Mirzapur triumphs over Kanpur in cricket tournament

Kanpur: Host Kanpur division endured a setback in Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya state level senior men cricket championship when Mirzapur defeated them by 48 runs in a match held at Kamla club ground on Saturday.
Mirzapur batting first amassed 175 runs in 20 overs. Kaif and Siraj contributed 52 and 34 runs respectively. Shivam and Ishan of Kanpur claimed two wickets each. In reply, Kanpur division team managed 127 runs in 18.4 overs. Almas Shaukat and Shubham Chaudhary scored 36 and 22 runs respectively. Kaif, Alok Vikas and Ajmal each secured 2 wickets.
Earlier, additional district magistrate (city), Rajesh Kumar inaugurated the tournament.
The results of other matches are:
DAV ground- Basti division beat Faizabad by 42 runs. Basti – 5 for 148 (Kishan Gupta 6, Shubam patel 27, Utkarsh 3 wkts, Mridul Srivastava 2wkts) Faizabad – 106 (Priyanshu Yadav 35, Utkarsh Singh 18, MOhit 4 wkts, Gokul Mishra 2 wkts)
Christ Church Ground – Agra beat Barielly by 7 wickets. Barielly 65 (Shivanshu Pandey 4, Adesh Patel 12, Vikas Kuntal and Vinay Sharma 3 wkts each) Agra -3 for 66 (Dhanraj Giri 23, HM 24 Arpit Gangwar 2 wkts, Adeeb Khan 1 wkt)
HBTU ground- Jhansi outplayed Moradabad by 3 wkts. Moradabad- 7 for 102 (Akash Chaudhary 36, Charitra Chauhan 24, Anuj Tiwari 3 wkts, Ankit Prajapati 2 wkts) Jhansi – 7 for 105 (Ankit Prajapati 25, Rahul Chaturvedi 20, Priyanshu Singh 3 wkts, Akash Chaudhary 2 Wkts)
Christ Church Ground—Azamgarh defeated Gonda by 13 runs. Azamgarh – 6 for 141 (Amit Bhagat 77, Vaibhav Yadav 27, Om Yadav 3 wkts, Nikhil, Rohit and Abhishek 1 wkt each) Gonda – 9 for 128 (Raj Modanwal 28, Shoib khan 27, Sarvan kumar 3 wkts, Vaibhav, Akhand, Atul and Yash 1 wkt each)
Kamla club ground—Meerut humbled Lucknow by 8 wkts. Lucknow – 7 for 68 (Shivam Pandey 23, Abhay 25, Naman and Ishu both picked 2 wkts each) Meerut – 2 for 71 (Anurag Gautam 48, Surayansh 10, Rishi and Arun 1 wkt each)
HBTU ground—Saharanpur beat Aligarh by 119 runs. Saharanpur – 4 for 185 (Deepak Rana 76, Mohd Anas 51, Animesh 2 wkts, Madhav Nitin both 1 wkt each) Aligarh – 9 for 66 (Rohit 27, Himanshu 3 wkts, RAmeez 2 wkts)
DAV ground—Varanasi beat Chitrakoot by 6 wkts. Chitrakoot – 77 (Siddharth 23, Shantanu 29, Harsh, Anuj and Mahfooz all picked 2 wkts each) Varanasi – 4 for 81 (Anand 20, Devesh 26, Rinku 2 wkts, Ajay and Mohsin both 1 wkt each)