Hailakandi, April 11: Narasingha Higher Secondary School conquered the prestigious Baidyanath Smriti School under-15 Cricket Tournament title by defeating South Point High School by 35 runs in the final at Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Silchar yesterday.
Narasingha won the toss and elected to bat. The team put up 161 runs on the board losing nine wickets in the stipulated 25 overs.
In reply, South Point was bundled out for 126 runs in 22.5 overs. Sanjoy Bose was the batting mainstay for Narasingha with 31 runs. Partha Das, Liton Debnath, and Bikash Das chipped in with 15, 14 and 11 runs, while Imran Hussain and Arshad Ahmed made 10 runs each. The South Point bowlers conceded 55 runs as extras.
Subhajit Sinha scalped three wickets for 35 runs, while Liton Choudhury picked up two for 19.
Jibitesh Bhattacharjee was the topscorer for South Point with 51 runs. His innings included seven boundaries. Liton Choudhury added 15 runs, while Sahin Ahmed Laskar and Subhajit Sinha chipped in with 12 runs each. Narasingha conceded 24 runs as extras.
Imran Hussain, Jahir Ahmed and Arshad Ahmed picked up two wickets each.
