Fielder: Kartar Singh
AFS Cricket League
In their second match, Bimla Devi Cricket Centre looked a different team as they completely dominated the home team, AFS Cricket Club, eventually defeating them by 10 wickets and opened their account in the tournament.
BDCC won the toss and elected to field first, a decision later on proved correct. All they had to do was to overcome Abhishek Verma‘s superb knock of 70 runs (47 balls, 4×4, 6×7) and they were successful in doing so as they didn’t allow any other batsman to flourish. As a result, AFS Club were restricted to just 135/8 in 20 overs.
In reply, BDCC chased down the total rather comfortably by 10 wickets thanks to Swapnil R. Tiwari‘s unbeaten knock of 69 runs (56 balls, 4×11, 1×6).
Best Bowler: Alok Singh (2/06); Best Fielder: Saurav Chauhan
Played at Ibrahim Cricket Club
Riding on a scintillating century by opener Vikas Bhati (126 runs, 100 balls, 4×13, 6×4), garg Cricket Academy defeated Ghaziabad Cricket Academy in a match of 40 overs, played at Ibrahim Cricket Club.
Ghaziabad Academy won the toss and opted to bat first and put up a challenging 247 runs on the board. But the target was decimated and easily chased thanks to Vikas Bhati’s superb knock.
