Centurions Bageshwar, Rathod guide NCA to semi-finals

RIDING on fine centuries from Ansh Bageshwar and Aryan Rathod, Nagpur Cricket Academy stormed into the semi-final of the ongoing Shree Sports organised Under-14 Cricket Tournament. NCA beat Ruby Colts by 301 runs in their league match at at Kurvey’s ground. Bageshwar slammed 100 from 59 deliveries while Rathod cracked 133 also from 59 balls as Nagpur Cricket Academy posted a whopping 392 for four against Ruby Colts. Bageshwar’s century had 14 boundaries and a six while Rathod slammed 25 fours and two sixes. For Ruby Colts Shantanu Shelke (1-38) and Faizan Syed (1-45) were the wicket takers.

In reply, Ruby Colts managed to scored 91 for nine in 30 overs with Faizan scoring 22 and Shelke 21. Divyansh Sahurkar was the most successful bowler for NCA with three wickets for 14 runs. In another match, Citi Gymkhana thrashed SGCA Amravati by 139 runs. Asked to bat first, Citi Gymkhana scored 241 for two in allotted 30 overs. Priyanshu Jachak, Viraj Kapgate and Krishna Satarkar scored a half century each. Jachak slammed a 53-ball 60 runs while had nine boundaries while Kapgate’s unbeaten 65 came from 73 deliveries and contained eight boundaries. Satarkar too remained undefeated on 69 from 43 deliveries and hit 13 boundaries.

For Amravati, Yuvraj Ulhe took one wicket. In reply, Amravati were all out for 102 in 27.4 overs. Veer Chikhalkar was the lone batter to show some resistance with a fighting 42 from 38 balls. He hit six boundaries. Anay Sharma managed 20 runs. For Citi Gymkhana, Aarav Trivedi (3-21) and Devanshu Tumsare (2-10) were the wicket takers.

In another match played at SB City ground, Pravin Hinganikar Cricket Academy defeated Nagpur Shikshan Mandal by seven wickets. Nagpur Shikshan Mandal were bundled out for 71 in 29.3 overs with Arsh Kapse taking four wickets for just nine runs. Darsh Mamidwar tool two wickets. For Nagpur Shikshan Mandal, Dhairya Armorikar was the top scorer with 26 runs from 28 balls which had five fours. In reply, PHCA achieved the target in just 12 overs losing three wickets. Nagesh Umale scored a 36-ball 37 with three boundaries while Nachiket Deotale scored nine runs. For NSM, Parth Kadu took one wicket.