Deepak helps DCA win easily in cricket league

Deepa kY ad av smashed a 48-ball 68, which contained nine hits to the fence as Druva Cricket Academy (DCA) trounced Awadh Sky Sports Club (ASSC) in the opening league match of the 1st Tauqeer Memorial Cricket Tournament, at the Northern Railway Stadium here on Tuesday to collect full points.

Opener Shivansh Kapoor (42, 51b, 5x4) along with Anas Yadav (26, 44b, 4x4) stitched together 74-run for the opening wicket as DCA piled up 216 for seven in 35 overs while batting first after winning the toss.

In reply, Deepak Yadav, Rishabh Sharma and Anand Ambedkar shared six wickets between them to let ASSC scoring 156 in 31,.5

overs in reply.

BRIEF SCORES

DCA 216 for 7 in 35 overs (Deepak Yadav 68, Shivansh Kapoor 42, Agha Shahid 26, Ansh Yadav 26, Vibhor Dubey 3 for 54, Hritik Srivastava 2 for 46) beat

ASSC 156 in 31.5 overs (Manish Singh 55, Anuj Singh 20, Rishabh Sharma 2 for 31, Anand Ambedkar 2 for 31, Deepak Yadav 2 for 33). VIJAY SHINES An all-round performance by Vijay Yadav (3 wkts, 30 runs) as Guru Govind Singh Sports College score a thrilling threewicket win against DYA in the 13th Babu Banarasi Das ‘B’ division cricket league, at the Sports College ground here on Tuesday. NIGAM CRICKET Jalkal XI beat Press XI by 36 Runs in a league match of the Nagar Nigam Cricket Tournament, at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium here on Tuesday.

BRIEF SCORES J al k al XI 193 f or 7 i n 25

overs (Dheeraj Verma 99*, Raja Dhanuk 33, Ravi Kumar 22) beat

Press XI 157 for 9 in 25 overs (Dikshant Sharma 59, A Mishra 22, Rujal Rajbhar 3 for 54, Murli Srivastava 2 for 27, Avinash Srivastava 2 for 28). CRICKET TOURNEY The 9th BA Naqvi Memorial T20 Cricket Tournament under the auspices of the Naqvi Sporting Club begins on April 9, at t he Chowk Stadium here. More details can be had from AM Naqvi by March 20.