Helped by some inspiring batting by Sai Bharadwaj Sudharshan 74 (106b, 5×4), Arjun Prasad Murthy 47 (40b, 1×4, 4×6) and Sameer Haseen Rizvi 38 (33b,4×4,1×6), India ‘A’ registered a facile 43-run win over India ‘B’ and clinched the title in the BCCI Men’s U-19 One-Day Challenger Trophy played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad yesterday.

Batting first, India ‘A’ scored 304/8 in 50 overs. In reply, India’ B’ scored 261 in 46.2 overs and fell short of the target by 43-runs.

Mysuru lad S.K. Kruthik Krishna scored 22 runs for India ‘B’. Skipper Priyam N.K. Garg top scored with 50 runs. Sagar S.K. Dahiya (45), Atharva V. Ankolekar (48), Divyansh J. Joshi (36) and Vivek Naresh Kumar (27) were amongst the run scorers.

Scores

India ‘A’: 304/8 in 50 overs (Sai Bharadwaj Sudharshan 74, Arjun Prasad Murthy 47, Sameer Haseen Rizvi 38, Jai R. Gohil 30, Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy 30 n.o., Vivek Naresh Kumar 3/48, Akash Maharaj Singh 2/83) bt India ‘B’: 261 in 46.2 overs (Priyam N.K. Garg 50, Atharva V. Ankolekar 48, Sagar S.K. Dahiya 45, Divyansh J. Joshi 36, Vivek Naresh Kumar 27, S.K. Kruthik Krishna 22, Kaki Nithish Kumar Reddy 3/53).