Kanpur: Divyanshu Pradhan's splendid innings of 124 propelled YMCC to a victory of 164 runs against Kanpur Sporting Union, securing their place in the final of Dinesh Kumar Shukla memorial cricket tournament played at the RPCA ground Shyam Nagar on Tuesday.
YMCC, batting first, scored an impressive total of 6 for 263 in 35 overs. Divyanshu Pradhan and Utkarsh Tiwari were the principal scorers, contributing 124 and 70 runs respectively. Kanpur Sporting Union's innings crumbled at a mere 99 runs, with Saharsh Dwivedi scoring 22 runs. Tanveer Ahmad, Rahul Pal, Harshit Joshi and Aman Tiwari claimed 2 wickets each.
Brief score:
YMCC-6 for 263 (Divyanshu Pradhan 124, Utkarsh Tiwari 70, Abhishek Bhartia 36 not out, Shivam Shukla 2 for 35, Ashish Nishad 2 for 59).
Kanpur Sporting Union-99 (Saharsh Dwivedi 22, Quantum Sacham 16, Tanveer Ahmad 2 for 13, Rahul Pal 2 for 15, Harshit Joshi 2 for 16, Aman Tiwari 2 for 22).
KSS Cricket: Subhash Public School defeated Oxford School Shyam Nagar by 5 wickets in KSS Senior Cricket Championship played at Allen House School Rooma on Tuesday. Florets School Panki defeated Archies School by 4 wickets, Hiralal Patel School overcame Kanpur Public School Chakeri by 99 runs while KR Education received a walkover against their opponents.
Athletics: Pragati Verma of Allen House Business School Rooma secured gold medal in triple jump event at CSJM Inter College Athletic meet held at the IIT ground recently.