RUDRA Talekar hammered an unbeaten hundred for City Gymkhana on opening day of the VCA Affiliated Under-16 Inter-Academy Multi-Days Tournament that got underway at SB City College on Thursday. The event is being hosted by SB City Cricket Academy (SBCCA). Electing to bat against SB City Cricket Academy A, City Gymkhana piled 305-5 in 80 overs with Rudra (136*; 18x4, 2x6) and Aarav Trivedi (43; 5x4) doing bulk of the scoring. For SB City, Medhansh Goyenka picked 3 wickets conceding 52 runs from his 13 overs. In second match, Ruby Colts, batting first against Sahas Cricket Club, were shot out for 251 in 69.5 overs.

 

For Ruby, Tejaswa Rajpal (54, 11x4), Divit Sharma (51, 7x4, 2x6) and Nakul Maurya (36, 6x4) were the main scorers. For Sahas, Mehan Yadav and Riddhesh Dhok took four wickets each while Arnav Solanki chipped in with two. Sahas were 32 for 2 in 8 overs with Ruby’s Adwik Mishra taking both wickets. A total of 8 reputed academies from Nagpur are participating in this tournament. The tournament is being played on Test match rules with 80 overs per day, no declaration and follow-on rule applicable. Top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Mohit Shah, President, Nagpur Shikshan Mandal. The event was presided over by Dr Harish Rathi, Secretary. Manish Mishra, Incharge, SBCCA and Jitendra Giri were present on the occasion.