Irfan bats Graduate Club to win

Kanpur: Opener Irfan Ali’s knock of 99 runs helped Graduate Club beat Bachelor’s Club by a margin of 160 runs at Rovers Ground in Red Chief Kanpur Cricket League on Wednesday.
Batting first Graduate Club scored 246 runs for the loss of three wickets in 30 overs. Opener Irfan Ali was unlucky as he missed century by one run. He faced 74 balls and hit 14 boundaries.Apart from him, Sundram Dixit (28) and Shubhanshu Trivedi (unbeaten 73) were other major contributors. For Bachelor’s Club Mridul Sachan bagged two wickets. In reply, Bachelor’s Club collapsed for 86 runs, with opener Arjun Kohli being the highest scorer (33). Nine batsmen failed to reach double figures as Shashank Awasthi and Kshitiz Kumar bagged 4 and 3 wickets respectively.
In another match, Green Park Hostel humbled Kanpur Eaglet by 6 wickets. Deciding to bat, Eaglet Club posted 193 for 7 in 32 overs. Kartikeya kushwaha was the highest scorer with 88 runs with Mohit Yadav chipping in with 43 runs. Sunil Singh of Green Park Hostel bagged 3 wickets. In reply, Green Park scored 196 runs for the loss of 4 wickets and won the match. Shardul Tripathi scored unbeaten 93, hitting 12 boundaries and a six in 68 balls. Vineet Singh captured two wickets.
In a match held at Kanpur South ground, Ashoka Jyoti drubbed Eleven Star Club by 13 runs. Batting first, Ashoka Jyoti scored 160 for 9, with Devendra Yadav being the highest scorer with 33 runs. Akhilesh Kumar and Amit Rai scalped 3 and 2 wickets respectively. Despite Amit Rai’s 70 runs, Eleven Star was bundled out for 147. Gurvendra Singh bagged 5 wickets for 20 runs.
At HAL Ground, National Club humbled City Club by 1 wicket in a low scoring match.
Brief score
Graduate Club – 246 for 3 (Irfan ali 99, Sundram Dixit 28, Shubhanshu Trivedi 73 no, Shashank Awasthi 19, Mridul Sachan 2 for 36, Mohd Arsalan 1 for 30) Bachelor’s Club- 86 (Arjun Kohli 33, Devansh Tiwari 10, Shashank Awasthi 4 for 8, Kshitiz Kumar 3 for 18, Arjun Pandey 1 for 11, Arbaz Khan 1 for 19)
Kanpur Eaglet Club- 193 for 7 (Mohit Yadav 43, Kartikeya Kushwaha 88, Vineet Singh 23, Ravi Kumar 21, Aditya Singh 1 for 33, Sunil Singh 3 for 29, Jugal Sharma 1 for 26) Green Park Hostel- 196 for 4 ( Ayush Atri 16, Ankit Singh 19, Parth Patel 23, Shardul Tripathi 93 no, Abhishek Yadav 31 no, Anurag Mishra 1 for 29, Vineet Singh 2 for 45, Jitendra Dixit 1 for 46)
Ashoka Jyoti – 160 for 9 (Tarun Anand 13, Devendra Yadav 33, Ankit Duggal 23, Manender Singh 12, Mukesh Kumar 21, Utkarsh Mishra 11 no, Akhilesh Kumar 3 for 17, Amit Rai 2 for 29,Brijendra Singh 1 for 13, Gyanendra Shukla 1 for 13, Amit Yadav 1 for 15) Eleven Star 147 (Avinash Kumar 26, Amit Rai 70, Ujjval Jha 26, Gurvendra Singh 5 for 20, Utkarsh Mishra 2 for 20, Ankit Duggal 1 for 16)
NCC- 92 ( Sudhish Shukla 34,Sunil Singh 5 for 14, Ankit Yadav 2 for 18) National Cricket Club- 93 for 9 (Amir Siddiqui 19, Sunil Singh 15, S Muztaba 15, Ajay Kumar 12no VS Yadav 2 for 18, KK Rai 2 for 7, Sudhish Shukla 1 for 17)