Excelsior Sports Correspondent
Jammu Aug 12: Media-XI Cricket Club, Jammu defeated Sterlite Cricket Club by a margin of 33 runs in the inaugural match of the first Media-XI Triangular Series being played at Phallian Mandal Cricket Ground, here.
Earlier, Media XI Cricket Club led by Skipper Mir Imran won the toss and elected to bat first.
Amit Kumar (54 runs off 23 balls) helped Media XI CC to post a challenging total of 159 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Faheem Tak (37 runs off 26 balls) and Rahul Khatri 27 runs were the other contributors to the total.
For Sterlite side, Sushant, Rajat, and Avinash took 2 wickets each in 4 over spells.
Chasing the target, Sterlite CC, led by Harpal Singh could not get through and ended up making 137 runs, thus lost the match by 33 runs.
Gourav Gupta (46 runs off 38 balls) remained the top scorer for Sterlite CC while Shakeel scored 24 runsoff 21 balls.
Sachin Jamwal from Media –XI CC grabbed 3 wickets in 4 overs’ spell while Ranjeet singh took 2 wickets in 4 overs spell. Yash Khajuria and Rahul Khatri also scalped 1 wicket apiece in their overs’ spell. Sachin Jamwal was adjudged as ‘Man of the Match’ for his overall performance with 3 wickets and 10 runs to his credit.
The Tri-series is being organized by Media- XI Cricket club Jammu.
On the occasion, Media- XI CC vowed for promoting sports and initiating the movement against drug.
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