Kanpur: Rolland Club triumphed over Sky Club by 76 runs in the final to claim the second Samuel Bali & BD cricket tournament, which concluded at the RPCA ground on Wednesday. Batting first, Rolland Club amassed 178 runs in 33.3 overs before dismissing Sky Club for 102 runs. After the match, chief guest Himanshu Pradhan, manager of Jwala Devi School, presented trophies to the winning and runner-up teams. Manish Verma and Amrit Sachan were named best batsman and best bowler, respectively, while Amrit Sachan also received the player of the tournament award.
Brief scores: Rolland Club 178 (Manish Verma 50, Saurabh Mishra 33, Gopal Singh 23, Vijay Verma 20; Ankit Madhav Gupta 4-47, Ankit Sachan 3-33) beat Sky Club 102 (Veer Singh 28 not out; Sumit Vashisht 5-17, Satvik Sharma 3-19, Aryan Diwakar 2-29) by 76 runs.
Moti Ram U-15 Tournament Matches
In the late Moti Ram U-15 cricket tournament held on Wednesday, Moti Ram Advocate Cricket Bhola Singh and Arun Awasthi XI registered victories. At Rashtriya ground, Bhola Singh XI beat Bhatnagar XI by three wickets. Bhatnagar XI scored 170 (Tanush Awasthi 83, Shaurya Upadhyaya 29, Raj Singh 24; Sajal Srivastava 4-6, Anand Tripathi 2-34), while Bhola Singh XI reached 173 for 7 (Abhay Kumar 49, Sajal Srivastava 20, Amarendra 66 not out; Raj Singh 3-22). At Kanpur South ground, Arun Awasthi XI defeated Narendra Tiwari XI by 83 runs. Arun Awasthi XI posted 195 (Kanha Bhatia 116; Skand Sengar 4-4, Jyotirmoy Dwivedi 2-20), and Narendra Tiwari XI were all out for 112 (Shikhar Srivastava 23; Ansh Gaur 4-11, Anant Kumar 2-15).
KDMA League Results
In the KDMA league, Wanders Club, National Youth, and Friends Union Clubs secured full points with victories on Wednesday. At PAC ground, Wanders Club beat Graduate Club by seven wickets. Graduate Club made 187 (Abdul Altaf Khan 66, Shivansh Singh 21; Hemendra Yadav 2-22, Neelesh Kaul 2-22, Rohit Kumar 2-23, Yash Yadav 2-47), and Wanders Club replied with 188 for 3 (Mohd Obaid 36, Neelesh Kaul 86, Abhay Yadav 50 not out; Ayush Kumar Nishad 1-34). At Gems ground, National Youth drubbed Superior Spirit by 23 runs. National Youth scored 204 (Yash Pal 42, Devansh Swarup 34, Arman Tiwari 26, Abhishek Rai 31 not out; Nishkarsh Srivastava 2-30, Shranjul Tiwari 2-34, Madhav Sharma 2-42), and Superior Spirit managed 181 (Kumar Abhinav 52, Amit Bhagat 42, Madhav Sharma 30; Dhanesh Chauhan 3-36, Divyanshu Pandey 2-30). At Sapru ground, Friends Union defeated Kanpur Starlet by seven wickets. Kanpur Starlet were bowled out for 119 (Devendra Yadav 27, Shyam Kumar 23; Aditya Singh 3-13, Anupam Tiwari 2-11), and Friends Union reached 122 for 3 (Ayush Mandhani 56 not out, Sahil Verma 41 not out; Vikas Singh 2-26).
