Karan,Nikhil help Vivek High Asian Academy triumph

Vivek High Asian Academy won the toss and batted first.

Karan Veer (72) and Nikhil Khanna (61) struck half-centuries each as Vivek High Asian Cricket Academy,Chandigarh,beat Dilmaha Cricket Academy,Sri Lanka,by 23 runs in the Under-19 Twenty20 Austasia Cup being played at Colombo in Sri Lanka. Anhad Sachdeva also starred in India’s victory with a superb bowling spell of 3 for 29.

Earlier,Vivek High Asian Academy won the toss and batted first. Riding on blazing knocks from Karan and Nikhil,the team posted 192 runs for the loss of nine wickets in stipulated 20 overs. Despite playing on the home ground,the Sri Lankan bowlers looked clueless and suffered thrashing at the hands of both the half centurions. Shaurya Partap provided the late fireworks with an unbeaten 23 runs while Karan Chahal chipped in with 22 runs. For Dilmaha Academy,Hafiz and Jagath were the most successful bowlers with three wickets each.

In reply,Dilmaha Academy were restricted to 169 for 7 in 20 overs. Taariq (47) played a blazing knock but fell short of his half-century by three runs. Nandd (40) and Pooran (38) also played their parts but could not steer the team to victory. Anhad bowled well to grab three wickets. Pranav and Angad Singh also built pressure on Sri Lankan batsmen and scalped two wickets each.

Pandove lauds Indian captain Harmanpreet

Congratulatory messages are still pouring in for Harmanpreet Kaur,who,on Thursday,was elevated to the post of captain of the Indian women cricket team. With this,Harman,from Moga,became the first women cricketer from Punjab to be appointed to lead the national team. MP Pandove,secretary,Punjab Cricket Association (PCA),said it was a proud moment for the state as the Punjab’s women captain has been made skipper of the national side for the ODI series against Bangladesh to be held next month. Pandove showed his confidence in her and said this would prove to be a shot in the arm of Punjab’s women cricket fortunes. He stated that Harmanpreet’s exploits,despite coming from a small village,would inspire more young girls to take cricket as sport and help Punjab once again re-establish themselves on the cricket map in India. “I am sure that Harmanpreet Kaur would certainly serve the country for a longtime,” he said.

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