Agra beat Kashi by 81 runs, win veteran cricket title

Kanpur: Agra defeated Varanasi by 81 runs in the final of UP Veteran Cricket Championship, clinching the Dr Gaur Hari Singhania TSH trophy on Sunday.Upon winning the toss, Varanasi elected to field. Agra scored 5 for 187 in their allotted 20 overs at the TSH ground. Dheeraj Sharma, Harveer Singh and Kaushal Sharma were the main contributors, scoring 51, 34 and 32 runs respectively. Nisar Siddiqui claimed 3 wickets for 35 runs.Varanasi, while chasing, succumbed to the required run rate of 9 runs per over and were dismissed for 106 in 8.2 overs. Former Ranji trophy player Nasir Ali and Pramod Rai both notched 26 runs each. Agra's Girijesh Sharma and Harveer Singh secured 3 wickets each.Earlier, former test player Gopal Sharma and Nidhi Pati Singhania's representative Jitendra Awasthi inaugurated the final. Post-match, chief guest Brigadier Sabarul Hasan SM, Station commander Kanpur, presented trophies to the victorious and runner-up teams. Agra's Harveer Singh and Dheeraj Sharma were recognised as best bowler and batsman respectively.IM Rohatgi, president UP Veteran Cricket Association, Girish Kapoor, secretary, Gopal Sharma, Rahul Sapru, Yogesh Agarwal, Sanjeev Pathak, Jitendra Awasthi, Vijay Dixit, Vivek John, Jai Bajaj, Suresh Sharma, Ashu Mehrotra and others attended the prize distribution function.Brief scoreAgra-5 for 187 (Javed Shamim 16, Kaushal Sharma 32, Dheeraj Sharma 51, Arpit Raghav 10, Jugal Sharma 32, Harveer Singh 34no, Rakesh Sharma 1 for 40, Irfan Ahmad Khan 1 for 38, Nisar Siddiqui 3 for 35).Varanasi-106 (Krishnakant Yadav 12, Nasir Ali 26, Bhupendra Kumar 10, Irfan A Khan 16, Pramod Rai 26, Girjesh Sharma 3 for 23, Harveer Singh 3 for 16, Janveer Singh 1 for 11, Kaushal Sharma 1 for 14, Ajay Kadam 1 for 14, Javed Shamim 1 for 12).
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