Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 27: Jammu Police XI registered emphatic win over Cantt Cricket Club and entered the quarterfinals of the ongoing 4th Eid-Diwali-Christmas T20 Cricket Cup for students and youths of the State, being played at Parade ground, here today.
The tournament in which 24 teams are participating is being organized jointly by Jammu and Kashmir Police Department, Simula Sports Club, Atman Sports Club and Christian Sports Organization.
The Organizing Committee includes Hilal Rather,Sanjay Mahajan,Rajesh Gill, Rajesh Dhar, David Mattoo, Asif Gill, RP Singh, Sunil Sambyal and Sunny Gill.
The slogan of the tournament is ” Khelo Khushi Sey- Par Nasha Mat karo”.
Batting first, Jammu Police XI scored a huge total of 205 runs in the stipulated 20 overs for the loss of 4 wickets, Skipper Rajesh Gill top scored with 76 runs and Istiaq also made 42 runs for Police XI. Parshotam took 3 wickets and Rakesh claimed 1 wicket for Cantt Club.
Cantt Cricket Club, in reply could not achieve the target and made only 129 runs, thus lost the match by a big margin of 76 runs. Kannav and Sagar were the main scorers with 25 and 22 runs. Maqsood took 3 wickets, Shamsher and Istiaq took 2 wickets each, while Farooq, Aman Sharma and Naresh shared 1 wicket each. Skipper Rajesh Gill was adjudged as man of the match.
The matches were officiated by Sandeep Manchanda, Vinod, Sunil Sambyal and Danny.
In tomorrow’s fixture, quarter inal matches will be played between YCC and Janipur Cricket Club at 10.30 am and Christian Sports XI and Evershine XI at 12.30 pm.
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