Harshit’s brace helps LU win football tourney
LUCKNOW : Two goals by Harshit helped favourites Lucknow University win the Invitational Football Tournament, defeating Police New Boys by 2-0, at the Chowk Stadium here on Wednesday.
Harshit opened the account in the 28th minute, before scoring the second one in the 55th minute to complete the formality. Harshit was later named highest scorer of the tournament, whereas Amit Singh was given the best goalkeeper trophy. Police News Boys Club’s Hassan was named man-of-the-tournament.
FINE BOWLING
Fine bowling by Atif Sajid and Kritagya Singh helped favourites UP Timber Club beat Akhil Infra Cricket Club by four wickets to make it to the final of the 2nd Bansal Trophy, at the Northern Railway Stadium here on Wednesday.
Atif took 4/20 and Kritagya bagged 3/16 as Akhil Infra Cricket Club could make 122 in 33 overs while batting first after winning the toss. Vikas Deep struck highest 39, which came off 53 balls with the help of four hits to the fence.
In reply, UP timber even after losing three quick wickets for just 48 in 13.3 overs romped home in 36 overs, losing six wickets. Prabhnoor Singh made 59-ball 36 with the help of two boundaries.
BRIEF SCORES
AICC 122 in 33 overs (Vikas Deep 39, Jeevesh 27, Atif Sajid 4/20, Kritagya Singh 3/16) lost to UPTC 123/6 in 36 overs (Prabhnoor Singh 36, Kritagya Singh 30, Chandresh Kumar 4/26).
SARTHAK HITS TON
Sarthak Bhardwaj smashed an unbeaten 100 in 98 balls with the help of 13 boundaries as Awadh Sky Sports Cricket Academy crushed BBD College by 115 runs in a C division league match here on Wednesday.
BRIEF SCORES ASSCA 208/4 in 35 overs
(Sarthak Bhardwaj 100*, Hariom Yadav 33*, Anuj K Singh 30) beat
BBDC 93 in 30.2 overs (Amit Shakya 30, Anuj K Singh 4/15, Salman 3/20).
EASY VICTORY
Champions Club defeated Divya Yug Ashram by six wickets in a D division league, at the CSD Sahara Ground here on Wednesday. In other match of the day, Lucknow Huntres beat Standard Club by 26 runs, at the Pt Raas Bihari Tewari Stadium here.
BRIEF SCORES DYA 160/8 in 25.3 overs
(Krishna Mohan 48, Ankit Mishra 45, Piyush Kusumwal 4/37, Saurabh Mishra 2/13) lost to Champions Club 162/4 in 25.2 overs (Piyush Kumar 78*, Robin Sonker 30, Shivam Mehra 3/43). Lucknow Hunters 261/5 in 40 overs (Anurag 50, Ritesh Kumar 46*, Shailendra Kumar 45*, Ranjit Gautam 3/36) beat SCC 235 in 39.2 overs (Mirzi Faizi 109, Mayank Singh Yadav 4/34, Arif 2/46, Sandeep Singh 2/52).
FINE BATTING
Opener Amit Singh and Santosh Yadav struck half centuries as Security Hunters beat Personal Warriors by eight wickets to make it to the semi-finals of the Inter Departmental Tournament of the NER, at the NER stadium here on Wednesday. In other quarterfinal of the day, Commercial Challengers defeated Mechanical Mavericks by five wickets.
BRIEF SCORES
Personal Warriors 155 in 20 overs (Rahul Yadav 35, P Udit 32, Mahesh Gupta 32, Jai Singh 4/28, Akash Prakash 2/3, Amit Singh 2/24) lost to Security Hunters 157/2 in 14.1 overs (Santosh Yadav 55*, Amit Singh 53).
Mechanical Mavericks 144 in 19.4 overs (Azhar 55, Amit 20, Bhatti Lal Meena 4/27, Mahesh Pratap 2/15) lost to Commercial Challengers 147/5 in 19.5 overs (Ambar Pratap 28, Ashish 27, Santosh 22, Saurabh Singh 22, Arvind Kumar 2/19, Sanjya Maurya 2/45).
KAJAL TO LEAD
Long distance runner Kajal Sharma would lead Lucknow in the State Junior Athletics Championship, starting March 13 at Prayagraj. Other members in the team include, Reena Sharma, Nidhi Singh, Pushpa Yadav,
Sapna Rai, Anamika Devi, Kalyanika, Ragini, Payal Chauhan, Mariyam Jehra, Anshika Pandey, Hasan, Suraj, Ishu Kumar, Tushar Kumar, Yogendra Singh, Dheeraj Kumar, Pushkar Rai, Suraj Kumar, Pradeep, Raj Kapoor, Neeraj Kumar and Suresh Kumar Yadav. Haleemuddin and Shiv Shanker Yadav have been named coach and the manager, respectively.