Kanpur: Adesh Kumar's brilliant knock of 111 runs helped Rovers Club defeat Kanpur Cricketers by 4 wickets in the KDMA A division league match contested on Tuesday. Kanpur Cricketers, batting first, amassed a total of 232 runs in 37 overs. Samanvay Dixit emerged as their principal scorer, contributing a magnificent 124 runs. Prashant Awasthi and Pranjal Shukla scored 49 and 43 runs respectively. For Rovers Club, Anmol Pandey and Satyam Pandey claimed 2 wickets.
Rovers Club successfully pursued the target, losing 6 wickets with 2 balls remaining. Adesh Kumar crafted a crucial 111 runs. Ashok and Sarthak Lohia both accumulated 34 runs each. Satyam Pandey secured 3 wickets for Kanpur Cricketers. IIT-Kanpur, in another fixture, dominated PAC club by 73 runs at their home ground. IIT, electing to bat first, posted 211 runs before dismissing PAC club for 138 runs.
Brief score:Kanpur Cricketers – 7 for 232 (Samanvay Dixit 124, Prashant Awasthi 49, Pranjal Shukla 43, Satyam Pandey 2 for 39, Anmol Pandey 2 for 44, Noorain Ali 1 for 48) Rovers club—6 for 233 (Adesh Kumar 111, Abhishek Yadav 34, Sarthak Lohia 34, Satyam Pandey 20 no, Jimmy chuck 3 for 53, Shivam Kumar 1 for 19)
IIT Kanpur—211 (Ankul Kumar 91, Abhay Singh 36, Suraj Kumar 2, Shivendra Srivastava 4 for 24, Rahul Tiwari 4 for 39) PAC club—138 (Anmol Ratan 45, Deepak Yadav 35, Daksh singh 2 for 22, Regal Singh 2 for 24, Ankul Kumar 2 for 29)
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