Kanpur: Madhav Gupta’s six wicket haul and Veer Singh’s unbeaten knock of 80 runs helped Arun Awasthi XI beat Sharad Kapoor XI by 2 wickets and enter the final of Late Motiram U-15 Cricket Tournament being played here at Sapru ground, on Tuesday.Sharad Kapoor, deciding to bat first, scored 9 for 241 in 35 overs with the help of Vishesh Agnihotri’s fine century (140). Arun Awasthi XI, in reply, scored 242 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 34 overs.Brief score: Sharad Kapoor XI-9 for 241 (Vishesh Agnihotri 140, Shivansh 32, Madhav Gupta 6 for 42, Mohd Hanzala 2 for 38) Arun Awasthi XI- 8 for 242 (Vivan Gandhi 55, Kartik Singh 26, Kanha Bhatia 20, Veer Singh 80 no, Avijanat Mishra 3 for 49, Chinmay Gaur 2 for 43)KDMA league: Olympic Club defeated Kanpur Starlet by 97 runs in quarter final tie of KDMA League at PAC ground on Tuesday. Batting first, Olympic scored 7 for 173 runs in 20 overs. Thereafter they wrapped the innings of Kanpur Starlet on 76 runs.Brief score: Olympic Club-7 for 173 (Punit Pal 82, Veer Pratap 37, Akash Yadav 25, Surendra Singh 2 for 23, Vikas Singh 2 for 28,) Kanpur Starlet-76 (Shreyansh Singh 20, Abhijeet Singh 4 for 12, Aniket Yada 2 for 17, Raj Katiyar 2 for 23) .
