ACC Jourian drubs Singh Akhnoor in thriller to lift T20 title

Winners of New Year T20 Cup posing for a photograph after receiving trophy from former Minister Sham Lal Sharma at Akhnoor.
Winners of New Year T20 Cup posing for a photograph after receiving trophy from former Minister Sham Lal Sharma at Akhnoor.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 17: Amar Cricket Club Jourian today defeated Singh Cricket Club Akhnoor in a close to lift the title trophy of the New Year T20 Cup Akhnoor 2019 at Boys Higher Secondary School ground, here.
Former Minister and senior Congress leader, Sham Lal Sharma was the chief guest on the occasion, while Zorawar Singh, Chairman Team Jammu was guest of honour.
Speaking on the occasion, Sham said that youth of the state despite having lot of interest in sports and allied activities hardly get much opportunity to showcase their talent and skill, because people around them are least bothered to organise quality tournaments to provide them platform to hone their skill.
Highlighting the importance of sports in life, Sham said that sports besides helping in enhancing personality and developing leadership qualities, also inculcates sense of responsibility and helps in quick decision making.
Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, ACC Jourian scored a good total of 168 runs, losing 6 wickets in the process. Arvind top scored with 76 runs off 46 balls, while Rahul, Panku and Ashish contributed 22, 21 and 20 runs respectively.
From Singh Akhnoor, Happy took 2 wickets , while Sham Singh Langeh , Sunny Mahi, Sunil and Summit shared one wicket each.
In reply, Singh Akhnoor scored 167 runs to lose the match by just one run. Manik top scored with 62 runs, while Sunny Mahi and Sunil Govil contributed 18 and 15 runs to the total respectively. From ACC Jourian, Surinder and Dinesh shared 2 wickets each, while Panku and Billa claimed one wicket each. Arvind was adjudged as the man of the match, while Sunil Govil bags man of the series award.
The match was officiated by Dayal Singh and Dharminder Sharma as umpires and Raman Sharma as the scorer.

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