Another school cricket feat: Now a team beaten by 812 runs in CAB tournament

Nava Nalanda High School on Monday defeated Gyan Bharati Vidyapith by 812 runs to achieve a rare feat in Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) organised Mayor's Cup inter-school cricket tournament in Kolkata.

Batting first Nava Nalanda HS rode on centuries from Sreyas Banerjee, Iman Chowdhury and Dipanshu Sarkar to pile 617/2 in 38 overs. There was more misery in store for Gyan Bharati, who conceded 227 runs as a penalty for a slow over rate of seven overs.

Banerjee blasted 193 from 78 balls with 32 fours and eight sixes while Chowdhury (179 from 77 balls; 24x4s, 9x6s) and Sarkar (176 from 58 balls; 18x4s, 15x6s) remained unbeaten to give the total a late push.

In reply, Gyan Bharati were skittled out for 32 in 11.3 overs with Sandip Halder being the wrecker-in-chief with a five for 27-run spell to go down by the huge margin. Incidentally at the same ground of Northern Park, Ritvik Sinha of Tirthapati Institute scored a colossal 383 in their win against Park Institute last week.

Brief Scores: Nava Nalanda High School 844/2; 45 overs with penalty (Shreyas Banerjee 193, Iman Chowdhury 179 not out, Dipanshu Sarkar 176 not out) b Gyan Bharati Vidyapith 32; 10 overs (Sandipan Halder 5/27). Nava Nalanda won by 812 runs.