Thrilling wins mark Tewari tourney opening

LUCKNOW: It was a day of thrilling wins on the opening day of the Pt Raas Bihari Tewari Twenty20 Inter-School Cricket Tournament here on Tuesday.

KVS Lucknow Cantt defeated Islamia Inter College by seven runs, whereas Lucknow Public School, Vrindavan beat Lucknow Montessori Inter College by 14 runs. The winners made it to the second round. On Wednesday, KV (AMC) meet River Side Academy at 8.00 a.m., whereas KV (Gomti Nagar) take on CMS (Rajendra Nagar) at 10.30 a.m.

BRIEF SCORES KVS Lucknow Cantt 87 in 16.3

overs (Abhijeet Singh 21, Shivam Yadav 3 for 14, Shivam Sharma 3 for 21, Hasan 2 for 14) beat IIS 80

in 19.1 overs (Shivam Sharma 21, Manish Pratap Singh 4 for 15, Shivam Yadav 2 for 20, Vikas Singh 2 for 22).

LPS, Vrindavan 136 for 6 in 20

overs (Rahul Das 60*, Rishabh Tewari 38, Amit Yadav 3 for 13)

beat LMIC 122 in 18.5 overs (Anurag Verma 38, Anurag Singh 3 for 21, Uttakarsh Singh 2 for 21). DISTRICT CHESS Pt Ramkripal Tewari Memorial District Chess Tournament begins on Wednesday, at the Avijai Chess Academy here at Park Road in Hazaratganj. The five-day tourney will be played under Swiss system and FIDE rules in six rounds. Total prize Rs 5000 will be distributed among top ten winners. The first round of the tournament will start at 5.00 pm. SELECTION TRIALS The North Zone Senior Women’s Football Championship will be played from December 22 to 30 at Noida. Selection of the Lucknow region team will be held on Wednesday, at the Chowk Stadium here at 3:00 pm. The two-day final trial of the state team will take place at Moradabad stadium on Thursday and Friday, informs DFA secretary Kanhaya Lal. CONDOLED The UP Sports Journalist Association as well as the Lucknow Sports Journalist Association on Tuesday condoled the sudden demise of Madhuri Srivastava, mother of senior sports journalist Mihir Srivastava. She was 67 and died after a brief illness.

KVS LUCKNOW CANTT DEFEATED ISLAMIA INTER COLLEGE BY SEVEN RUNS, WHEREAS LUCKNOW PUBLIC SCHOOL, VRINDAVAN BEAT LUCKNOW MONTESSORI INTER COLLEGE BY 14 RUNS