Karunesh shines in PP Dua cricket

LUCKNOW: A sparkling half-century by Karunesh helped Leaders Club score a thrilling four-run win against SIPS to make it to the semi-finals of the PP Dua Memorial Twenty20 Cricket Tournament, at the Lucknow Christian College ground here on Monday. Karunesh struck 61 in 46 balls with the help of eight fours and a six as Leaders Club scored 135 for five in 20 overs. In reply, SIPS could make 131 for eight.

BRIEF SCORES

Leaders Club 135 for 5 in 20 overs (Karunesh 61, Manoj Singh 28, Vaibhav 3 for 15) beat SIPS

131 for 8 in 20 overs (Pallav 41*, Pradeep Verma 3 for 21, Vikas Singh 2 for 13). CRICKET TOURNEY Dhruva Cricket Academy will take on Awadh Sky Sports Academy in the opening match of the 1st Syed Tauqir Memorial Cricket Tournament, starting Tuesday, at the Northern Railway Stadium here. Meanwhile, the 2nd Raj Garden Trophy tourney will be held from March 23. B and C division teams of the Cricket Association Lucknow would only be eligible to participate. Entry closes on March 10. NIGAM CRICKET Nagar Ayukt XI beat Jalkal XI by 20 runs to collect full points in a league match of the Nagar Nigam Cricket Tournament, at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium here. BRIEF SCORES

Nagar Ayukt XI 193 for 7 in 25 overs (Anil Singh 57, Sonu 44, Murali Srivastava 3 for 36, Avinash Srivastava 2 for 29) beat Jalkal XI 173

for 4 in 25 overs (Raja Dhanuk 81, Dheeraj Verma 72, Ankit Kumar 2 for 24). THRILLING WIN Rahul Kapoor Cricket Academy notched up a thrilling two-wicket win against NDBG Group to make it to the second round of the Kaushar Cricket Tournament, at the NER stadium here.

BRIEF SCORES

NDBG Group 127 for 9 in 20 overs ( Rajat Singh 34,. Moin 28, Anoop Singh 2 for 9, Ankit Kapoor 2 for 36) lost to RKCA 128 for 8 in 19.1

overs (Aseem Singh 49, Moin 2 for 11, Rajat Singh 2 for 25).