Madhav Kaushik on Monday became the first player to score a century in the USA Pears-Daredevils School Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament this season. His 102 (62 balls, 5x4, 5x6) helped Modern School, Barakhamba Road, rally from 17/2 to 192/4. They then coasted to a 95-run win over St Mary’s Public School, Neb Sarai, restricting the opposition to 85/8. Kaushik dominated the 118-run third wicket stand in 12.1 overs along with Swapnil Bist (35, 30 balls, 4x4) and then collected 57 (35 balls) for the fourth wicket in the company of Vijayant Sahu (22 not out, 17 balls, 1x6). In Group K, St Sophia Public School thrashed Air Force Bal Bharti School by 103 runs, to score their second straight win. Left-arm spinner Prashant Singh clinched 3/20 as Air Force Bal Bharti could only manage 91/8 in pursuit of 195. Earlier, St Sophia School rode on an 105-run opening stand between Bharat Kunwar (45) and Sahil Tyagi (47) to post 194/8 in 20 overs. MRV School, Dwarka, stayed in the race for a berth in the next stage with a facile eight-wicket win over St. Michael’s Senior Secondary School in Group B. Their match against Cambridge Foundation on October 12 assumes knockout proportions as Ganga International School look set to take top place in the Group.
Scores Group B: St Michael’s Senior Secondary School 96/4 in 20 overs lost to MRV School, Dwarka 97/2 in 15.5 overs (Saurav Chauhan 41 not out, Pradeep Kumar 27) Group D: Modern School, Barakhamba Road 192/4 in 20 overs (Madhav Kaushik 102, Swapnil Bist 35) bt St. Mary’s Public School, Neb Sarai 85/8 in 20 overs (Swapnil Bist 2/8, Himanshu Bhardwaj 3/19) Group K: Bal Bhavan International School, Dwarka 180/5 in 20 overs (Gupil Rai 41, Mayank Rawat 36, Ankit Pratap Singh 46) bt St Mary’s Public School 59 in 18.5 overs (Mayan Rawat 2/9, Dushyant Dagar 2/6, Dinesh Mor 3/11, Ankit Pratap Singh 2/13) Group K: St Sophia Public School 194/8 in 20 overs (Bharat Kunwar 45, Sahil Tyagi 47, Ayush Lajpal 2/42, Lashkar Kungan 3/33, Anirudh Shukla 2/18) bt Air Force Bal Bharti School 91/8 in 20 overs (Shivam Khattar 34, Prashant Singh 3/20, Sushil Gond 2/13, Sahil Tyagi 2/11)
