Nikhil’s ton in DYA victory

An impressive century by Nikhil Shukla paved the way for a 78 run victory for DYA Club against Abhijeet Sinha Cricket Academy team in their league match of the 6th Lala Amarnath Under-16 Cricket Tournament at Pt. RB Tiwari Stadium,Lucknow on Thursday. Nikhil scored 107 runs off 85 balls which featured 13 boundaries and a six. Brief Scores: DYA: 187 for seven in 30 overs ( Nikhil Shukla 107,Utkarsh Srivastava 44; Rishi 3 for 41); ASCA: 109 all out in 24.4 overs ( Sunil 46,Akshat Tiwari 18; Asif 3 for 14,Sarvesh 2 for 18).

Sahara India win
Responsible batting efforts by Anshuman Raj (53 not out),Prashant Malviya (56) and Akash Verma (34) went a long way as their team— Sahara India defeated Lucknow Starlets by six wickets in its super league stage match of the 2nd Askari Hasan Prize Money Cricket Tournament,in Lucknow on Thursday. On behalf of Lucknow Starlets,Ravikant Shukla (62),Alok Pandey (32 not out),Waseem Khan (33) and Arun Sharma (32) were the main run-getters. Brief Scores:- Lucknow Starlets: 206 for four in 35 overs ( Ravikant Shukla 62,Waseem Khan 33,Alok Pandey 32 not out,Arun Sharma 32; Tariq Zafar 1 for 23,Deependra Pandey 1 for 28,Manish Yadav 1 for 42); Sahara India: 209 for four in 31.4 overs ( Anshuman Raj 53 not out,Prashant Malviya 56,Akash Verma 34; Ravikant Shukla 1 for 17,Arun Sharma 1 for 32,Alok Pandey 1 for 41,Ratnakar Maurya 1 for 48).

Ravin elected
Honorary Secretary UP Swimming Association (UPSA) Ravin Kapoor has been elected Associate Joint Secretary of Swimming Federation of India in the recently concluded elections held at Goa on June 15. Kapoor is also the president of UP Triathlon Association and Joint Secretary of UP Olympic Association.

Vaibhav,Dhawal excel
A century by Vaibhav Kumar (103 not out off 91 balls; 14×4) and a six wicket haul by Dhawal Pandey were the highlights of the match as LCA Vikas Nagar beat LCA ‘LU’ by 86 runs in their league match of the 10th Varsha Trophy Under-16 Cricket Tournament in progress at Lucknow.