Offie Abhishek fashions DCA’s title win with 7/24

LUCKNOW:Offie Abhishek Kaushal bagged 7/24 to help Dhruv Cricket Academy (DCA) win the Subodh Memorial Tournament, defeating LDA Coaching Centre (LDACC) by 31 runs, at the LDA Stadium here on Wednesday.

Kaushal created a web around the LDACC batsmen, who were dancing to his tunes before being bowled out at 170 in 38 overs while chasing 202 in 40 overs. Ansh Yadav took 2/28. Opener Manoj Singh, who was later named man-ofthe-series, saved the face for LDACC, hitting 79-ball 68, which contained seven boundaries.

Earlier, opener Anjaneya Surya struck 50-ball 56 with the three fours and five sixes to help DCA score 201/8 in 40 overs after being sent to bat first. His 98-run second-wicket stand with Ansh Yadav (39, 86b, 3x4) helped the side cross 100-run mark. Rameshwar Yadav (31, 34b, 2x4) and Deepak Yadav (22, 38b) were the other run getters.

GAURAV EXCELS:

Gaurav Tewari took 5/34, whereas Himanshu and Somit shared four wickets between them as Bharat Cricket Club beat IPRK Club by nine runs in a league match of the 6th SI Trophy, at the NER Stadium here on Wednesday.

BRIEF SCORES BCC 151 in 33.4 overs

(Abhijit Sonkar 41, Akash Rawat 31, Anil 25, Mushaid 3/22, Prakash 2/18, Azharuddin 2/26) beat IPRKC 142 in 34.2 overs (Parmanand 37,

Musahid 27, F Khan 21, Gaurav Tewari 5/34, Somit 2/16, Himanshu 2/34).

SPARKLING CENTURY

Opener Anand Prakash hammered a sparkling 100 in 81 balls with the help of 12 fours and three sixes to guide Mega Trends Cricket Club (MTCC) notch up a facile eight-wicket win against Kooh Sports Cricket Club (KSCC) in a league match of the 2nd Bansal Sports Trophy, at the Nothern Railway Stadium here on Wednesday.

BRIEF SCORES KSCC 193/8 in 35 overs

(Aditya P Singh 51, Krturaj Singh 47, Anand Srivastava 34, Deepak Kumar 26, Ahtishan 3/41, Shivam Yadav 3/45) lost to MTCC 195/2 in 28.5 overs

(Anand Prakash 100*, Faiz 56, Rohit Shakya 2/32).