NAGPUR:
Royal Cricket Association
(RCA) mauled
Sahas Cricket Club
by a whopping margin of 215 runs in the VCA-organized U-13 Inter-Academy cricket tournament at the SBCA ground.
Electing to bat, Royal CA piled up a huge score of 363 before being all out in 48.4 overs.
Avinash Yadav belted an unbeaten 116 off 102 balls. He was ably supported by Devansh Raut (37) and Jasbeer Singh (33). For Sahas CC, Advait Solanki claimed 3 wickets, while Mudit Mehrotra and Nayan Zanwar took 2 wickets each.
Chasing a daunting target, Sahas CC were bundled out for 148 in 33.1 overs. Pranjal Mankar top scored with 62 runs but others could not even reach double figures. For RCA, Aditya Bali bagged a five-wicket haul, while Lalu Pandit grabbed a couple.
Earlier, RCA registered a hard-fought 12-run win against
Nagpur Cricket Academy
(NCA). RCA were all out for 196 in 48.3 overs. Avinash Yadav again came up with yet another century (101 off 122 balls), while
Karan Shrivastava
contributed 26. For NCA, Sanskar Jain and Dhruv Almalkar scalped 3 wickets each, while Soham Vigne and Garv Shaligram pocketed 2 wickets each.
In reply, NCA tried hard but were restricted to 184 for 9 in their stipulated 50 overs. Sanskar Jain (55) and
Atharva Gadge
(45) fought well but could not get support from others. Jain and Gadge were involved in a good partnership and kept their team in contention.
RCA bowler Tarun Nachiket picked up 3 wkts, while Abhinav Raut took a couple. Aditya Bali took 1 wicket and Abhinav Raut captured 2 wickets.
Suhas Nayse, Special correspondent, Sports, The Times of India, J...
Read MoreSuhas Nayse, Special correspondent, Sports, The Times of India, Jaipur edition.
He joined TOI Jaipur edition in February, 2023. He was also part of the TOI Nagpur edition from 2006 to 2020 as a sports reporter. He has been covering sports for more than two decades.
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