Men’s U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 19: Uttar Pradesh’s Aditya Sharma and Prashant Veer slammed centuries and skipper Sameer Rizvi scored 96 runs, while J&K’s Vishal Kumar captured 5 wickets as Uttar Pradesh gained a huge first innings lead in the Men’s U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy at Green Park Stadium Kanpur today.
Earlier, resuming from an overnight score of 90/3, Uttar Pradesh scored a big total of 493/9 in 125 overs to gain a huge first innings lead of 277 runs.
Aditya Sharma scored 152 runs off 182 balls, studded with 16 fours and 2 sixes, while Prashant Veer scored 107 runs off 195 balls with 11 fours and one six and skipper Sameer Rizvi contributed 96 runs off 108 balls with 12 fours and one six. Vipraj Nigam was unbeaten on 40 runs at stumps on Day-2 today.
For J&K, left-arm spinner Vishal Kumar was the pick of the bowlers, who captured 5 wickets by conceding 105 runs in 39 overs, while Janib Javaid took 2 wickets by giving away 133 runs in 23 overs. Mujtaba Yousuf and Basit Bashir claimed one wicket each. J&K had scored a modest total of 216 runs in their first innings. Arnav Gupta (62) and Yawer (48) were the main contributors.
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