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Vijaya Cricket Academy defeated CCI Belgaum by 135 runs while St John defeated Sportsweek CC by 6 wickets in the final league match, to enter the finals of the All-India Late Bhikoo Pai Angle U-16 Cricket Tournament. The finals will be played between Vijaya CA-Belgaum and St John CA-Hyderabad at Fatorda on Thursday.
Put in to bat by CCI at Fatorda ground, Vijaya CA scored a whopping total of 289/4 in 45 overs. Atharva (91) and Mayank (55) shared 138 runs partnership for the opening wicket. Siddhart (26) and Adhoksh (28) made important contributions to the team total. Akshay and Ashish took a wicket each. In reply, CCI were bundled out for 153 in 37 overs due to devastating bowling by Atharva (7-22) and Mayank (3-32). Only Pranav (35) could offer some resistance.
In another match at Agonda ground, Sportsweek won the toss and batted. But they could only manage 136 runs in 30 overs with Vedant Naik (41) and Omprakash Lenka (31) batting well. Sanchith (3-34) was the pick of the bowlers with Dheeraj and Mayank claiming 2 wickets each. In reply, St John achieved the target in 29 overs with 6 wickets in hand. Abhinav 41 and Mayank 25 batted well in St John’s win.
