Narrow win for Malda

Malda defeated 24 Parganas (South) by one run in a thriller in an under-16 Dattu Phadkar Trophy match, on Saturday. 24 Parganas (South) scored 127 for seven in response to Malda’s 128 for eight.

Summarised scores

Malda 128/8 (Tafeyel Ahmed 34, Amit Sikari 3/18). 24 Parganas (South) 127/7 (Tanmoy Nayek 27, Injamam Ul Haque 3/23). Malda won by one run.

Bankura 74 (Subham Sarkar 2/8, Hanuman Sanchiti 2/14, Rakesh Karmakar 2/18). Cooch Behar 75/2 (Subham Sarkar 37). Cooch Behar won by eight wkts.

CAB XI in final

CAB XI completed a comfortable seven-wicket over Videocon school of cricket to reach the final of the Ganga Motors Cup, on Saturday. They will now face Mainland Sambaran CA Red in the final on Sunday.

Brief scores

Videocon school of cricket 212/7 in 35 overs (Ritesh Kumar 97). CAB XI 214/3 (Dipjyoti Roy Choudhary 86, Kazijunaid Safi 72). CAB XI won by seven wkts.

BHA league

Calcutta Port Trust swept past Calcutta Customs 4-1 while FCI (EZ) settled for a 2-2 draw with WB Police in the BHA league super division matches, on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Ranganathpur Union beat Presidency Muslim HS 2-0 in a first division group B match.

Das held

Third seed Sayantan Das conceded a valuable half point to Suvradeepta Das in the 3rd round of the state senior chess championship, on Saturday. Meanwhile, second seed Arindam Mukherjee, 7th seed Anjan Mallick and Dyutimoy Mukherjee earned full points to share the lead with 3 points each.