Nava Nalanda beat Gyan Bharati by a huge 812 runs

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Feb 22 2016 | 9:57 PM IST
Nava Nalanda High School today defeated Gyan Bharati Vidyapith by 812 runs to achieve a rare feat in Cricket Association of Bengal organised Mayor's Cup inter-school cricket tournament here.
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.
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First Published: Feb 22 2016 | 9:57 PM IST

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