Sahibabad | SRK Technology defeated Young Friends Club by 105 runs In the 8th Rajapati Mishra Cricket Tournament being played at Mohan Meakins ground at Mohan Nagar. Young Friends captain Mayank Rawat won the toss and decided to bowl first. This decision proved wrong for Young Friends Club; SRK Technology scored a huge score of 384 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 40 overs on a run-filled Mohan Meakins ground pitch. The bowlers of Young Friends Club looked absolutely helpless. Lakshya Dalal, while batting brilliantly, played an innings of 207 runs in 117 balls with the help of 23 fours and 10 sixes, it was also the first double century of the tournament. Lakshya Thareja played an unbeaten inning of 65 and Keshav Dabas scored 42 runs. Vishal Chaudhary and Aryan Kapoor took 2-2 wickets. Chasing a mammoth target of 385 runs, though the Young Friends batsmen scored quickly, but due to continuous fall of wickets, the entire team succumbed to a score of 279 runs in 31.2 overs. Captain Mayank Rawat’s first bowling and then the changes in the batting order also surprised everyone. Snehashish Shah, who gave a great start to the Young Friends Club in the entire tournament, came to the batting at number 6, Sahil Tada, who scored the most runs in the entire tournament and man of the tournament, came to bat at number 5 in the final match instead of number 3. Tada scored the highest innings of 78 runs for the team. Aryan Kapoor scored 39 and Sikandar scored 35 runs. Keshal Dabas took 3 wickets by giving 35 runs and Anshuman Yadav and Gaurav Saroha took 2-2 wickets. Man of the Tournament was awarded to Sahil Tada, Best Batsman to Lakshya Dalal, Best Bowler to Vishal Chaudhary, Best Wicket-keeper Toshant Walecha, Emerging Player of the Tournament to Bhuvan Tyagi and Best Fielder to Siddarth. Sports Sun Chairman Pawan Kumar and Ghaziabad Cricket Association President Rakesh Mishra played the role of chief guest in the final match.
Brief Scores :
SRK Technology: 8/384 over 40, Lakshya Dalal 207, Lakshya Thareja 65, Keshav Dabas 42 not out, Aryan Kapoor 2/70, Vishal Chaudhary 2/60
Young Friends Club : 10/279 in overs 31.2, Sahil Tada 72, Aryan Kapoor 39, Sikandar 35, Keshav Dabas 3/35, Anshmun Yadav 2/15, Gaurav Saroha 2/58