Kanpur Cricketers beat Tarun Club by 18 runs

Kanpur: Prashant Awasthi’s fine performance (105 runs and 3 wickets) helped Kanpur Cricketers beat Tarun Club by 18 runs in the final and won Malik Deshraj Kapoor memorial cash money cricket tournament which concluded at the Kanpur South ground on Wednesday.The Cricketers, putting into bat, posted a score of 8 for 259 in 40 overs. Prashant Awasthi was the main scorer who scored 105 runs in 85 balls, plundering 12 boundaries and 2 sixes. Samanvay Dwivedi too contributed 79 runs. Mohd Sharim of Tarun Club bagged 4 wickets.

Tarun Club in response collected 241 runs in 38.4 overs. Mohd Sharim scored the highest 40 runs for his team. Prashant Awasthi scalped 3 wickets He was later adjudged as Man of the Match. Later, chief guest Vijay Kapoor, chairman, Co-operative Estate Dada Nagar gave away prizes to the winners and runners up teams. Sumit Patel and Ansh Chaudhary were adjudged as best bowler and batsman and got a cash prize of Rs 1500 each. The players who had scored centuries in the tournament also received cash prizes.Brief scoreKanpur Cricketers-8 for 259 (Ansh Chaudhary 27, Samanvay Dixit 79, Prashant Awasthi 105, Saurabh Yadav 14, Shashank Awasthi 10 no, Mohd Sharim 4 for 50, Smit Patel 2 for 42, Ambikeshwar 2 for 46), Tarun Club-241 (Yash Arora 36, Amit Sharma 33, Shahin Hasan 39, Suyash Singh 30 no, Mohd Sharim 40, Smit Patel 13, Prashant Awasthi 3 for 20, Saurabh Yadav 2 for 38, Ravi Sonkar 2 for 28, Shashank Awasthi 1 for 55).