Excelsior Correspondent
BHADERWAH, June 12: Kings XI Bhaderwah and Youth Cricket Club Bhallessa registered resounding wins over their rivals to advance into the next round of the ongoing 2nd Edition of Champions Trophy T20 Cricket Tournament, being organized by Rashtriya Rifles located at Bhaderwah, under the aegis of the Counter Insurgency Force (Delta) and Youth Combined Cricket Club Bhaderwah at Degree College Ground, here.
Earlier, in the first match, Kings XI Bhaderwah defeated Shinning Star Doda by 9 wickets in an easy contest. Batting first, Shinning Star Doda scored a fighting total of 169 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, losing 7 wickets in the process. Sajid and Abrar contributed 49 and 34 runs to the total respectively. For Kings XI Bhaderwah, Mohsin and Deepak Kumar claimed 2 wickets each.
In reply, Kings XI Bhaderwah chased the required runs in 19.3 overs by losing just one wicket, thus won the match easily by 9 wickets. Zamin and Sameer were the major contributors with 46 and 44 runs respectively. For Shining Star Doda, Sajid claimed the lone wickets to fall. Zamin was declared Reliance man of the match.
In another match, Youth Bhallessa got better of HSS Bhaderwah by 8 wickets in an easy contest. Batting first, HSS Bhaderwah scored a 138 runs in the stipulated 20 overs by losing 9 wickets. Sanjay Manhas top scored with 30 runs. For Youth Bhallessa, Shahnawaz scalped 2 important wickets.
In reply, Youth Bhallessa managed to score 139 runs in 16.2 overs by losing 2 wickets, thus won the match by 8 wickets. Mushtaq and Asif scored 40 and 27 runs respectively. For HSS Bhaderwah, Mudasir captured 2 wickets. Mushtaq was declared Bajaj Allianz man of the match.
The matches were officiated by Abid Mushtaq and Hinan Mir as umpires, while Faisal was the scorer.
Sameer Shoket Malik, Video Analyst BCCI is the convener of the Tournament, while the organizing committee included Zaheer Khan, chief organizer, Touqeer Bhagwan, Babar Mughal, Irfan Shapoo, Zair Sheikh and Muzzafar Hussain.






