Shubhi bags double crown in AITA tennis

Boys Under-12 Singles: Anshymat Srivastav (Bih) bt Kundan Dalmia (UP) 1-6,7-5,6-1;

Girls Under-12 Singles: Shubhi Dwivedi (UP) bt Moksha Thukral (UP) 7-6 (2),6-2;

Girls Under-16 Singles: Shubhi Dwivedi (UP) bt Pragya Sinha (UP) 6-4,2-6,6-3.

Saturday’s Fixtures: Men’s Singles final followed by Girls Doubles final.

Kshetij excels
A devastating six wicket haul by Kshetij Lal (6 for 6 in 3.2 overs) helped UP Timber in defeating Sahara India by 53 runs in their league match of the 1st Kanshiram memorial twenty20 cricket tournament organised at KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium,Lucknow. In a semi-final match of the same tournament which is being organised in various divisions,Gujral’s Academy beat Lucknow Cricket Foundation by ten wickets while Supreme Club beat Armaan Academy by 123 runs in a second round match.

Brief Scores:
(at ‘Babu’ Stadium):- UP Timber: 143 for six in 20 overs ( Anshul Kapoor 48 not out,Shubham Bindra 34,Abbas Raza 34; Naveen Choudhary 3 for 28,Arvind Mishra 1 for 17,Rizwan Ahmed 1 for 25); Sahara India: 90 all out in 16.2 overs ( Subodh Srivastava 34,Anshuman Raj 23,Deependra Pandey 16; Kshetij Lal 6 for 6,Akhilesh Kushwaha 3 for 10); Man-of-the-match: Kshetij Lal.

(at NR Stadium; 1st match):- Lucknow Cricket Foundation: 97 all out in 18.3 overs ( Dharmendra 27; Anil Sharma 2 for 20,Anoop Pandey 2 for 13,Abhishek Yadav 2 for 17); Gujral Academy: 98 all out in 12.5 overs ( Lakhan Singh 46,Abhishek Yadav 45); Man-of-the-Match: Abhishek Yadav;

(2nd match):- Supreme Club: 196 for eight in 20 overs ( Abhishek Yadav 92,Vikrant Singh 54; Rohit Pal 3 for 29); Armaan Academy: 73 all out in 16.3 overs ( Sudesh Yadav 30,Rohit Pal 19; Abhishek Yadav 3 for 5,Prabhat 2 for 15). Man-of-the-Match: Abhishek Yadav.

U-16 cricket trials
About 150 boys were shortlisted on the second day of the three-day under-16 district cricket trials at Northern Railway Stadium,Lucknow. The third day’s trials will be organised from 7.00 am at KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium,Lucknow. Secretary Cricket Association Lucknow (CAL) KM Khan informed that around 60 to 70 boys will be selected from these trials and then the Lucknow regional trials will be organised from April 11 at KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium,Lucknow. Those selected in the those trials will be participating,from the Lucknow region,in the final trials which are organised by Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association at Kanpur.

Harshad shines
A six wicket haul by Harshad Chelwan (6 for 27) was the highlight of the match as his team— Arya Cricket Academy settled for a draw against Akota Cricket Club,Baroda in their league match of the 3rd LCA Under-16 Cricket Trophy,in Lucknow on Friday. In another league match of the same tourney,Lucknow Cricket Academy beat Panthers Cricket Academy by 78 Runs. Arya XI and LCA have now entered the final of the tournament.

Brief Scores:
(1st match):- Arya Cricket Academy: 89 all out in 19.1 overs (Deepak Yadav 26,Ankit 21; Harshad Chelwan 6 for 27,Dhawal Deshpandey 2 for 0); Akota Cricket Club,Baroda: 89 all out in 28.4 overs ( Aditya Shukla 28,Huziaifa 16; Deepak Yadav 4 for 19,Asif 3 for 12,Sumit Tiwari 3 for 19). Man-of-the-match: Deepak Yadav.

(2nd match):-Lucknow Cricket Academy: 238 for nine in 40 overs ( Avneesh Pathak 65,Ravi Jaiswal 54 not out,Om Prakash 30,Asif Hussain 29; Alok Yadav 2 for 28,Amit Mishra 1 for 33); Panthers Cricket Academy: 160 for eight in 40 overs ( Ritesh Jaiswal 62 not out,Sukrat Pandey 36,Manish Rai 21; Ravi Singh 3 for 33,Rohit Kishore 3 for 34,Sandeep Yadav 2 for 13). Man-of-the-match: Ravi Singh.