Gaurav, Vishal excel in JKP Trophy
LUCKNOW:A sparkling century by Gaurav Tomar and a four-wicket haul by Vishal Chaudhary helped Ghaziabad Cricket Association enter semi-finals of the 4th JKP Trophy State Cricket Tournament, crushing Allahabad Cricket Association by 171 runs, at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium here on Friday.
In a pre-quarterfinal match, at the B ground, Kanpur Cricket Association defeated Uttarakhand by one wicket. Needing 207 in 40 overs, KCA romped home with five balls to spare.
BRIEF SCORES
GCA 298 for 5 in 40 overs
(Gaurav Tomar 116, Om Saini 83)
beat ACA 127 in 26.1 overs
(Faiz 50, Amar Chaudhary 34, Vishal Chaudhary 4 for 23, Prince Yadav 2 for 14, Harshit Sethi 2 for 17, Harshit Chaudhary 2 for 26). Uttarakhand 206 for 9 in 40 overs (Arya Sethi 128, Vaibhav Panwar 34, Ankur Singh 5 for 64) lost to KCA 212 for 9 in 39.1 overs (Shahim 41, Bhawani Singh 39, Shivam Dixit 34, Abhishek Pandey 31, Jagmohan Nagarkoti 2 for 32, Vaibhav Panwar 2 for 34, Pradeep Chamoli 2 for 33, Bhriguraj Pathania 2 for 34).
ABHISHEK SHINES
Abhishek Singh took 4/18, whereas Sonu Singh had 2/15 as Sound Images Club made it to the semi-finals of the SS Hussain Memorial State Cricket Tournament, defeating Hardoi’s Success Cricket Academy by eight wickets, at the Chowk Stadium here on Friday.
BRIEF SCORES
SCA 70 in 20.3 overs (Brijendra Yadav 28, Abhishek Singh 4 for 18, Sonu Singh 2 for 15) lost to SIC 73 for 2 in 10 overs
(Shantanu 33).
FINE BOWLING
Suryansh Tripathi bowled a fine spell and took four for 17 as Arman Cricket Academy defeated New Light Cricket Club by five wickets in a league match of the CAL’s C division cricket tournament, at the Pt Raas Bihari Tewari Stadium here on Friday. In other match of the day, Star Montessori defeated Kranti Club by 194 runs. Mahmood struck 92 for the winners.
KAILASH EXCELS
Kailash Pratap Gaur emerged victorious in the under-15 category of the District Chess Championship, collecting 4.5 points here on Friday. Aditya Pant with 3.5 points, Prithvi Singh and Satyam Agrahari with three points each finished second, third and fourth, respectively.