New Delhi: Kavish Gaur’s lethal bowling helped Salwan Public School, Mayur Vihar thrash Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School, Ajmeri Gate by two wickets in Group H Round 2 match of the Coca-Cola Cricket Cup under-16 inter-school tournament, played at Parmarth ground today.
Anglo Arabic Sr. Sec. School won the toss and opted to bat first. However, Salwan Public School’s bowler Kavish used the new ball and fresh pitch well as he rattled the opponent’s batting line-up with his deadly bowling. His six-wicket haul helped his team to bowled-out Anglo Arabic Sr. Sec. School in 23.5 overs.
Only Jay Bharadwaj and Sajid Khan showed some resistance and scored 51 and 46 runs respectively to take their team’s score to respectable 153 runs.
Batting second, Salwan Public School faced some deadly spells by Razi Ahmad (5/22) but managed to achieve the target after losing eight wickets. Vimal Kamal led the batting line-up with his unbeaten 51-run knock and won the match in 39.1 overs.
Kavish was adjudged Man-of-the Match for his all-round performance (6/28 & 18 runs).
Brief Scores
AASSS-AG: 153 all out in 23.5 overs (Jay Bharadwaj 51, Sajid Khan 46; Kavish Gaur 6/28).
SPS-MV: 154 for 8 wkt in 39.1 overs (Vimal Kamal 51 n.o.; Razi Ahmad 5/22).
Match 2: In another league match in Group D, Muni International School, Vikaspuri defeated Mount Abu Public School, Rohini Sector 5 by 44 runs, played at Vikaspuri ground today.
Muni International School won the toss and elected to bat. With the help of Sanjeev Shah (39) and Gurdeep Singh Sodhi (26), they scored 126 runs for seven wickets in 30 overs.
For Mount Abu Public School, Jatin Shokeen (3/6) and Rahul Bhatt (2/9) managed to destabilise the opponents.
While chasing, Mount Abu were bowled-out at a meagre score of 82 runs. Sudhir spearheaded the bowling attack with his three-wicket haul. From the other end, Sankalp Mishra and all-rounder Gurdeep claimed two wickets each and bundled-out the opposition in 26 overs.
Gurdeep was adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his all-round performance.
Brief Scores
MIS-V: 126 for 7 wkts in 30 overs (Sanjeev Shah 39, Gurdeep Singh Sodhi 26; Jatin Shokeen 3/6, Rahul Bhatt 2/9).
MAPS-R5: 82 all out in 26 overs (Chetanya Chauhan 16; Sudhir 3/18, Sankalp Mishra 2/10, Gurdeep Singh Sodhi 2/14).