Sahibabad| Noida Wonders entered in the semi-finals with a win over Skanda Sports in the 8th Rajpati Mishra Cricket Tournament. Noida Wonders defeated Skanda Sports by 49 runs. Skanda Sports won the toss and invited Noida Wonders to bat first. Noida Wonders scored 282 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 40 overs taking advantage of the poor fielding of Skanda Sports. Salil Malhotra played a brilliant inning of 120 not out and Parth Jain played an inning of 68 runs. Aryan Chaudhary took 1 wicket by giving 32 runs and Abhinav Bhatt took 1 wicket by giving 51 runs. Chasing a target of 282 runs, the entire team of Skanda Sports bundled out for 233 runs in 34.2 overs and lost the match by 49 runs. Saksham Roy scored 49, Bhuvan Tyagi scored 41, Himesh Krishna scored 36 runs. Karan Chaudhary took 3 wickets by giving 39 runs and Vivek Dhami took 3 wickets by giving 50 runs. Salil Malhotra was awarded with the Sports Sun Man of the Match.
Brief Scores :
Noida Wonders: 4/282 over 40, Salil Malhotra 120 not out, Parth Jain 68, Hiten Dalal 44, Aryan Chaudhary 1/32
Skanda Sports: 10/233 over 34.2, Saksham Roy 49, Bhuvan Tyagi 41, Himash Krishna 36, Karan Chaudhary 3/39, Vivek Dhami 3/50