Amritsar Academy topple Hat Trick Sports Academy

Tribune News Service

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AMRITSAR, FEBRUARY 26

Amritsar Cricket Academy defeated Hat Trick Sports Academy on the 35th day of the 44-day Richcook Junior League cricket tournament here on Friday.

After winning the toss, Hat Trick elected to bat and posted a target of 198 runs. Jashan and Aishveer scored 42 and 46 runs, respectively.

Amristar Academy, riding on the century by Arshdeep Singh (102 not out), won the match by nine wickets.

In another match, DAV International School got the better of RK Cricket Academy. Batting first, the RK were bowled out at 122 in 32.4 overs. DAV International School successfully chased the target by scoring 123 runs for the loss of five.

Meanwhile, Senior Deputy Mayor, Raman Bakshi, who is also vice-president of the Amritsar Games Association (AGA), announced that the Municipal Corporation Amritsar had sanctioned Rs1 crore for the historic Gandhi Ground. He added that Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu had announced this amount during his visit at the stadia during the recently concluded AGA Gold Cup Tournament. The AGA will soon receive half of the amount to initiate reconstruction and further development of the stadium.

Meanwhile, ADC Himanshu Aggarwal, who is also secretary of the AGA, stated that Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira, president of the AGA, decided to give 13 employees of the AGA wages at the DC rates.