Kanpur: JK Spartans defeated Mayur Miracles Kalyanpur by 7 wickets in a Kanpur Premier League match held under floodlights on Saturday.
With this victory, JK Spartans have now accumulated four points from four matches and are vying for a semi-final berth alongside Kanpur Prime Indians and Sisamau Super Kings. JK Spartans won the toss and invited Mayur Miracles to bat first.
They restricted them to 158runs. Raunak Singh and Mohd Sharim were the principal scorers, contributing 49 not out and 40 runs respectively. For JK Spartans, Nishant Gaud, Rishabh Rajpoot and Yashowardhan each claimed 2 wickets.
JK Spartans in reply achieved the required 160 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 18.5 overs. Manik Beri struck an unbeaten 67 runs, including 4 boundaries and 3 sixes. Brijendra Singh and Almas Shaukat contributed 31 and 41 runs respectively.