Winning players of Under-14 team of District Cricket Association. -Source: Organizer
Una. The Junior Under-14 team of District Cricket Association (DCA) Una performed brilliantly on Sunday at Indira Gandhi Cricket Ground. In the final match of the Inter District Under-19 Cricket Competition, the Under-14 team registered a shocking victory by defeating the Senior Under-19 team by three runs in a thrilling match.
After the match, the winning junior team was given a trophy of Rs 11,000 and the runner-up senior team was given a trophy of Rs 5,100. On this occasion, DCA Una President Madan Puri was present as the chief guest and honored the players. Batting first in the final match, the junior team scored 125 runs in 20 overs. Team's batsmen Saksham Dhiman (33), Vaibhav Sharma (27), Sumit (13) and Abhinav (15) made important contributions. Among the bowlers of the senior team, Kavish took three wickets, Divyansh took two wickets, while Bhavishya, Adit and Dheeraj took one wicket each.
While chasing the target, the Under-19 senior team could score only 122 runs. However, team captain Adit scored a brilliant 70 runs, Arya Thakur contributed 37 runs, but the performance of the rest of the batsmen was weak. The bowling and fielding tactics of the junior team put the senior team under pressure and prevented them from reaching the target.
District Cricket Association President Madan Puri said that this competition was organized to identify cricket talent from rural areas of the district. Now the selected players of these two teams will get a chance to participate in the upcoming district and regional competitions. Sumit Sandhu was honored with Rs 1100 and a memento for Man of the Match. Manoj, Kapila, Satrup Parihar, Rahul, Ashok, Vinod Thakur, Vikram and other members were also present on this occasion.
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