Nat’l Youth win Dhaneshwari Devi memorial tournament; YMCC win KDMA League match

Kanpur: Devansh Swarup's fine century (102) and Dhanesh Chauhan's six-wicket haul empowered National Youth to beat Bharat Club by 27 runs in the final and win the Dhaneshwari Devi memorial cricket tournament, which concluded at the Chandra Cricket ground, Mandhana, on Monday.National Youth decided to bat first and posted a total of 246 runs in 35 overs. Apart from Devansh, Divyanshu Pandey also contributed 60 runs. Bharat Club, in reply, could muster 219 runs in 34 overs. Shiva Rajput (72), Yuvraj Singh (36) and Manu Singh (37) were the main scorers. Dhanesh Chauhan bagged 6 wickets.After the final, chief guest Anuradha Awasthi, Block Pramukh, Kalyanpur, gave away prizes to the winner and runner-up teams.Brief score: National Youth-246 (Devansh Swarup 102, Divyansh Pandey 60, Prince Soni and Sagar both scalped 2 wickets each). Bharat Club-219 (Shiva Rajput 72, Yuvraj Singh 36, Manu Singh 37, Dhanesh Chauhan 6 wickets, Abhishek Rai and Sarvesh Dubey both 2 wickets each). MOM-Dhanesh Chauhan.KDMA League: Utkarsh's fine unbeaten century helped YMCC beat Kanpur Eaglets Club by 5 wickets at the Everest ground and collect full points in the KDMA League held here on Monday.Kanpur Eaglets, batting first, scored 202 runs for 9 wickets in 40 overs. YMCC, in reply, scored 207 runs for the loss of 5 wickets and won the match. Utkarsh Tiwari hit an unbeaten 127 runs for his team.Olympic Club and BL Jasrai Club also won their matches held at different grounds.Brief score: Kanpur Eaglets-202 for 9 (Gagan Yadav 48, Satya Prakash 44, Ajay Prakash Yadav 40, Tushar Pal 4 for 43, Ritesh Kumar 2 for 33). YMCC-207 for 5 (Nigam Kumar 33, Utkarsh Tiwari 127 not out, Hasan Raza 3 for 40, Ajay Prakash 1 for 7).Sapru ground: Olympic Club beat Kesco by 231 runs. Olympic Club-337 for 5 (Veer Pratap 100, Pritesh Dixit 68, Akash Yadav 49, Shivansh Pandey 68 not out, Raj Katiyar 26 not out, Anuj Gupta 2 for 63, Jai Malhotra 1 for 37).PAC ground: BL Jasrai Club beat Cantt. Lions by 9 wickets. Cantt. Lions-168 (Shubham Rajput 56, Abhishek Kumar 38, Ranjeet Babu 20, Swar Tandon 2 for 31, Varun Dev 2 for 33, Sanchit Khanna 2 for 43). BL Jasrai-171 for 1 (Swar Tandon 92 not out, Monu Pal 61 not out, Mrityunjay Singh 1 for 26).