Varanasi24 December. Captain Subhash Rai’s unbeaten half-century (59 runs, 34 balls, two sixes, six fours) and his unbroken half-century partnership with Rajkumar (11 not out) proved to be decisive for the defending runners-up Vidya Bhaskar XI, who, after a thrilling struggle, defeated the former champion Paradkar XI by five wickets with four balls to spare in the inaugural match of the 38th Kanishka Dev Gorawala Media Cricket Competition here on Wednesday.
Prashant Mohan’s unbeaten fifty made the XI score 157 runs.
On the first day of the competition organized under the banner of Varanasi Press Club run by Kashi Journalist Association, Paradkar XI, who came to bat first at Dr. Sampurnanand Sports Complex, got the support of opener Prashant Mohan’s strong half-century innings (91 not out, 76 balls, one six, 13 fours), which made a strong score of 157 runs for 2 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Vidya Bhaskar XI scored 158 runs for five wickets in 19.2 overs.
Partnership of 135 runs for the second wicket between Prashant and Surendra
Paradkar XI did not have a good start and Abhishek Singh (1-24) lost the first wicket in the third over at a total of five. But Prashant Mohan took charge and along with Surendra Tiwari (37 runs, 39 balls, four fours) made a century partnership of 135 runs on the second wicket and took the XI beyond 150.
However, the opening batsmen of Vidya Bhaskar XI failed to play big innings and the bowlers led by Dhawal Chaurasia (3-34) lost five wickets in the 13th over. Among these, Omprakash Singh (20 runs, 27 balls, two fours), Abhishek Singh (18 runs, 12 balls, three fours), Subroto Mukherjee (12 runs, 14 balls, one four) and Vinay Shankar (10 runs, 16 balls, one four) reached double figures.
Match winning partnership of 65 runs between Subhash and Rajkumar
But at the time of need, Subhash thwarted the efforts of Prashant Mohan with his unbeaten fifty and ensured his team’s victory with a partnership of 65 runs with Rajkumar for the sixth wicket. Apart from Dhawal, Deenbandhu Rai and captain Pankaj Tripathi took one wicket each. Manohar and Rajesh Patel umpired the match while Nand Kishore was the scorer.
Before this, social worker Dr. Arvind Singh inaugurated the week-long competition among six teams. On this occasion, Varanasi Press Club President Chandan Rupani, Minister Vinay Shankar Singh, Treasurer Sandiya Gupta, Kashi Journalist Association President Arun Mishra, General Secretary Jitendra Srivastava, Treasurer Jaiprakash Srivastava, Sports Coordinator Krishna Bahadur Rawat, former association president Vikas Pathak, Yogesh Kumar Gupta, KDN Rai, Subhash Singh, Dr. Atri Bhardwaj, senior journalists Shubhakar Dubey, Ratan Singh, Ashish Bagchi, Purushottam. Dozens of union and club members including Chaturvedi were present.
thursday match , Hridaya Prakash XI vs Lalji XI (10.30 am).
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