ICS Greens, ICS Whites register emphatic wins

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 2: ICS Greens defeated ICS Reds while ICS Whites got better of ICS Blues in the Inter-Group Cricket Tournament of Islamia College Srinagar as part of the ongoing Sports Festival, here.
Earlier, in the first match, put into bat, ICS Reds scored a modest total of 118 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Sameer Ali was the top scorer with 39 runs, while Ahmed Banday contributed 18 runs to the total. Zubair took 2 wickets for ICS Greens.
Greens, in reply achieved the target easily in 17 overs for the loss of 5 wickets, thus won the match by 5 wickets. Usmaan was the top scorer with 27 runs.
Meanwhile, in another match, ICS Whites drubbed ICS Blues by 23 runs in an easy contest. Batting first, ICS Whites scored 120 runs in the allotted 20 overs, losing 4 wickets in the process. Wahid played a brilliant innings of 40 runs. For Blues, Danish took 2 wickets.
In reply, ICS Blues fell short of 23 runs to help Whites win by the same margin. Asrar was the pick of the bowlers for ICS Whites, who took 3 important wickets.
The Sports Festival is being organized by the Department of Physical Education, Islamia College Srinagar.
In tomorrow’s fixture, ICS Yellow will take on ICS Greens, while ICS Whites will face ICS Oranges.