KCA ‘Red’ beat Agra by 3 runs in state-level cricket

Kanpur: Kanpur Cricket Association ‘Red’ defeated Agra Cricket Association by 3 runs and won Dr Gaur Hari Singhania Memorial state-level cricket tournament which concluded here at Kamla Club ground on Sunday.KCA ‘Red,’ batting first, scored 7 for 178 runs in 35 overs. Ekta Singh scored highest 63 runs for Kanpur team. Tanu Kala of Agra picked 2 wickets. Agra girls in reply collected 148 runs in 30.2 overs. Rama Kushwaha and Arushi Goyal contributed 39 and 34 runs, respectively. For Kanpur, Archana and Nandini Singh both captured 3 wickets each.

Chief guest chairman KCA Sanjay Kapoor gave away the winners trophy and a sum of Rs 21,000 to the winning team. Moin Siddiqui of Spark International presented the runners up trophy and cash prize of Rs 15,000 to Agra girls. Babita Yadav, Nandini Singh and Ekta Singh of KCA were adjudged as best batswomen, bowler and Player of the tournament. Saurabh Singh presented them with the award. Brief score: KCA “Red” – 7 for 178 ( Ekta Singh 63, Babita Yadav 21, Kshama Singh 21, Tanu Kala 2 for 31) Agra Cricket Association –148 ( Rama Kushwaha 39, Arushi Goyal 34, Nandani Singh 3 for 31, Archana Devi 3 for 35, Anupam Rajput 2 for 16) JNT cricket: Opener Harsh Vardhan and Arpit Ray’s unbeaten half centuries helped DKG Mobile XI beat New India Assurance XI by ten wickets in JNT Under-12 cricket tournament for Sigma Griplock trophy at Kanpur South B ground on Sunday.The two batsmen in their opening wicket partnership of 143 runs frustrated rival bowlers during the innings. Harsh Vardhan hit unbeaten 75 runs in 53 balls hitting 13 hits to the fence and Arpit Ray scored 51 runs in 48 balls plundering 10 boundaries.Earlier, New India Assurance XI posted a total of 141 runs in 21.2 overs. Atharva Shrivastava and Manav Raj scored 45 and 22 runs, respectively. Raj Vardhan of DKG Mobile bagged 4 wickets for 28 runs and he was adjudged as Man of the match.Brief score: The New India Assurance XI-141 (Atharva Shrivastava 45, Manav Raj 22, Vaibhav Kumar 12, Raj Vardhan 4 for 28, Aryan Yadav 2 for 35, Suryansh Singh 1 for 26) DKG Mobile-143 for no loss (Harsh Vardhan 75 no, Arpit Ray 51 no)Nagendra Swarup Gold Cup: Chandra Warriors outplayed GTB Warriors by 3 wickets in Nagendra Swarup memorial Gold cup cricket tournament being played here at DAV college ground on Sunday. GTB warriors batting first scored 137 in 20 overs and Chanda Warriors, in reply, hit 139 runs for the loss of 7 wickets and won the match.Brief score: GTB warriors -137 (Bobby Thakur 58, Sheikh Murtaza 23, Kumar Gaurav 4 wkts, Tarun 2 wickets) Chandra Warriors -7 for 139 (Tarun Dwivedi 39, Prince Yadav 24 Rehman 2 wickets) MOM – Kumar Gaurav