Batting first, Greater Triveni were hardly troubled as they rode on Gajendra’s 118-ball 105 and Sahid’s quickfire 59 not out to post a mammoth 357 for five in the allotted 50 overs.

Desiya Matric’s hopes of making a fist of total suffered serious blows after Anish ran through their batting order. His effort of seven for 18 also earned him the man of the match award.

In another match, B Aparajith struck a century as St Bedes High School, Chennai registered a 15-run win over CAL Public School, Hyderabad. While Bedes, batting first, scored 236 for seven from 50 overs CAL could only muster 221.
Brief scores: At RSI (T): Greater Triveni Public School, Lohardaga, Jharkhand: 357/5 in 50 overs (Gajendra Singh 105, Amit Kumar 26, Suashanto Ghosh 48, Sahid 59 n.o., Vikas 30, Saurav Bhonsle 30 n.o.; Ranjith Kumar 2-74) bt Desiya Matric Higher Secondary School, TNCA Districts: 92 all out in 24.1 overs (E David 31; Anish Kumar 7-18, Anand Kumar 2-23).

At KSCA (T): St Bedes High School, Chennai: 236/7 in 50 overs (B Aparajith 109, Arun Alagapan M 27, B Indrajith 35, AS Ahmed 31 n.o.) bt CAL Public School, Hyderabad: 221/9 in 50 overs (P Rohith Reddy 65, PS Chaitanya 68, Melvin John 27; A Ashwin Crist 2-30, B Indrajith 3-34, A Venkatesh 3-33).

At JSS (T): Rizvi Sprigfield, Mumbai: 238 all out in 46.3 overs (Pravin Kumar 42, Karan Vasodiya 60, Prayush Gupta 61; Sunny 3-39, Rahul Kontia 3-37, Ashwini 2-45) bt Hindu Sabha Senior Secondary School, Punjab: 134 all out in 31.1 overs (Loven Gill 27; John Abraham 3-33, Gayewad 2-17).

At IAF (T): Government Boy’s School, Bharatnagar, Delhi: 294 all out in 49.4 overs (Ankush Bains 134, Nakul Sharma 48, Sakib Alam 52; Sankar Maldar 3-55, Akhilesh Yadav 3-58, Nupur Sarkar 3-32) bt Santhipuru Hindu School, Kolkata: 94 all out in 33 overs (Mustafa Seikh 30; Pawan Dabas 2-34, June Priya 3-8, Nitish Rana 4-19).