Vikalp shines in Mullick cricket with red cherry

A four-wicket haul by Vikalp Kanojiya helped Guru Gobind Singh Sports College (GGSSC) beat Gulmohar Cricket Academy (GCA) by two wickets to win the Annapurna Mullick Cricket Tournament, at the Northern Railway Stadium here on Tuesday.

Vikalp took four for 16, whereas Arun and Rachit shared four wickets between them as GCA collapsed for paltry 97 in 18.4 overs while batting first after winning the toss.

In reply, despite losing wickets on regular intervals, GGSSC reached home with one ball to spare. BRIEF SCORES GCA 97 in 18.4 overs (Sanjeev Gupta 29, H Verma 27, Vikalp Kanojiya 4 for 16, Rachit Shankar 2 for 19, Arun Kumar 2 for 29) lost to GGSSC 99 for eight in 19.5 overs (Sarthak Dixit 23, Brijesh Sonkar 21*, Saurabh 3 for 23, Himalaya Verma 3 for 32). FINE BOWLING Wajid Askari took five for 13 to help Unity Cricket Academy (UCA) beat LDA Coaching Centre (LDACC) by five wickets in a league match of the Yorker Trophy Under-14 Cricket Tournament, at the Christian College Ground here on Tuesday. BRIEF SCORES LDACC 80 in 27.4 overs (Aawez 32, Wajid Askari 5 for 13, Akbar 2 for 9, Tanu Singh 2 for 11) lost to UCA 83 for five in 17.3 overs (Razi 23*, Azam 3 for 28). CONVINCING WIN Lucknow Strikers scored a convincing six-wicket win against Microlit XI to collect full point in the Microlit T20 Cricket Tournament, at the Microlit Gymkhana Ground here. BRIEF SCORES Microlit XI 152 for 8 in 20 overs (Vinod Singh 52*, Shivansh Singh 30, Azhar 2 for 19, Anand 2 for 24, Vaibhav 2 for 38) lost to Lucknow Strikers 154 for 4 in 16.4 overs (Vaibhav 84*, Hamid 2 for 24). RAHUL HITS TON A sparkling century by Rahul Maurya (127, 59b, 8x4, 13x6) guided Awadh Cricket Academy (ACA) beat Asha Sports Foundation (ASF) by 157 runs in a league match of the Prime Sports Trophy, at the Multi Activity Ground here on Tuesday. BRIEF SCORES ACA 297 for 6 in 30 overs (Rahul Maurya 127, Maaz 34, Baldev Saini 33) beat ASF 140 in

27.3 overs (Ali Inam 36, Baldev Singh 4 for 43, Sandeep Yadav 2 for 19). SCHOOL T-T Over 200 students from 50 schools would be seen in action in the three-day Inter-School Table Tennis Championship, beginning Wednesday, at the Shivani Public School here.