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DPS and EESS enter semis

SHARJAH - Delhi Private School, Sharjah, and Emirates English Speaking School, Dubai, chalked up comfortable victories over their respective opponents to move into the semifinals of the SCC Inter-School Under-16 Cricket Tournament, organised by the Sharjah Cricket Council under the auspices of the Emirates Cricket Board, at the Sharjah stadium.

Delhi Private School rode on fine batting performances by Siddharth Sekar and Dhruwa Praveen to beat Our Own English School, Dubai, by 68 runs while Emirates English Speaking School, aided by a brilliant all-round showing by Kuldeep Kumar, defeated Shaikh Rashid School, Dubai, by eight wickets.

Delhi Private School, batting first, did well to post a challenging 163 for four in the allotted 20 overs with Siddarth belting a solid 44 and Dhruwa remaining unbeaten on 38.

Akash Malhotra (25) was the other major scorer. Atik was the most successful Our Own English School bowler, claiming two wickets for 33 runs.

Our Own English School, in reply, were bowled out for 98 in the 19^th over despite a good innings of 47 by Sai Pranav.

Yash Shodhan picked up two wickets for 23 runs while Siddarth and Aagan Shah took one each to unsettle the Our Own English School batting.

In the other quarter-final match, Ibrahim Sharfuddin and Kuldeep Kumar shared five wickets to help Emirates English Speaking School bowl out Shaikh Rashid School for a modest 104. Abu Baker (36) and Ehsan (25) lent some respectability to the innings with some fine batting.

Emirates English Speaking School, in reply, wasted no time in achieving the victory target comfortably in just 12.2 overs.

Pratik Shetty led their batting charge with a brilliant unbeaten while Kuleep Kumar followed his three-wicket haul with a useful knock of 26 to seal a facile victory.

Brief scores: Delhi Private School Sharjah beat Our Own English School Dubai by 68 runs: DPS 163 for four (Siddarth Sekar 44, Dhruwa Praveen 38 not out, Akash Malhotra 25; Atik 2-33, Gautam 1-9, Arqam 1-23) Our Own English School 95 all out in 18.2 overs (Sai Pranav 47; Yash Shodhan 2-23, Siddarth Sekar 1-6, Aagam Shah 1-18).

Man of the match: Siddarth Sekar of DPS Sharjah.

Emirates English Speaking School Dubai beat Shaikh Rashid School Dubai by eight wickets: Shaikh Rashid School 104 all out in 17 overs (Abu Baker 36, Ehsan 25, Talwa 19; Ibrahim Sharfuddin 3-19, Kuldeep Kumar 2-16, Waruna Perera 1-21, Karan Raju 1-10, Faisal Abdul 1-6) Emirates English Speaking School 105 for two in 12.2 overs (Pratik Shetty 39 not out, Kuldeep Kumar 26, Faisal Abdul 14 not out; Abu Baker 1-23, Rizwan 1-13).

Man of the match: Kuldeep Kumar of Emirates English Speaking School.