Four batsmen hit half centuries in u-14 trophy

LUCKNOW : As many as four batsmen struck half centuries as hosts Uttar Pradesh on Friday took 57-run first innings lead against Rajasthan and collect full three points in their central zone under-14 Raj Singh Dungarpur Trophy encounter in Meerut.

Siddarth Chaudhary made 70 in 123 balls with the help of nine fours, Amaan hit 79-ball 56, Ajeet Verma struck 52 in 85 balls and Shivam, Kumar scored 50 in 92 balls with the help of five fours as Uttar Pradesh scored 286/4 in 80.2 overs. Rajasthan had made 229/7 in 98.1 overs on day one on Thursday.

DEEPANSHU SHINES

Deepanshu Pal scored a sparkling run-a-ball 69 with the help of eight fours and a six as Aryavart Cricket Academy ‘Red’ defeated NYCC by seven wickets to collect full points in the 1st Vishramum Challenge Cup cricket tournament. In other match of the day, K Sports defeated ASCA by 57 runs. K Sports made 204/7 in 35 overs, and in reply, ASCA could make 147 in 32.4 overs. Surendra Kumar crafted the win for the side, bagging five for 13, whereas Saksham Chandra and M Rehman shared four wickets between them. BRIEF SCORES NYCC 152 for 9 in 40 overs

(Azad Mishra 42, Anil Arora 22,

Ritesh Rai 3 for 26, Aviral Patel 3 for 37, Tushar Verma 2 for 19) lost to ACA ‘Red’ 154 for 3 in 31.1 overs (Deepanshu Pal 69, Aviral Patel 42, Divyanshu Mishra 3 for 35).

K Sports 204 for 7 in 35 overs (Anand Srivastava 85, Shubham Saxena 2 for 26, Faizal Lari 2 for 34, Mohsin 2 for 36)

beat ASCA 147 in 32.4 overs

(Mohsin 51, Sandeep Pandey 28, Surendra Kumar 5 for 13, Saksham Chandra 2 for 25, M Rehman 2 for 27).