DAV through to the Campus Cricket Final
May 17, 2019
DAV College, Chandigarh and Hindustan College, Chennai go through to the finals of the Red Bull Campus Cricket nationals after winning their semifinal matches against Alfala College, Delhi, and MMC College, Pune.
Opting to bat, DAV boys scored 129/7 in 20 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Alfala University, in reply, failed to score the required runs as they were able to gather 127/8 in the allotted overs.
DAV’s Gurnoor Brar was chosen Man of the Match. He took three wickets for 22 runs.
Earlier in the day, Hindustan College beat last year’s winners and World Finals runners up MMC, Pune, by 41 runs.
MMC Pune stopped Hindustan College at 122/9 after electing to bowl. The side, however, failed to overhaul the target as they were bowled out for just 81 runs in 16 overs.
Harish NS took four wickets for of Hindustan College and was named Man of the Match.
The National winner will represent India in the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Series Championship 2019.
Over 300 college teams from across the country participated in the 2019 edition of the tournament.
Dharamsala and Meerut were the two new cities that were added to the roster of this highly competitive college cricket competition taking place across four zones.
