Utkarsh’s unbeaten ton scripts RVA Academy’s win

TNN Kanpur: Utkarsh Dwivedi’s unbeaten 144 powered RVA Cricket Academy to a 26-run win over Friends Academy and into the final of the 1st Sunil Tiwari Memorial U-13 Inter-Academy Cricket League at Kanpur South B Ground on Thursday. Put into bat, RVA posted 242/1 in 35 overs. In reply, Friends Academy were bowled out for 216 in 33.4 overs. Brief scores: RVA Academy: 242/1 in 35 overs (Krishna Yadav 33, Utkarsh Dwivedi 144 not out, Harshwardhan 38; Aviraj Dwivedi 1/36) Friends Academy: 216 in 33.4 overs (Amarendra Rana 60, Abbas 40, Shantanu 31; Viraj Pal 3/39, Harshwardhan 3/37, Devesh Dwivedi 2/41) Kewala Devi Memorial: Kherapati Athletics and Riders Club won their respective league matches in the Kewala Devi Memorial Cricket Tournament at Rashtriya Cricket Ground on Thursday. Kherapati crushed BCA by nine wickets, while Riders Club beat National Club by two wickets. Brief scores: BCA: 81 (Preet Bhati 26; Luv Pandey 4/7, Devansh Srivastava 3/12, Dev Matlani 2/29) Kherapati Athletics: 85/1 (Virat Singh 53; Akshat Shukla 1/8) Samual Bali cricket: Sky Club beat Kings Club by 123 runs in the Samual Bali Bakko Devi Cricket Tournament being played at the RPCA Ground on Thursday. Brief scores: Sky Club: 262/4 (Veer Vedant 91, Anurudh Singh 30, Amrit Sachan 30; Ruddransh 2/45) Kings Club: 89 (Atul Kumar 16; Amrit Sachan 5/7, Abhay Pratap 2/5, Mahdav Gupta 2/18).