Man of the match Sankalp Srivastava scored 34, while Adit Pahwa picked up 3/22 in DPS, RK Puram’s two-wicket win over Modern School, Barakhamba Road, in the semi-finals of the 5th Hargopal Under-16 cricket tournament at the Modern School grounds.
In the final, DPS will face Government Senior Secondary School, Pausangipur, who beat Quetta DAV School, Nizamuddin, by 20 runs in the other semi-final.
Set to chase 142, Saurabh Kanojia and Rohan Dev Verma shared five wickets as the Pausangipur School restricted Quetta DAV to 122/6 in 20 overs. Anurag Kanojia (64 not out) was named the man of the match.
Earlier, DPS’s Srivastava and Vinayak Goyal withstood incisive spells from Himanshu Bhardwaj (3/23) and Zoravar Singh (2/19) as the team pulled off a narrow win.
Scores: MSBK 112 in 20 overs (Ekansh Gulati 24, Shrey Tanwar 23; Adit Pahwa 3/22, Harsh Bhoot 2/19) lost to DPS RK Puram 113/8 in 19.5 overs (Sankalp Srivastava 34, Vinayak Goyal 18; Himanshu Bhardwaj 3/23, Zoravar Singh 2/19); Govt Boys Senior Secondary School Pausangipur 142/3 in 20 overs (Anurag Kanojia 64 not out, Himanshu Suri 27; Ankit Mishra 2/27) lost to Quetta DAV 122/6 in 20 overs (Vikas Chaudhary 67, Yogesh Sharma 19; Saurabh Kanojia 3/13, Rohan Dev Verma 2/22)