Adarsh helps KDMA sail into finals of U-15 cricket

Kanpur. Adarsh Singh’s fine performance (70 runs and 2 wickets) helped KDMA beat Khandekar Cricket Academy by 7 runs in the semi-final of U-15 cricket league held played here on Sapru ground on Friday.

KDMA, after being invited to bat first, posted a total of 196 runs in 40 overs. Opener Adarsh Singh hit the highest 70 runs plundering 10 hits to the fence. Nikhil Yadav contributed 46 runs. For Khandekar Academy, Yash Bajpai bagged 4 wickets. Khandekar Academy, in reply collected 189 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Abhishek Jaiswal and Md Musahid Khan contributed 53 and 33 runs. For KDMA Rohit Yadav, Adarsh Singh and Akhilesh Singh all bagged two wickets.

In another semi-final match, the host Kanpur South Academy drubbed Kapil Coaching Centre by 6 wickets. Kapil Coaching Centre electing to bat first scored 135 for 9 in 40 overs. Aryan Mishra hit unbeaten 30 runs for his side. Apoorva and Tirthraj both scalped 2 wickets each.

Kanpur South Academy, in response, hit required 140 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Prince Car and Rahul singh chipped 48 and unbeaten 52 runs, respectively.

Brief score: KDMA- 196 (Adarsh Singh 70, Manas 17, Nikhil 46, Saurabh 15, Devesh 17, Abhishek Jaiswal 2 for 28, Ankur 2 for 29, Yash Bajpai 4 for 48) Khandekar Academy- 189 for 9 (Akash 24, Ashutosh 14, Aditya 20, Md Musahid Khan 33, Abhishek 53, Ankur 30,Nikhil 1 for 24, Rohit 2 for 24, Adarsh 2 for 37, Shaurya 1 for 53, Akhilesh Singh 2 for 27)

Kapil Coaching Centre- 135 for 9 ( Yuvraj Pandey 19, Aryan Mishra 30 no, Vikas Yadav 18, Sumit Yadav 13, Akash 13, Apoorva 2 for 19, Tirthraj Singh 2 for 27, Ujjwal 1 for 21, Harsh Singh 1 for 37, Deepanshu 1 for 14) Kanpur South Academy- 140 for 4 (Prince Kar 48, Sarthak Lohia 10, Rahul K Singh 52, Akash 3 for 40, Md Ali 1 for 9)

KDMA League- HAL and Kings Club defeated their rivals and collected full points in KDMA League matches played here on different grounds on Friday.

HAL ground- Hal defeated OEF by 46 runs. HAL 184 for 8 (Amar Rajput 23, Amir Mazhar 34,Yatish 38, Javed 16, Ramji Yadav 16, Rajeev 4 for 23, Devendra 3 for 31, Anubhav Pandey 1 for 30, OEF- 138 (Alok Bhatt 31, Rajeev Ranjan 11, Ved Prakash 41, Aditya 16, Md Shakir 17 no, Amod Kumar 3 for 25, Ramji 2 for 23, Javed Asghar 2 for 19, Amir 1 for 9)

SAF ground- Kings club beat National Youth by 13 runs. Kings Club- 132 (Himanshu 14, Pawan 58,Rohan 17, Nishant 2 for 34, Prabhull 6 for 26, Shailendra 1 for 12, Rahul 1 for 31, National Youth- 119 (Saransh 30 no, Vansh Goal 19, Rajat 11, Shailendra 15, Kali Shankar Bajpai 3 for 24, Krishna Mishra 2 for 21, Abhay Sharma 2 for 18, Arpit 1 for 7, Pawan 1 for 23)