Katihar: Rising Star Club defeated Sunny Cricket Academy by 97 runs in the match played on Thursday in the ongoing Katihar District A Division Cricket League at Rajendra Stadium in the city.
The match was played for 30-30 overs. Rising Star Club team won the toss and batted first and scored 256 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 30 overs. Aditya Raj scored 110 runs and Anupam Kashyap scored 78 runs.
In bowling, Avinash Kumar took 3 wickets and Vishwajeet Kumar took 2 wickets from Sunny Cricket Academy. Chasing the target of 257 runs, Sunny Cricket Academy team could score only 159 runs after losing all the wickets in 30 overs. Vishwajeet Kumar scored 76 runs and Mukul Sharma scored 24 runs.
In bowling, Harsh Nanda took 4 wickets and Amit Kumar took 2 wickets from Rising Star Club. Rising Star Club won the match by 97 runs and gained 2 points. Deepak Jaiswal and Sarvesh Kumar were the umpires while Aditya Singh was the scorer.
