Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 20: Jammu United Cricket Club defeated Sterlite Cricket Club in close contest with two runs in Cliff Hanger T-20 tournament, here today.
Jammu United Cricket Club led by Vivek Suri won the toss and elected to bat first. Raghav was at its best from the very start but he can’t capitalized on a brisk start and was out on 19 runs. The Sterlite CC bowlers bowled on good line & length and did not gave easy runs which led to two players run outs. Vivek Suri played a captains knock of 27 runs in 22 balls and Pawan Parihar contributed 24 runs in 19 balls taking the total score to 126 in stipulated 20 overs. From Sterlite CC, Harpal Singh was the pick of bowler and clinched three wickets, whereas Vishal and Sunny took two wickets each.
Chasing the target of 127 runs to win, the Sterlite CC led by Gaurav Gupta suffered an early blow as their main batsman Sunny was soon sent back by Waseem but Avinash and Kanav contributed some important scores to the total. Nitin Thakur bowled from the heart and was ably supported by Vivek Suri, Wasim, Yasir and Aman to all out the Sterlite CC at 124 runs.
Nitin Thakur spearheaded the bowling attack with three wickets by conceding 15 runs while Waseem, Yasir and Vivek Suri shared two wickets each.
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