Young players display of sporting skills in the semi-finals enthralls spectators
Lucknow, 1 February : The sixth day of the
International School Cricket League 'ISCL-2023', organized by City Montessori
School, Kanpur Road Campus, belonged to the promising young players who
displayed their best to take their respective teams to the finals. Today at
ISCL 2023, the semi-final matches were played in which the young cricketers gave
a full display of their sporting talents. It may be mentioned that 16 teams
from various prestigious schools from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Oman,
Nepal and India are participating in this international cricket tournament.
The
first semi-final match of ISCL-2023 was played at CMS Kanpur Road Cricket
ground between Bal Bhavan International School, Delhi and Aster Public School,
Noida. In this low-scoring match of matching talents, the talent of the
young players was worth watching, as they amazed the spectators with a
brilliant performance of tight bowling and excellent fielding. Batting first,
Aster Public School could manage only 74 runs losing all its 10 wickets in 16.1
overs. APS Noida batsmen looked helpless in front of tight bowling and excellent
fielding by Bal Bhavan, Delhi players. From Bal Bhavan, Prince Rana took 4
wickets in 4 overs and gave only 8 runs including one maiden over. In the
second innings, chasing a target of 75, the Bal Bhavan International School
team also had to face a lot of pressure from the Aster bowlers. However, Delhi
captain Aditya Chaudhary played patiently and scored 27 runs in 32 balls, while
Prince Rana remained unbeaten after scoring 13 runs in 7 balls. Thus, Bal
Bhavan International School, Delhi won the match by scoring 79 runs in 14.5
overs and entered the finals. Bal Bhawan player Prince Rana was declared the
Man of the Match.
The
second semi-final match played at the Multi-Activity Centre ground between
Ammenity Public School, Uttarakhand and Gyan Ganga Public School, Patna, Bihar,
also saw a tough fight. GGPS Patna won the toss and decided to field. Batting
first, Ammenity got off to a flying start and crossed the hundred mark in 12
overs. Ammenity's openning pair Abhinav Sharma made 30 off 32 balls while
Ashish Siwach scoring 20 off 11 balls made a solid start while Shubham Lamba
remained unbeaten on 45 off 22 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes in
the last over. Thus, Ammenity Public School, Uttarakhand scored 190 runs losing
7 wickets in 20 overs. GGPS Patna, however, could not get off to a good start
as wickets kept falling at regular intervals. The first wicket of GGPS fell at
4 runs. Although captain Rahul Ratan tried to increase the run rate by playing
an inning of 42 runs in 23 balls, the whole team was dismissed for 148 runs in
19.1 overs. Ammenity Public School, Uttarakhand, thus entered the
finals by winning the match by 42 runs.
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