In an absolute run-feast, Al-Barkat Malik Muhammad Islam English School (Kurla) edged out General Education Academy (Chembur) as they registered a 4-wicket victory in a Super League match of the MI Junior Interschool Cricket Tournament in Mumbai on Tuesday.

After electing to bat, General Education Academy got off to a dream start as openers Shaurya Patil and Ayush Kumar (24) stitched together a 96-run partnership for the first wicket, with the former scoring a splendid half-century worth 66 runs. Carrying the momentum forward, skipper Aayush Shinde produced a carefully curated innings of 79 runs to propel General Education Academy to a respectable total of 235 runs in their stipulated 40 overs.

In the face of a formidable target of 236 runs, opener Om Bangar ensured a positive start for Al-Barkat Malik Muhammad Islam English School with a promising knock of 65 runs. However, it was the all-round brilliance of Deven Yadav that ensured a memorable win for Al-Barkat Malik Muhammad Islam English School. Having already contributed with 2 crucial wickets in the first innings, Deven played a skillful innings that saw him remain unbeaten on 111 runs to commandeer a thrilling victory for Al-Barkat Malik Muhammad Islam English School with just an over to spare.

Brief Scores:

Boys’ U-14:

• Anjuman-I-Islam Allana English School (CSMT) 173/1 in 19.3 overs (Aarav Yadav 102 n.o, Arhaan Patel 39, Rushan Farooqui 21 n.o) bt Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Vidyalaya (Vikhroli) 170/6 in 40 overs (Advit Tiwari 75 n.o, Sanmit Kothmire 44; Anuj Singh 2/32).

• Modern English School (Chembur) 139/7 in 34.4 overs (Shaurya Ketan 27 n.o, Vedang Mishra 22, Aaradhya Chavan 21; Hardik Gajmal 3/31, Aditya Singh 2/26) bt National English School (Virar) all out 138 in 39.2 overs (Arush Patade 31; Krish Patil 2/16, Shaunak Gawade 2/25, Nishad Parab 2/26, Vedang Mishra 2/27).

Boys’ U-16:

• Anjuman-I-Islam Allana English School (CSMT) 33/3 in 8.4 overs (Vivaan Jobanputra 3/15) bt Modern English School (Chembur) 32/9 in 16.4 overs (Adarsh Rajbhar 4/11, Abdur Rahman 3/13, Yuvan Sharma 2/7).

• Al-Barkat Malik Muhammad Islam English School (Kurla) 236/6 in 39 overs (Deven Yadav 111 n.o, Om Bangar 65, Vedant Bane 22 n.o, Daksh Chaurasiya; Sumedh Desai 2/34, Yuvraj Patil 2/38) bt General Education Academy (Chembur) 235/5 in 40 overs (Aayush Shinde 79, Shaurya Patil 66, Ayush Kumar 24, Amogh Patil 20; Deven Yadav 2/46, Daksh Chaurasiya 2/51).