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Yugal Saini's all-round show guides Mount to quarters of Laxman Dass Memorial Cricket
Mount lost Arpit Rana early, in the first over. However, No.3 Pranav Rajvanshi (55), No. 4 Dhruv Singh (53) and Saini (55 not out off 56 balls) took the team home
TDJ News Service
30 Apr, 2025
Fresh from his 140 not out off 86 balls against MTNL on Monday, Mount Cricket Club's Yugal produced an all-round performance on Tuesday to help his club beat Essex Farms Club by six wickets to enter the quarterfinals of 40th Laxman Dass Memorial Cricket Tournament. The event is part of Delhi cricket's Hot Weather circuit.
Saini made 55 not out after taking 2/32 to guide his team.
"We did well to bowl out Essex Farms for 214 in 38.5 overs," said Saini, who picked the opposition's two top-scorers -- Kavya Gupta who scored 65 and Aman Jamwal who hit 63.
Leg-spinner Kartik Siddhu took 4/31 for Mount.
The target wasn't much.
Mount lost Arpit Rana early, in the first over. However, No.3 Pranav Rajvanshi (55), No. 4 Dhruv Singh (53) and Saini (55 not out off 56 balls) took the team home.
"I was in good form, as I had made 140 in the league match just a day before," said Saini who scored a century in the previous match at the ongoing tournament. He is third on the list of run-getters.
Kavya Gupta was awarded with Fighter of the Match title but Saini earned the Player of the Match Award.
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