Dehradun, 01 April (HS). The District Cricket League 2024-25 for U-19 men's category was launched on Monday by the District Cricket Association. Two matches were played on the first day. Dehradun B and Dehradun C won.
The first match was played between Dehradun A and Dehradun B at MAMS Cricket Ground Raiwala Dehradun. Dehradun A won the toss and gave Dehradun B a chance to bat first. Dehradun B, who came to bat, scored 251 runs for eight wickets in 40 overs. In this, Raj Topwal contributed 99 runs, Tanishk Mehta contributed 56 runs, Neelaksh Vats contributed 32 runs and Gochar Kapil contributed 21 runs. On behalf of Dehradun A, the capable bowler Semwal took three wickets, Suraj Nautiyal and Ansh Joshi took two wickets each and Mohammad Arsalan took one wicket.
Chasing the target, Dehradun A was all out after scoring 216 runs in 40 overs. In this, Shaurya Chauhan contributed 45 runs, Paritosh Chauhan contributed 45 runs, Abhishek contributed 52 runs and Hrithik Ashu contributed 25 runs. Whereas from Dehradun B, Shaurya Rana, Rajveer Saini and Hrithik Duhun, Krishna Rajbhar took two wickets each and Ayush took one wicket. Dehradun B won this match by 35 runs. The match was umpired by Rahul Rawat, Ayush Singh and online scoring was done by Shakti Singh.
The second match was played between Dehradun C and Dehradun D at DIMS Cricket Ground, Sahaspur. Dehradun C won the toss and elected to field. Dehradun D, who came to bat first, managed to score 265 runs for three wickets in the stipulated 40 overs. In this, Utkarsh Pandey contributed 119 runs and Shivastik Visht contributed 50 runs. In bowling for Dehradun C, Jai Rao, Abhinav Singh and Himanshu took one wicket each. Dehradun C, chasing the target, won by scoring 266 for six wickets in 38.4 overs.
In this, Tushar Sethi contributed 116 runs, Rahul Kumar contributed 77 runs, Vinayak Baluni contributed 23 runs and Sampann Joshi contributed 18 runs. From Dehradun D, Piyush Chauhan took three wickets, Akshit Sirola took two and Dhairya Rawat took one wicket. Dehradun C won this match by four wickets. The match was umpired by Sumit Gupta, Vaibhav Bhardwaj and online scoring was done by Amarjeet Singh.
During this, DCA Dehradun President Neenu Sehgal, Secretary Vijay Pratap Mall, Joint Secretary Anil Doval, Director DCA Ashok Gupta, President Rishikesh Division DCA Dehradun Dhanpal Kharola, Cricket Operation DCA Sumit Doval, Administration DCA Vipin Joshi, Abhishek Chauhan, selectors Dhanraj Sharma and It was Sheetal Singh.