Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 27: Great Warriors CC defeated Teacher’s XI CC on the final ball of the match by a razor-thin margin of two wickets to win the Martyrs Cup Season-II-T20 Cricket Tournament championship trophy in a nail-biting final. The Board for Veteran Cricket in India granted the Veteran Cricket Association J&K the authority to organize the competition.
Arun Manhas, Director Industries & Commerce Jammu was Chief Guest at the presentation ceremony and gave away trophies to winning and runners-up teams. He greeted both the finalists’ teams and said that winning or losing in games is not at all important, but the happiness originating from the participation in sports is a highly cherished trophy.
He appreciated the Executive Body of Veteran Cricket Association J&K for conducting the 2nd season of Martyrs Cup T20 Cricket Championship for the senior cricketers by involving players from Srinagar, Anantnag, Kathua, Jammu.
Earlier, Raj Captain of Teacher’s XI CC won the toss and elected to bat first. His team started on a steady start, but bowlers of Great Warriors CC bowled on testing line and length and kept the pressure, resulting in Teacher’s XI losing wickets on regular intervals. They were all out on 122 runs. Rajinder Bajwa & Saranjeet scored 49 & 22 runs for the team. For Great Warriors, Rohit took 3 wickets; Sandy took 2 wickets, whereas Captain Imran and Sunil shared 1 wicket each.
Chasing a modest total of 122 runs, Great Warriors started on a disastrous note, losing 2 quick wickets, but Imran, along with Amit Wali, steadied the innings. But Teacher’s XI CC bowlers kept the pressure, and wickets started to tumble. Mohit Bali & Hardev kept their cool as the team needed 11 runs in the last over, Mohit took the team to the thrilling victory on the last ball. Rohit was declared as Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling spell. Rajinder Bajwa was adjudged as Best Batsman and Player of the Series, Kuldeep Dalotra was declared Best Bowler.
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