Mother Teresa Mission School, Gyan Jyoti Residential Public School post comprehensive wins

Patna, December 8, 2015: Mother Teresa Mission School outgunned Himalayan Public School by eight wickets and Gyan Jyoti Residential Public School beat St Albert’s High School by six wickets in the 31st All India Sukhdeo Narain Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday. With this wins, both the teams entered the second round of the championships.

Ajit of Mother Teresa School, who scored 36 runs and Divyanshu of Gyan Jyoti, who made 35 runs, were adjudged man of the match.

Batting first, Himalayan Public boys garnered 88 runs for the loss of 8 wickets off 20 overs. In reply, Mother Teresa boys achieved the target losing two wickets on the way off 9 overs.

In the next match, St Albert’s boys scored 111 runs for the loss of nine wickets off 25 overs. In reply, Gyan Jyoti boys made 112 for the loss of 4 wickets off 21.1 overs.

Brief scores: Himalayan Public 88 (Krishna 34, Baljeet 18, Piyush 15, Raj Kumar, Dilip and Rahol took two wickets each)

Mother Teresa: 89 for 2 (Ajit 36, Rahul 26, Raj 19, Pratik and Nandeep bagged one wicket each)

St Albert’s: 111 for 9(Vaibhav 14, Ved Prakash 14, Ashish 11, Abhishek 10, Kumar Dev, Ranvir Ranjan and Akash Pandey captured two wickets each)

Gyan Jyoti: 112 for 4 (Divyansh 35, Samir Kumar 25, Monu Ranjan 12, Ankit and Abhishek bagged one wicket each).

Residential National Public School and PD Public School in Sukhdeo cricket second round

Patna, December 7, 2015: Residential National Public School and PD Public School moved into the second round of the 31st All India Sukhdeo Narain Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Monday.

Residential National Public School beat Dev Public School by 39 runs while PD Public School edged out Vidya Niketan (Manhar) by 39 runs.

Zain Kazmi of National School, who made 39 runs and Sachin Kumar of PD Public School, who hit 52 runs off 42 balls, were adjudged man of the match in their respective ties.

Brief scores:

National Public School: 133 for 8 off 25 overs (Zain Kazmi 39, Ashish 24, Sanjeev 15, Pranay 15, Vishesh 3 for 17)

Dev Public School: 94 all out off 24.5 overs (Ankit 26, Rahul 24, Amarjeet 3 for 18, Ashish and Pramod bagged two wickets each)

PD Public School: 149 for 7 off 25 overs (Sachin 52, Rohit 19, Gaurav 19, Rahul Kumar 2 for 25)

Vidya Niketan: 110 all out off 23.2 overs (Shivam Kumar 40, Aman Kumar 14, Raunak 4 for 24, Nishant 2 for 19)

Easy win for St Paul’s International School

Patna. December 6, 2015: St Paul’s International School thrashed Litera Valley by 8 wickets in the opening match of the 31st All India Sukhdeo Narain Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament here.

Batting first, Litera Valley scored 68 all out off 19.2 overs. In reply, St Paul boys raced to the target losing two wickets off 13. 2 overs. Aman Avinash of St Paul’s, who made unbeaten 30 runs, was declared man of the match.

Earlier, Bihar Finanace Minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui inaugurated the tournament.

Brief score: Litera Valley- 68 (Vaibhav 19, Shashi 11, Extras 28, Akash Raj 2 for 24, Rajanikant 2 for 12, Mithilesh Kumar 2 for 8, Sarvottam 2 for 14)

St Paul’s:  69 for 2 (Aman Avinash 30 not out, Akash Raj 15, Animesh 1 for 19).

Sukhdeo cricket trophy unveiled

Patna, December 4, 2015: The 31st All India Sukhdeo Narain Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament Trophy was unveiled here on Friday.

Former international umpire LP Verma, tournament committee patron Binod Kumar, its president Rohit Jain, Bijoy Kumar Narain Chunnu, Diljeet Khanna and Ashok Kumar Sinha jointly unveiled the trophy.

This year’s Sukhdeo cricket tournament will be dedicated to Swachh Bihar and de-addiction

Patna, December 3, 2015: The 31st edition of the All India Sukhdeo Narain Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament will be dedicated to de-addiction and Swachh Bihar, according to organising secretary Bijoy Kumar Narain Chunnu.

The tournament will begin at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on December 6. In the opening match Litera Valley School will meet St Paul’s International School.

The programme schedule states that all participating teams will assemble at 8 am at the venue. All participating teams will line up before the main stage with their school flags.

Raman Sindhi will deliver motivational speech. School girls will line up from entrance point to main dais to welcome the guests.

Arrival of guests and they will be received by the members of the organising committee thereafter tilak and garlanding ceremony would be performed.

Organising secretary Bijoy Kumar Narain Chunnu will pin up the badge to the guests.

HL Gulati will request the chief guest to hoist the tournament flag. Guests will light up Swachh Bihar torch and hand it over to senior most captain of a team for making an inner round of stadium holding the torch. Participating teams will follow the torch bearer to make a round of the ground.  Then the teams will take oath and take pledge for Swachh Bihar and de-addiction.  

Chief guest will declare the tournament open.

Bursting of 31 crackers and releasing of balloons are the other programmes. Distribution of dark glasses to the blind children and study materials to Madrasa students are the other programmes of the opening ceremony.

School students will display placards displaying the slogans on de-addiction.

The organizing committee has also decided to honour students, who had participated in the tournament previous years and got 75 per cent marks in the class 10th examination.

JRM Takshila, Holy Vision advance into Sukhdeo cricket last 16

Patna, November 4, 2014: JRM Takshila Convent, Paliganj, and local Holy Vision International School advanced into the pre-quarterfinals of the 30th All India Sukhedo Narain Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

JRM Takshila beat St Michael’s High School by 60 runs while Holy Vision International trounced Lohia Nagar Mount Carmel School by 7 wickets.

Brief scores: JRM Takshila Convent: 187 for 3 off 25 overs (Vivek Kumar 21, Atul Aditya 98, Zain Kazmi 32, Extras 35, Atul Prakash 1 for 15)

St Michael’s High School: 127 all out off 22.2 overs (Ankit Pratap 19, Ravi Kumar 20, Sarbottam 15, Rocky Raj 25, Utkasrh 3 for 38, Nitish 1 for 3)

Lohia Nagar Mount Carmel School: 68 all out off 19 overs (Sahil 21, Amit 13, Akash Chopra 4 for 12, Arun 2 for 18, Shashank 2 for 5)

Holy Vision International: 72 for 3 off 13 overs (Shivam 20, Arun 16, Arulya 1 for 17, Sourav Singh 1 for 10).

Dony Polo Public School enter Sukhdeo cricket quarterfinals

Patna, November 16, 2011: Dony Polo Public School, Patna and Sports Hostel, Uttar Pradesh booked their berths into the quarterfinals of the 27th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament here on Wednesday.

Dony Polo Public School defeated Pragya Niketan, Sasaram by 86 runs while Sports Hostel, Uttar Pradesh beat Vivek Vihar Public School, Patna by 72 runs.

Ankul Ashish of Dony Polo, who scored 16 runs and claimed four wickets for 21 runs was declared man of the match in the first match while Prince Shahi of Sports Hostel, who claimed four wickets for two runs, was named man of the match for the second match.

Brief scores: Dony Polo Public School: 164 all out in 24.5 overs (Ishan-35, Vibhuti-28, Pravi Ranjan-10, Shubham-12, Uttrakarsh-20, Ankul Ashish-16, Vivek Kumar-2/23, Alok Kumar-2/39, Animesh Kiumar-2/30).

Pragya Niketan: 78 all out in 20 overs (Gaurav-13, Pawan-15, Alok-13, Ankul Ashish-4/2, Ritesh-2/9, Sanjeet-3/21, Shubham-1/14).

Sports Hostel: 107 all out in 23.5 overs (Prabhash-47, Prakash-4/17, Farhan-2/17, Sanjeet-2/10).

Vivek Vihar Public School: 35 all out in 13.5 overs (Prince-4/2, Azad-2/15, Sanjay-1/6, Rahul-1/1).

Dev Public School move into Sukhdeo cricket quarterfinals

Patna, November 13, 2011: Dev Public School and Children’s Happy Home, Katihar, entered the quarterfinals of the 27th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament here on Sunday.

Dev Public School beat St Dominic Savio’s High School by 32 runs while Children’s Happy Home beat Indian Public School by six runs.

Manish Kumar of Dev PS, who scored 55 runs and Ashwani Kumar of Children’s Happy Home, who claimed four wickets for 18 runs, were adjudged man of the match in their respective matches.

Brief scores: Dev Public School: 166 all out in 25 overs (Suddarshan-38, Manish Kumar-55, Atul-10, Aditya-14, Kumar Abhishek-3/29, Avinash-2/30, Sushant-2/20).

St Dominic Savio’s School: 134 for nine wickets in 25 overs (Sushant-25, Prakash Kumar-12, Kumar Abhishek-32, Akashdeep-14, Aditya-15, Manish-2/15, Aditya-2/16, Kshitiz-1/13)

Children’s Happy Home: 107 all out in 21.4 overs (Bhanu Anand-34, Sunny Jha-11, Shahbaz-11, Rishav Singh-3/17, Anupam Prince-2/23 Satyam-1/8, Raj Verma-1/18)

Indian Public School: 101 all out in 23.2 overs (Satyam-11, Rishav-10, Suraj Sharma-32, Anmol-11, Ashwani Kumar-4/18, Shahbaz-2/22, Shakeel-2/12).

Saraswati Vidya Mandir edge out Prakritik School

Patna, November 10, 2011: Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Siwan struggled to down Prakritik School, Patna by 11 runs and moved into the second round of the 27th All India Sukhdeo Narain inter- school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

Electing to bat first, Saraswati Vidya Mandir made 155 for the loss of six wickets off 25 overs. In reply, Prakritik School boys stumbled out for 144 runs off 24.1 overs.

Prince (35) and Ranjeet (53) gathered 91runs for the first wicket for Siwan school. Ranjeet slammed five boundaries and one six in his half century. Kanha, Ranjeet and Atul each took one wicket for Prakritik School.
Aditya Dhanraj (30) and Vishal (37) gave a sound start to Prakritik innings. But the latter batsmen failed to do justice with the bat. Pankaj got three wickets for 17 runs. Ranjeet of Siwan was adjudged man of the match.

In the second match, Merry Children School Hazaribagh crushed Litera Valley School, Patna by 185 runs.

Brief scores: Merry Children School: 219 for 9 off 25 overs (Prashant 21, Nitish Kumar 37, Naveen 72, Aditya 2 for 38, Divyanshu 2 for 39).
Litera Valley: 34 all out off 12.5 overs (Extras 19, Neeraj 3 for 3, Navin 2 for 15, Narendar 2 for 2).

Vidya Bharti, Biharsharif move into second round

Patna, November 8, 2011: Vidya Bharti, Biharsharif steamrollered Dev Public School, Saharsa by 10 wickets in the 27th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.
In another match, Indian Public School, Patna thrashed Government Senior Secondary School by seven wickets.
Brief scores: Dev Public School: 69 all out off 18.1 overs (Saurabh 8, extras 43, Bittu 4 wickets for 16 runs, Saurabh Kumar 2 wickets for 6 runs).
Vidya Bharti: 75 for no loss off 8.1 overs (Sandeep 42 not out, Bittu Pandey 20 not out). Man of the match: Bittu Pandey.
Government Senior Secondary School: 134 for 8 off 25 overs (Vikas Kumar Singh 61, Anand Mohan Singh 13, extras 39, Aditya 5 for 25). India Public School: 135 for 3 off 23.4 overs (Anupam Prince 48, Ashish Kumar 20, Rishav Singh 22, Vikas Kumar 1 for 22). Man of the match: Aditya Kumar.

St Dominic School post convincing win

Patna, November 7, 2011: St Dominic School and Children Happy Home (Katihar) chalked out imposing victories and moveed into the second round of the 27th All India
Sukhdeo Narain Memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Monday.
St Dominic boys thrashed St Michael’s School by 37 runs while Children Happy Home thrashed DAV Public School (Patna) by 167 runs.

Batting first St Dominic School made 130 runs off 24.3 overs. In reply St Michael’s School crashed out for 93 runs off 20.3 overs. In the second match, Katihar boys scored 228 runs for the loss of two wickets off 25 overs. In reply, DAV boys crashed out for 61 runs off 11.4 overs.

Kumar Abhishek of St Dominic School and Raunak Soni of Katihar were adjudged man of the match for their respective matches. Vijay Kumar Narain ‘Chunnu’, joint secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board gave away the awards.

Brief scores: St Dominic School: 130 (Saurabh 22, Akash Deep 20, Sadanand 16, Prashant 3 for 32, Azad 3 for 21, Abhishek Ranjan 2 for 8, Saurabh 2 for 9). St Michael’s School: 93 (Aman 15, Abhishek Ranjan 15, Abhishek 3 for 15, Deepak and Avinas took two wickets each).

Children Happy Home, Katihar: 228 for 2 (Raunak Soni 75). DAV Public School: 61 all out (Abhiskek Priya 10, Md Shakil 4 for 4).

27th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket begins in Patna

Patna, November 6, 2011: The 27^th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament got off to a colourful start at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

Bihar Road Construction Department secretary Pratyay Amrit inaugurated the tournament. Senior resident editor of the Hindustan Times, Patna edition, Mammen Matthew was the guest of the honour in the opening function.

An exhibition match between BP Sinha Foundation and Punjabi Bradari was played to mark the occasion. BP Sinha Foundation beat Punjabi Bradari by four wickets.

Students of different schools presented attractive cultural programme in the opening function.

Organising secretary Vijay Kumar Narain “Chunnu” welcomed the guests.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Litera Valley School record easy victory

Patna, December 1, 2010: Litera Valley School thrashed Sun International School by seven wickets in the 26th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday.

Ranjit Kumar of the Litera Valley School, who took four wickets for 17 runs, was adjudged man of the match.

Vivek Vihar Public School beat Siddhartha Public School by 16 runs in the second match of the day. Vishal Sinha of Vivek Vihar School, who made 30 runs and captured four wickets for 35 runs, was named man of the match.

Brief scores: Sun International School: 111 all out in 19.5 overs (Pushkar-25, Ankit-25, Kunal-10, ranjit-4/17, Pushkar-3/18).

Litera Valley School: 112 for three wickets in 14.3 overs (Ayush-32 not out, Abhinav-19, Saurabh-10 not out, Harsh-2/23).

Vivek Vihar Public School: 153 for six wickets in 25 overs (Kumar Gaurav-38, Vishal Sinha-30, Shivam-14, Sanjeet-12, Om Prakash-3/22, Bihari Singh-3/21).

Siddhartha Public School: 137 all out in 24.2 overs (Pawan Kumar-17, Om Prakash-35, Akash Kumar-15, Vishal Sinha-4/35, Prakash-1/21).

Big win for KPS Residential Public School

Patna, November 30, 2010: KPS Residential Public School chalked out 78-run victory over Dev Public School in the 26th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

With this win KPS Residential Public School moved into the pre-quarter-finals. Roshan Kumar of KPSRP School, who made 30 runs, was declared man of the match.

In the second match, Swami Vivekanand Residential Public School beat SVMRP School by three wickets. Arpan Pratik of Swami Vivekanand RP School, who hit 43 runs, was declared man of the match.

Brief scores: KPSRP School: 152 for eight wickets in 25 overs (Manish Vaibhav-14, Pravi Ranjan-23, Vikas Raj-25, Roshan Kumar-30, Sachin-13, Sajid Haq-10, Sumit-2/27, Amit-2/16).

Dev Public School: 74 for nine wickets in 15.5 overs (Rajiv Kumar-11, Shashi-3/6, Sachin-2/5, Abid-2/5, Pravi-1/15).

SVMRP School: 167 for six wickets in 25 overs (S Khan-39, Siddhartha-30, Ram Hirdya-21, Asfi-32, Ram Prasad-2/23, Kumar Kislay-1/35, Sanjay-1/20).

Swami Vivekanand School: 169 for seven wickets in 23.5 overs (Abhishek Anand-45, Arpan Pratik-43, Gautam-11, Sanjay-11, Siddhartha-2/19, Asfi-2/24, Ram Hirdya-2/24).

Photo caption: KPS Residential Public School boys pose for a group photograph in Patna on November 30, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

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

26th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket from November 28

Patna, November 6, 2010: The 26^th edition of the All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school under -17 cricket tournament will be held from November 28 at the Moinul Haq Stadium here.

According to tournament committee chairman Gurcharan Gandhi, the last date for entry is November 14. Entry forms will be available at Lav Kush Tower Exhibition Road, Patna, in working days.

Donny Polo School clinch Sukhdeo cricket trophy

Patna, December 6, 2009: Donny Polo School lifted 25th all-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket trophy defeating Dev Public School by three wickets in a keenly contested final at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

In a low scoring match, batting first Dev Public School could manage to score 60 runs off 19.5 overs. Donny Polo medium pacers wreaked havoc on Dev School batting line up with beautiful demonstration of swing bowling. Pramod Kumar was the pick of the bowlers claiming three wickets for 21 runs. Anurag was the lone batsman who reached the double figures (14). Shasim, Deepak and Rahul took two wickets each.

In reply, Donny Polo boys too lost quick wickets. At one stage, they were struggling at 46 for the loss of six wickets. Nishant (16) and Aditya (12) later guided their side to victory. Donny Polo achieved the target losing seven wickets, Rajkishore and Aditya claimed two wickets each.

Pramod was adjudged man of the match.

Patna Central MLA, Arun Kumar Sinha was the chief guest at the closing function and he distributed the prizes. Vinod Kumar, Dr Achal Kumar Sinha, NK Saini, chief manager, Canara Bank and Bihar Players Association president Mritunjay Tiwari were the special guest at the function.

The organizers also felicitated photojournalists Aftab Alam Siddiqui, Ashish Gupta and Pramod Kumar for their contribution to sports photography.

Photo caption: Donny Polo School boys with Sukhdeo cricket trophy in Patna on December 6, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Donny Polo School to face Dev Public School in Sukhdeo cricket final

Patna, December 2, 2009: Donny Polo School set up title clash with Dev Public School in the 25th All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday. The final will be played on December 6.

In the semifinals, Dev Public School edged out Ashwani Public School, Danapur by 23 runs while Donny Polo School, Patna chalked out a comprehensive 8-wicket win over Bharti Public School, Delhi.

Praviranjan of Ashwani Public School and Deepak Kumar Singh of Donny Polo School were named man of the match in the respective matches. Bihar Cricket Association secretary, Ajay Narain Sharma gave away the prizes.

Put into bat, Dev Public School made 131 runs all out off 24.1 overs while Ashwani Public School boys could manage to score 108 runs off 24.2 overs.
In the second match, batting first Bharti Public School scored 73 off 22.1 overs. In reply, Donny Polo boys surpassed the target losing two wickets on the way.

Brief scores: Dev Public School 132 (Saket 33, Anurag 21, Sudarshan 17, Anis 15, Praviranjan five wickets for 21 runs, Himanshu Hari 2 for 22).
Ashwani Public School, Danapur: 108 (Fahad 29, Cahndan 20, Praviranjan 14, Anurag 2 for 15, Kushagra Mani 2 for 30, Raj Kishore 1 for 9).
Bharti Public School: 73 (Ankit Narang 21, Abhishek Chowhan 19, Lokesh 10, Deepak Kumar Singh 3 wickets for 7 runs, Rohan Mishra 3 for 19).
Donny Polo School: 77 for 2 (Nitesh Anand 34, Nishant Kumar not out 25, Sachin 1 for 17).

Photo caption: Bihar Cricket Associaion secretary Ajay Narain Sharma gives away man of the match award to Deepak Kumar Singh of Donny Polo School in Patna on December 2, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Dev Public School and Donny Polo School move into Sukhdeo cricket semifinals

Panta, December 1, 2009: Dev Public School and Donny Polo School advanced to thesemifinals of the 25th All-India Sukhdeo Naraian memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Minul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

Dev Public School annihilated Don Bosco Academy by 123 runs while Donny Polo School trounced St Francis School, Punjab, by 71 runs.

Raj Kishore Yadav of Dev Public School and Anmol Kumar Boni of Donny Polo School were adjudged man of the match in their respective matches. Dr Ajay Sinha and Dr Chitaranjan Prasad jointly gave away the awards.

Batting first, Dev Public School scored 198 for eight wickets off 25 overs. Sudarshan (37), Akash (30), Raj Kishore (29) and Anish (26)were the main contributors. Amitabh and Mukesh claimed two wickets each.

In reply, Don Bosco Academy could score 75 runs for the loss of nine wickets off 25 overs. Rishav made 36 runs. Raj Kishore grabbed three wickets for 6 runs.

In the second match of the day, Donny Polo boys collected 158 runs for 5 off 25 overs, Anmol Kumar Boni played a blazing knock of unbeaten 85 runs. Ritesh Kumar scored 27 runs.
In reply, St Francis boys were all out for 87 runs. Ajay Sandhu (22), Rispal Singh (17) and Rajbir Singh (15) were the main contributors. Anand Priya and Rahul Kumar destroyed visitors’ innings claiming three wickets each.

Photo caption: Donny Polo School boys in Patna on December 1, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Ashwani Public School and Bharti High School in Sukhdeo cricket semifinals

Patna, November 30, 2009: Ashwani Public School and Bharti High School cruised into the semi-finals of the 25th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Monday.

Ashwani Public School beat Siddhartha Higher Secondary School by seven wickets and Bharti High School destroyed Sahu Jain High School by nine wickets. Kumar Raj (Ashwani Public School) and Vikas Vagri (Bharti High School) were adjudged man of the match for their respective matches.

Brief scores: Siddhartha Higher Secondary School: 70 all out in 19.1 overs (ManishPatel-19, S Habib-11, Kumar Raj-3/10, Himanshu Hari-2/17, Prashant Kumar-2/4).
Ashwani Public School: 74 for three wickets in 13.4 overs (Raj Kishan- 24, S Fahad-14, S Habib-2/14).
Sahu Jain High School: 77 all out in 19.5 overs (Sandeep-17, Md Saleem-13, Amar-11, Vikas Vagri-4/12, Subrato-3/17, Sachin-2/11).

Bharti High School: 78 for one (Vikas Vagri-39 not out, Ankit Narang-23, Sanjay Kumar-1/6).

Photo caption: Bharti High School boys pose for a group photograph in Patna on November 30, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui