Saif helps AICC enter JKP Trophy final
LUCKNOW: An all-round performance by Saif (50 runs, 3 wkts) helped Akhil Infra Cricket Club enter final of the 4th JKP Trophy State Cricket Tournament, defeating Ghaziabad Cricket Association by 42 runs, at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.
Saif’s 50, which came off 49 balls with the help of four fours and a six, guided AICC score 199 for 8 in 40 overs after being sent to bat first. In reply, GCA got out for 157 in 36.4 overs with Saif taking three for 35. BRIEF SCORES AICC 199 for 8 in 40 overs
(Saif 50, Anshul Kapoor 49, Vishal Chaudhary 2 for 40) beat
GCA 157 in 36.4 overs (Subodh Bhati 32, Naman Sharma 25, Pulkit Narang 3 for 23, Rajender Bisht 3 for 28, Saif 3 for 35).
CAL WIN
CAL defeated Avadh Tigers Cricket Academy by eight wickets in a knockout match of the SS Hussain Memorial State Cricket Tournament, at the Chowk Stadium here on Sunday.
BRIEF SCORES
ATCA 46 in 20 overs (Milan Yadav 3 for 8, Monu Paswan 3 for 18, Akash Verma 2 for 20) lost to CAL XI 47 for 2 in 12.1 overs
(Prabhnoor Singh 17).
SASA EXCELS
The duo of Sasa Katiyar and Tanushree Pandey won the girls doubles gold at the 11th National Soft Tennis Championship, defeating the pair from Chhattisgarh 3-0 in Ahmedabad.
In the first round, Sasa, who is a student at the Lucknow Public College, and her partner, defeated the pair from Jammu and Kashmir 3-0, before scripting 3-1 win against Maharashtra players in the quarterfinals. They defeated Punjab 3-0 in quarterfinal, before beating the B team from Chhattisgarh 3-0 in the semi-finals.
PRITHVI WINS
Prithvi Singh garnered 3.5 points to win the open title at the district chess championship here on Sunday. Kailsah Pratap Gaur with three points finished third.
KARAN SHINES
Local boy Karana Mehra emerged victorious in the A category of the Ace Golf’s North Zone Junior Feeder Tour 2018 here on Sunday. Divyansh Dubey emerged champ in category B. In the girls category, Jyotsana Singh cruised to a comfortable 14 shot victory, while Sifat Sayal played a brilliant round to beat the overnight
leader Harbin K Jawanda, in their respective age categories. Ayush Pannu and Vanya Bansal won the boys and girls title in category C respectively. Daksh Kaushik broke the three way tie after day one and won in category D. Lavanya Gupta maintained her overnight lead and won category D (girls).