Published: Feb 22, 2016, 10:39 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 23, 2016, 01:00 AM (IST)
Kolkata: Nava Nalanda High School today defeated Gyan Bharati Vidyapith by 812 runs to achieve a rare feat in Cricket Association of Bengal organised Mayor’s Cup inter-school cricket tournament here. Batting first Nava Nalanda HS rode on centuries from Sreyas Banerjee, Iman Chowdhury and Dipanshu Sarkar to pile 617/2 in 38 overs. There was more misery in store for Gyan Bharati, who conceded 227 runs as a penalty for a slow over rate of seven overs. Banerjee blasted 193 from 78 balls with 32 fours and eight sixes while Chowdhury (179 from 77 balls; 24x4s, 9x6s) and Sarkar (176 from 58 balls; 18x4s, 15x6s) remained unbeaten to give the total a late push.
In reply, Gyan Bharati were skittled out for 32 in 11.3 overs with Sandip Halder being the wrecker-in-chief with a five for 27-run spell to go down by the huge margin. Incidentally at the same ground of Northern Park, Ritvik Sinha of Tirthapati Institute scored a colossal 383 in their win against Park Institute last week. ALSO READ: Pranav Dhanawade smashes a record 1,000 runs in an innings!
Brief Scores: Nava Nalanda High School 844/2 in 45 overs with penalty (Shreyas Banerjee 193, Iman Chowdhury 179*, Dipanshu Sarkar 176*) beat Gyan Bharati Vidyapith 32 in 10 overs (Sandipan Halder 5/27). Nava Nalanda won by 812 runs.
School cricket and inter-school cricket competitions often witness some bizarre records coming up. Sometimes it is attributed to the ground and on other occasions to a too weak opposition squaring-off with a much better side. Although this is not the only reason. Some exceptional cricketing performances can also be due to some special talent in the youngsters. We had earlier witnessed Pranav Dhanawade smashing a decuple century in Mumbai.
