Ujjain : 26 cricketers have been selected for divisional cricket team for Under-18 Hiralal Gaikwad memorial Cricket Tournament organized by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association. A camp will be conducted for selected players and a team of 15 members would be declared finally.
Ujjain Division Cricket Association Joint secretary Surendra Kabra informed that district level Under-18 tournament was organized at Madhav College ground recently. A committee selected 26 players on the basis of the performance in the tournament. Committee selected Aman Jain, Rishabh Sharma, Suraj Yadav, Sachin Chaudhary, Kartik Sarwan, Manish Parmar, Sanjay Gupta, Sanskar Shrivas and Rupesh Prajapat from Ujjain team.
Kabra also informed that Ujjain team won the Under-18 District Level Cricket Tournament by defeating Dewas team during a match played on Madhav College ground on Friday. Ujjain chose to bat first and scored 233 runs. Dewas team could only score 189 runs. Convener Surendra Kabra informed that Ujjain won the match by 42 runs. Suraj Yadav took 4 wickets. DIG Rakesh Gupta was chief guest on the concluding ceremony. Dr Kalpana Parulekar chaired the programme. Municipal Speaker Sonu Gehlot, Principal BS Makkad, MiC members Dr Yogeshwari Rathore and others were present. Dr Sanjeev Jain conducted the programme.