Patna: Thanks to the century of Lavkesh (103 runs) and the brilliant batting of Deepesh Kumar Gupta (83 runs not out), Arwal defeated Saran by 36 runs in the Patliputra Zone of the Randhir Verma Under-19 Cricket Tournament. This is Arwal’s second win in 3 matches while this is Saran’s third consecutive defeat.
In this match played at the local Moinul Haq Stadium, Arwal won the toss and batting first scored 277 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Saran’s team was all out for 241 runs in 44.2 overs. Harsh Rajput played an inning of 74 runs, Suraj played an inning of 49 runs. Happy Kumar took 3 wickets for 35 runs while Deepesh Kumar Gupta took 2 wickets for 36 runs.
Brief scores:
Arwal: 277 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs, Nitish Kumar 35, Lavkesh Kumar 103 runs, Deepesh Kumar Guptan 83 not out, Anand Rai 13, extra 24, Ayush Raj 4/24, Anees Singh 1/34,
Saran: All out for 241 runs in 44.2 overs, Harsh Rajput 74, Aditya Raj 30, Suraj Kumar 49, Guddu Yadav 35, Siddhant Upadhyay 13, Tabish Iqbal 15 not out, extra 20, Happy Kumar 3/35, Adarsh Sharma 1/19. , Deepesh Kumar Gupta 2/36, Faiyaz Alam 1/20.
