Kanpur: Vishal's splendid performance with bat and ball (64 runs and 3 wickets) helped YMCC defeat Graduate club by 5 wickets, advancing to the final of Mukta Malviya memorial cricket tournament at Kanpur South ground on Friday.
Graduate club, batting first, accumulated 150 runs, anchored by Mohd Ali's brilliant knock of 74 runs.
YMCC successfully chased the target, losing 5 wickets in 32.2 overs. Alongside Vishal Kumar, Afsar Alam contributed an unbeaten 50 runs.
Brief score: Graduate club—150 (Mohd Ali 74, Bilal Firoz 36, Vishal Kumar 3 for 20, Sachin Yadav 2 for 19, Devendra Singh 2 for 32, Aditya Singh 2 for 35)
YMCC—5 for 155 (Vishal Kumar 64, Afsar Alam 50 no, Amit Kumar 2 for 34, Ayush Nishad 1 for 19)
MOM—Vishal Kumar
Gupta Memorial cricket—National club beat SS club by 6 wickets, securing their spot in the semi-final of Satyavir Gupta memorial cricket tournament at Rashtriya Cricket Academy ground on Friday. SS club, after being put in to bat, posted 186 runs. Arun Rai and Aditya contributed 49 and 46 runs respectively. National club accomplished the chase, scoring 190 runs for 4 wickets in 32.1 overs.
Brief score: SS Club—186 (Arun Rai 49, Aditya Maurya 46, Satyam Yadav 24, Ashish Chaudhary 3 for 31, Anand Tiwari 3 for 34, Balram 1 for 24)
National club—4 for 190 runs (Vinayak Singh 73, Mahendra Singh 26, Sachin Nishad 58 no, Sheikh Mushtaq 20 no, Sumit Yadav 2 for 47)
MOM—Vinayak Singh