26th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket begins

Patna, November 28, 2010: The 26^th edition of the All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament got off to a colourful start at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday. One exhibition cricket match and an attractive opening ceremony added the charm to the oldest school tournament of Bihar.

In on field action, Greenland International School beat Don Bosco Academy by 17 runs in the opening match. Batting first Greenland boys scored 131 all out off 19.5 overs while Don Bosco Academy boys could muster 114 runs.

Manoj (36), Pulak (26) and Rishab (18) came good with the bat for Greenland. Utshasht captured 3 wickets for 21 runs while Sourabh bagged two wickets.

Saurabh (39) and Anitk (35) did well for Don Bosco Academy but the other batsmen faltered. Rahul Dev took four wickets for 10 runs. Vivek claimed two wickets.

Rahul Dev was declared man of the match.

Earlier, Pratayay Amrit, senior IAS officer, Dr Achal Sinha and Dr Chittaranjan Prasad jointly inaugurated the tournament. Ajay Kumar Sinha, SK Malhotra, Mritunjay Tiwari and Ajay Narayan Sharma were present at the inaugural function. Tournament secretary Bijoy Kumar Narain Chunnu welcomed the guests.

In the exhibition match BP Sinha Foundation prevailed over Punjabi Bradari by 15 runs.

Brief Scores: BP Sinha Foundation 159 for 4 off 20 overs (Pratayay Amrit 11, Nikhilesh Ranjan 51, Prakash 36, Ratan 19 not out, Kanwaljeet Khanna 2 wickets).

Punjabi Bradari 144 for five off 20 overs (Kanwaljeet Khanna 41, Vinay Gambhir 47).

Photo caption: Top: 26th All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament is being inaugurated.

Top 2: Players of exhibition match

Top 3: Players of Don Bosco Academy

Bottom: Players of Greenland International School

Photo: Sukhdeo Cricket Tournament Committee