YMCC humble County Club by 7 wickets

Kanpur: Akash Sharma’s aggressive batting (77 runs in 35 balls) helped YMCC beat host County Club by 7 wickets and enter into the final of 15th Krishna Sahay Saxena memorial cricket tournament played at Palika stadium here on Wednesday.
County Club, batting first, scored 170 runs. Pratham Batham (36no) was their highest scorer. Rahul of YMCC emerged as the most successful bowler claiming 4 wickets for 34 runs.YMCC in reply scored required 171 runs for victory for the loss of 7 wickets in 23.4 overs. Akash hammered 4 boundaries and 9 sixes in his knock of 77 runs. Due to a bad start, they were in a precarious condition losing 7 wickets for 83 runs and were near the defeat but Akash changed the game’s complexion. Devendra supported him from the other end and he returned unbeaten on 18.

Brief score
County Club-170 (Adarsh Singh 30, Aditya Tiwari 36, Pratham Batham 36no, Ankit Yadav 11, Rahul Pal 4 for 34, Dharmendra Yadav 2 for 36, Devendra Singh 2 for 27, Nihal Ojha 2 for 25) YMCC-7 for 171 (Ashutosh Dixit 25, Akash Sharma 77no, Devendra Singh 18no, Ashish Yadav 2 for 2, Amit Gaur 2 for 30, Aman Babu 1 for 49, Ankit Yadav 1 for 32).
Rovers Club beat Tarun Athletic Club by 44 runs: Shivam Dixit’s fine performance (108 runs and 3 wickets) helped Rovers Club beat Tarun Athletic Club by 44 runs and collect full points in KDMA league match held at the Kanpur South ground on Wednesday. Rovers Club, batting first, scored 8 for 288 while Tarun Club in reply could score 6 for 244 runs in 40 overs.
Brief score
Rovers Club-8 for 288 (Shivam Dixit 108, Satyam Dixit 54, Faiz Ahmad 50, Ishan Mishra 2 for 52), Tarun Athletic- 6 for 244 (Yash Arora 60, Utkarsh Yadav 51, Suyash Singh 50, Mohd Sarim 50, Shivam Dixit 3 for 52).