The first semi-final of ACA Inter District U-14 League 2017-18 was held at Taarakama Krida Praanganam Ground 8- Venkatgiri on 12th-13th Oct’17 between Prakasam U-14 and Krishna U-14.
Prakasham U-14 won the toss and elected bat. Team did not get a very good start and wickets started to fall from the early overs. None of the players managed to score significantly. Team ended up scoring 137 runs after losing all the wickets. Bowling highlight of the innings was L Chinna, who took 4 wickets by giving 51 runs with 9 maiden overs.
Krishna U-14 too did not manage to score well in their first innings. G Sumith from Prakasam U-14 bowled extremely well and took 6 wickets by giving on 13 runs in 13 overs damaging the batting line up of Krishna U-14. Team bundled up in 64 runs after losing all wickets.
In the second innings, Prakasam U-14 could not stand against the aggressive bowling of Krishna U-14. Whole team collapsed in 15.2 overs by scoring only 23 runs. L. Chinna shined again with his outstanding bowling performance. He took 5 wickets in 5.2 overs without giving any runs.
While chasing, Krishna U-14 was at 97 runs after losing 5 wickets in their second innings.
Krishna U-14 won semi-final by 5 wickets against Prakasam U-14.
Player of the match was L Chinna from Krishna U-14.
Team CricHeores congratulates the winning team.