JNT U-12 Tourney: Naman Bharadwaj guides Maplewood XI to victory

Kanpur: Opener Naman Bharadwaj’s fine knock of 75 runs empowered Maplewood XI to beat Liverpool XI by 12 runs in a pool league match of the JNT Under-12 cricket tournament for Sigma Griplock Trophy at Kanpur South Ground on Monday.Deciding to bat first, Maplewood XI scored 9 for 169 in 25 overs. Naman was the main scorer and struck 75 runs off 77 balls. Liverpool XI, in reply, could collect 6 for 157. Prince Yadav scored the highest 59 runs for his team. In another match, Swastik International defeated Oliver Brown by 9 wickets. Oliver Brown, after being invited to bat, scored 5 for 125. Swastik International, in reply, scored the required runs for the loss of one wicket.Brief scoresMaplewood XI – 9 for 169 (Naman Bharadwaj 75, Nishant Pal 22, Kartik Singh 13, Adarsh Prajapati 11; Shivansh P Singh 2 for 20, Rachit Yadav, Samrat Singh and Aviral Anand took one wicket each).Liverpool XI – 6 for 157 (Yashasvi Yadav 25, Yashashvi Chaudhary 13, Sarthak Agarwal 29, Prince Yadav 59; Arpan Singh, Aayug Yadav and Tejas Thakur scalped one wicket each).Oliver Brown – 5 for 125 (Arnav Katiyar 52, Devansh Tripathi 20, Vedant Bajpai 17; Antash Gupta, Harsh Vardhan, Vishal Singh and Advik Sachan took one wicket each).Swastik International – (Swastik PS 54 no, Adadhya Tiwari 26, Aditya Sharma 17 no; Krishiv Yadav 1 for 34)Late Motiram Cricket: Vedic Dixit’s unbeaten century helped Bhola Singh XI beat Dinesh Mishra XI by 7 wickets and sail into the final of the Late Motiram Under-15 cricket tournament being played at Sapru Ground on Monday. The tie witnessed one century from each team. Dinesh Mishra XI posted a total of 9 for 176 and, in reply, Bhola Singh XI scored 3 for 177 runs to win the match.Brief scoresDinesh Mishra XI – 9 for 176 (Rishu Pal 28, Ayman Pathan 101 no; Vedic Dixit 3 for 37, Anay Tripathi 2 for 43, Lakshyya Srivastava 2 for 17)Bhola Singh XI – 3 for 177 (Ahad Khan 23, Vedic Dixit 121 no; Raghvendra 1 for 34, Avinash 1 for 34)