Hitesh fashions Gujarat victory; UP win

Published>Fri, Feb 12 10 04:55 AM

An unbeaten 102 run knock by Hitesh Patel was the highlight of the match as his team? Gujarat registered a thumping ten wicket victory against Rajasthan in their league match of the 9th Dr Shakuntala Mishra memorial inter-state cricket for the visually impaired at KD Singh 'Babu' Stadium, Lucknow on Thursday. Hitesh's unbeaten 102 came off 37 balls which featured 21 boundaries.

Hosts Uttar Pradesh continued to perform well. They beat Maharashtra by ten wickets in their second league match. The star performer on behalf of UP was Ganesh (71 not out; 1 for 21). Two more league matches of the same tourney were played on Thursday. Karnataka defeated Jharkhand by nine wickets in their league match while Haryana beat Bihar by 38 runs. The highlights of the match were an unbeaten 96 run knock by Dinesh Kumar of Haryana and a 78 run knock by Ashish Negi of Bihar. Brief Scores: (at 'Babu' Stadium):-1st match: Jharkhand: 100 for nine in 20 overs ( Amar Kumar Sharma 22, Furquan Khan 12, Prashant Kumar 11; Shekhar Naik 2 for 9, Ravi S 1 for 10, Mahesh 1 for 21); Karnataka: 104 for one in 90 overs ( Shekhar Naik 51 not out, Jilani 24; Ananta K 1 for 23); Man-of-the-match: Shekhar Naik (Karnataka);2nd match: Rajasthan: 155 for eight in 20 overs ( Islam Ali 58, Murari Lal 29, Hanuman Punia 24; Santosh 3 for 5, Naresh 2 for 13, Damor Bhalate 2 for 36); Gujarat: 156 for no loss in 8.4 overs ( Hitesh Patel 102 not out, Ketan Patel 34 not out); Man-of-the-match: Hitesh Patel (Gujarat); (at Chowk Stadium):-1st match: Haryana: 226 for six in 20 overs ( Dinesh Kumar 96 not out, Karan Singh 35, Satveer Singh 20, Ganesh 12, Vineet Kumar 10; Balmukund 2 for 32); Bihar: 188 for seven in 20 overs ( Ashish Negi 78, Bishojit 23, Shaukat 20; Dinesh 1 for 23, Vineet 1 for 38).Man-of-the-match: Dinesh Kumar (Haryana). 2nd match: Maharashtra: 135 for nine in 15 overs ( Anil 35, Dinesh 28, Prakash 15, Ashutosh 12; Syed Gazi 1 for 17, Ganesh 1 for 21); Uttar Pradesh: 136 for no loss in 12.1 overs ( Ganesh 71 not out, Syed Gazi 31 not out); Man-of-the-match: Ganesh (UP).

Selection trialsThe selection trials for the year 2010-2011 for new induction at Sports Authority of India, Extension Centre Day Boarding Schemes (Boys & Girls) 2010-2011 will be conducted on February 16 and 17 at UP Badminton Academy, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow for badminton (DBS- Boys & Girls). For Hockey (DBS-Girls), the trials will be held on February 18 at Karamat Hussain Muslim Girls' Inter College, Lucknow, informs director SAI sub-centre, Lucknow Sanjay Saraswat. Those interested should contact concerned centres for details.

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