Arpit scripts Geetanjali Club’smassive win over City Club

Kanpur: Arpit Tiwari smashed 294 runs to power Geetanjali Club to a crushing 382-run win over City Club in a KDMA League match at Sapru Ground on Wednesday.Put into bat, Geetanjali Club posted a mammoth total of 423 for the loss of four wickets in 40 overs. Arpit hammered 47 boundaries and 10 sixes during his 140-ball innings. He forged a 324-run opening partnership with Anoop Gautam in 30.4 overs. Gautam chipped in with 54 runs. Arpit's prized wicket was taken by Shourya Bhatt, who conceded 64 runs. In reply, City Club collapsed for a mere 41 runs. Opener Anant Agnihotri was the lone batsman to reach double figures, scoring 14 runs, while six batsmen failed to open their account. Shubham Gupta and Arpit Tiwari claimed four and two wickets, respectively. In other matches, Gandhi Gram Club and Sky Club defeated Veenus Club and National Club, respectively, by identical margins of three wickets. Brief scores: Geetanjali Club: 4/423 (Arpit Tiwari 294, Anoop Gautam 54; Akash Kumar 2/77)City Club: 41 (Anant Agnihotri 14, Shubham Gupta 4/9, Arpit Tiwari 2/7) Veenus Club: 101 (Aman Singh 42, Akash Singh 18, Abhay Gangwar 5/25, Akshay Singh 4/11) Gandhi Gram: 7/103 (Anant Kumar 31; Sanskar Sharma 2/18, Aman Singh 2/21) National Club: 120 (Dinesh Chaurasia 66, Sachin Nishad 20; Ishu Sachan 3/23, Madhav Gupta 3/33, Suryansh Singh 2/4) Sky Club: 7/124 (Ishan Kumar 40; Sachin Nishad 2/19, Ashish Chaurasia 2/27) U-16 trials: The Kanpur Cricket Association will conduct U-16 trials for the UPCA session (2026–27) at KDMA Barra School on March 20, 2026. According to Kaushal Kumar Singh, players whose names begin with the English alphabet from A to P will be tested on March 20, while those from R to Z, along with players from Kanpur Dehat and Kannauj, will be tested on March 21.