Patna: AK Cricket Academy and High Performance Cricket Academy (HPCA) triumphed in their respective matches during the Abhishek Memorial Under-16 Inter-School Cricket Tournament on Thursday at the Bihar Cricket Academy Ground, La Martiniere World School. AK Cricket Academy defeated BPCA Blaster by 4 wickets, while HPCA claimed a nine-wicket victory over Lakshya Cricket Academy.
In the first match, BPCA Blaster, having won the toss, were all out for 90 runs in 15.5 overs. AK Cricket Academy chased the target with ease, scoring 91 runs for 6 wickets in just 8.3 overs. Manjeet Kumar, who took 4 wickets for just 4 runs, was named Player of the Match.
In the second match, Lakshya Cricket Academy scored 138 runs in 19.3 overs, with Anirudh Raj playing an impressive solo innings of 100 runs. However, HPCA chased down the total with ease, reaching 144 runs for the loss of just 1 wicket in 12.5 overs, thanks to unbeaten half-centuries from Rahul Yadav (73*) and Sanskar Prabhakar (58*). Vineet Yadav, who took 5 wickets for 20 runs, was awarded Player of the Match.
Brief Scores:
First Match:
BPCA Blaster: 90 all out in 15.5 overs
(Mohit Srivastava 19, Deepak Kumar not out 14, extras 32; Manjeet Kumar 4/4, Vishal 3/32)
AK Cricket Academy: 91 for 6 in 8.3 overs
(Aditya Rishuranjan 32, Avinash Bharti not out 6, extras 30; Balaji 2/6)
Second Match:
Lakshya Cricket Academy: 138 all out in 19.3 overs
(Anirudh Raj 100, extras 19; Vineet Yadav 5/20)
HPCA: 144 for 1 in 12.5 overs
(Rahul Yadav 73*, Sanskar Prabhakar 58*; Rahul Kumar 1/44)
