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Kanpur drubbed Sports College Lucknow by 18 runs in the final and won the under-19 championship at the DAV College ground. Batting first, Kanpur posted a total of 4 for 108 in 15 overs. Sports College Lucknow, in reply, could collect 90 runs and Saifai Sports College at the Rashtriya ground outplayed Gorakhpur by 7 wickets in the final and emerged as champion in the Under-17 group. Gorakhpur, deciding to bat first, scored 76 runs and the Sports College hit the required 77 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 9.4 overs. Agra won the Under-14-year group championship. In the final, Varanasi, put into bat, scored 119 runs in 15 overs. Agra achieved the target of 120 runs for the loss of 2 wickets and won by 8 wickets. Chess: Mayra Gupta secured second position in the under-9 years’ category of the 9th NL Padiyar Memorial Lake City International FIDE chess tournament held in Udaipur (Rajasthan) from Oct 25 to Oct 29. The organisers presented her runner-up trophy and a cash prize of Rs 10,000, said Dilip Srivastava, secretary, Kanpur Chess Association.
Kanpur: Kanpur, Agra and Saifai Sports College won titles in their respective groups of the 70th state-level inter-school cricket championship which concluded here on Saturday.