DU Inter College: SGND Khalsa beats NSIT by 1 run; Hirdhay Singh shines with bat & ball yet again
It seems like SGND Khalsa player Hirdhay Singh Riar is having the time of his life and is in the form of his life. This is evident by his superlative performances in the ongoing DU Inter College Cricket Tournament with both bat and ball for his team. In the match against NSIT, he first scored a well compiled century and then bowled well to pick up three wickets as SGND Khalsa edged out NSIT by a solitary run and continued their survival in the tournament.
NSIT won the toss and sent Khalsa College to bat first. Khalsa lost opener Vansh Kumar early in the innings. Bhawan Preet Singh (38) and Hirdhay Singh added 78 runs for the second wicket. After that Hirdhay tried to carry the innings on his shoulders and was out for a superb 106 runs (131 b) with the team score reading 193. Unfortunately rest of the batting could not increase the run rate when it was required and the whole team was out for 230 runs in the 48th over. Apoorv and Jayesh played a good hand lower down the order to take their team to a respectable total.
For NSIT Sachin Kumar bowled extremely well and got 4 wickets. Akash Yadav also picked up 3 wickets for his team.
Chasing a modest yet challenging total, NSIT lost opener Akash Paul on 28. The other opener Dhruv got himself out to Hirdhay Singh on a personal score of 33 runs. They lost 2 more wickets before reaching 100 and the match was hanging in balance. Vipul Samota (47)and Akash Yadav (78*) joined hands and stitched a 88 runs partnership and got their team into a good position. The match went till the last over with 7 runs to get and 3 wickets remaining. All three results were possible but NSIT had an upper hand as they had Akash Yadav on the pitch and 3 wickets remaining. Khalsa gambled with Apoorv Bisht who had not bowled a single over during the innings. He did not disappoint as he took his team to victory with just 1 run by giving away just 4 runs in the last over.
For Khalsa, Rajat and Hirdhay captured 3 wickets each and also stopped the flow of runs which was a decisive factor in the match.
Brief Scores:
SGND Khalsa: 230 all out in 47.2 overs (Hirdhay 106, Bhawan 38, Sachin Kumar 4/24)
NSIT: 229/7 in 50 overs (Akash Yadav 78*, Vipul 47, Rajat 3/31, Hirdhay 3/42)
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