Times News NetworkKanpur: Host Kanpur division, Saifai, Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Lucknow defeated their rival teams and moved into the next round in the 70th state school cricket championship being played here.Kanpur in the Under-19 boys group outplayed Ayodhya by 71 runs. Kanpur, batting first, scored 3 for 119 in 15 overs at the DAV College ground. Thereafter they wrapped up the innings of Ayodhya for 48 runs. In other matches, Lucknow humbled Azamgarh by 10 runs and Saifai beat Lucknow by 40 runs.Saifai beat Prayagraj by 10 wickets in the under-14 group. Kanpur, in another tie of this group, drubbed Jhansi by 10 wickets. In other matches, Varanasi beat Meerut by 26 runs and Gorakhpur beat Ayodhya by 74 runs.In the under-17 group, Varanasi beat Jhansi by 84 runs, Lucknow drubbed Mirzapur by 2 wickets, and Gorakhpur beat Aligarh by 5 wickets.Athletes selected: Six athletes of DPS Kalyanpur will participate in the All India Inter DPS School Athletics meet slated to be held at DPS State School Greater Noida on Oct 30 and 31. Around 50 DPS schools from all over India will participate in this meet.According to Richa Prakash, principal of the school, the six selected girls are Sonam Yadav (Captain), Agrima Ajit Singh, Tanu Rawat, Agrima Rawat, Ashi Prajapati and Fatima Khan. Team manager Babita Saxena and coach Dinesh Bhadauria will accompany the team.………………..KSS Inter-School Kho Kho: Puran Chandra Vidya Niketan, CHS Education Centre, Harmilap Mission School and Sriram Education Centre defeated their rivals and sailed into the semifinals of KSS Inter-School Kho Kho championship played at Doon School Ratan Lal Nagar here on Wednesday.In the quarterfinals, Puran Chandra Vidya Niketan beat Virendra Swarup Education Centre Shyam Nagar by 7 points, CHS Education Centre beat Ganga World School by an innings and 7 points, Har Milap School defeated Sughar Singh Academy by 6 points and Sriram Education Centre beat Juhi Public School by an innings and 3 points.
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