Thanks to fine allround show by Ayaz Khan, Rizvi SC defeated Future Star Cricket Academy by 10 runs to enter the final of the MCC Cup (Under-16) cricket four-team league, here at Oval Maidan here today. Rizvi, who remained unbeaten in the four-team league, now will take on hosts Jwala Sports Foundation, who beat both the other teams, Future CA and MCC, for the coveted trophy.
Ayaz played a fine knock of 53 and along with Prince Singh (54) helped Rizvi SC hit up 220 and in Future Star’s innings, he captured three wickets as Future Star Cricket Academy fell short by 10 runs. In the other low-scoring tie, hosts JSF dismissed MCC for 103 and then make light of their target to be home with seven wickets to spare.
Brief scores : Rizvi SC 220 all out (Prince Singh 54, Ayaz Khan 53; Avojoti Biswal 4/32) bt Future Star SA 210 all out (Arman Pathan 51, Hansraj Dubey 40; Mohin Khan 3/24, Ayaz Khan 3/37) by 1- runs. MOM – Ayaz khan.
MCC “A” 103 all out (Hussain Shaikh 35; Kartikeyan Pal 6/22) lost to JSF 107/3 (Diyan Kubadiya 47; Mohd Ashfaque 2/12).