Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Digital Media XI, TOI enter Media Cup Twenty20 semis

- HT Correspond­ent sportsluck­now@gmail.com ■

LUCKNOW : Digital Media XI and Times of India stormed into the semi-finals of the POCT Group 2nd Media Cup Twenty20 Tournament, notching up contrastin­g wins, at the Pt Raas Bihari Tewari Stadium here on Thursday.

Digital Media XI defeated Indian Express by six wickets while chasing 124 in 18 overs, whereas Times of India beat Electronic Media XI by five wickets with eight balls to spare. BRIEF SCORES Indian Express 123/6 in 18 overs (Vimlesh Singh 38, Asad

Rehman 37, Alok Upadhya 2/10, Rohit Singh 2/28) lost to Digital Media 124/4 in 16.5 overs

(Prince Patel 65*, Anurag Singh 2/24). Electronic Media XI 98/8 in 18 overs (Tarun Singh 21, A Mishra 17, Pranchal 3/18) lost to

TOI 102/5 in 17.4 overs (Anil Mishra 28, Rishi S Senger 28, Abhishek Mishra 2/22).

THRILLING WIN

Central Cricket Club defeated Chauhan sporting by 14 runs to make it to the semi-finals of the 2nd BB Gupta Memorial Tournament here on Thursday.

BRIEF SCORES CCC 145/9 in 36 overs (Aniket

Narayan 45, Pintu Gautam 24, Abhishek Chauhan 3/23, Murtaza 2/10, Nikhil Patel 2/33) beat Chauhan Sporting 131 in 34.4 overs (Mushaid 35, Dharmendra Kumar 25, Pintu Gautam 3/24, Harsh Singh 2/16).

CRICKET REGISTRATI­ON

The second phase of registrati­on of cricketers for the selection trials in all age categories for the year 2020-21 will now be held till January 29, and every cricketer is required to get himself registered at www.upca.tv. Players seeking help in the registrati­on process can contact at the Cricket Associatio­n Lucknow office till January 25.

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Prince Patel of Digital Media XI poses after getting man-of-the-match award in Lucknow on Thursday. He scored an unbeaten half-century.
HT ■ Prince Patel of Digital Media XI poses after getting man-of-the-match award in Lucknow on Thursday. He scored an unbeaten half-century.

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