Man of the match Sumit Khatri (72) and Arjun Gupta (62) starred in NK Khanna Club’s two-run win over Kranti Star in the DDCA hot weather cricket tournament in the capital on Monday.
Batting first, NK Khanna Club posted 238/8 in 40 overs as Khatri and Gupta added a bulk of the runs. Aditya Kaushik chipped in with 35.
In reply, Siddharth Sharma (110) led the charge but could not see Kranti Star through as they were bowled out for 236 in 40 overs.
In another match, a fine century by Joginder Singh led Delhi Wonders to a four-wicket win over PMG.
Chasing 244 to win, Delhi Wonders overhauled the target in 39.3 overs. Earlier, PMG scored 243/6 in 40 overs, largely thanks to Abhimanyu Iswaran (98).
In the last match of the day, Rahul Dahiya struck 109 as SB Youth beat NSCC by 13 runs.
Scores: NK Khanna Club 238/8 in 40 overs (Sumit Khatri 72, Arjun Gupta 62, Aditya Kaushik 35) bt Kranti Star 236 in 40 overs (Siddharth Sharma 110, Wasim Ahmed 3/59, Sanjay Saini 3/30); PMG 243/6 in 40 overs (Abhimanyu Iswaran 98, Parshant Bhandari 55, N.S. Negi 3/39, Anirudh Singh 2/37) lost to Delhi Wonders 244 in 39.3 overs (Joginder Singh 103, Shivam Sharma 44); SB Youth 233/6 in 40 overs (Rahul Dahiya 109, Adity Kaushik 58, Jitender Yadav 3/57) bt NSCC 220/9 in 40 overs (Jitender Yadav 89)