Yash stars in ASCA’s win

LUCKNOW: An all-round performance by Yash Chaudhary (46* runs, 2 wkts) helped Abhijeet Sinha Cricket Academy (ASCA) enter semi-finals of the 2nd Shivpal Sawariya Memorial Twenty20 Challenger Cup cricket tournament, registering a thrilling twowicket win against Tariq Cricket Club (TCC), at the Pt Raas Bihari Tewari stadium here on Tuesday. TCC could score 109/3 in 20 overs after being sent to bat first. In reply, ASCA reached home with two balls to spare. BRIEF SCORES TCC 109 for 3 in 20 overs (Yash Chaudhary 46*, Sushil Kumar 30*) lost to ASCA 113 for 9 in 19.4 overs (Shivam Yadav 38, Shahnawaz 24, Mohsin 18*, Amrit Singh 2 for 15, Neeraj Singh 2 for 18, Yash Chaudhary 2 for 28).

NCR IN KNOCKOUT

Rahul Sharma took 5/15, whereas G Goswami had ¾ as North Central railway marched into the knockout stage of the 63rd All India Inter-Railway cricket tournament, crushing Railway Board by eight wickets, at

the Chowk stadium here on Tuesday. In other match of the day, WCR defeated local outfits RDSO by six wickets. BRIEF SCORES Railways Board 46 in 17.4 overs (Rahul Sharma 5 for 15, G Goswami 3 for 4)

lost to NCR 49 for 2 in 5.2 overs (Abhishek Sharma

20).

RDSO 266 in

39.5overs (Akash Verma 155, Prashant Gupta 59, Sunny 3 for 52, Bhupendra Yadav 2 for 52, Umashanker Yadav 2 for 27, Asad Khan 2 for 38) lost to WCR 267 for 4 in 27.5 overs (Bhupendra Yadav 109*, Salman 50, Abhishek Gaur 37, Trilok Nanda 33, Jitendra Bajpai 2 for 20, Lokesh Kumar 2 for 55).

LKO IN FINAL

Favourites Lucknow defeated Azamgarh by 3-1 to make it to the final of the state under-16 boys football tournament at Baihraich on Tuesday.

Sahil drew the first blood in the 15th minute (1-0), whereas Shadab (55th) and Anant (70th) struck the remaining two goals. For Azamgarh, Ankur struck the consolation goal in the 40th minute.