Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KATHUA, Jan 15: Defeating their rivals convincingly in the quarterfinal matches, Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA) and Vicky XI Pathankot entered the semifinals of the ongoing 4th Police Martyrs’ Memorial North Zone T20 Cricket Tournament at District Sports Stadium, Kathua today.
Earlier, in the first quarterfinal match, Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA) defeated Haryana Police by 37 runs in an easy contest.
LDCA won the toss and decided to field first. Batting first, Haryana Police set a target of 151 runs in 20 overs. The highest scorer was Mukesh Sharma, who scored 33 runs from 33 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six. Amritpal, Vabav and Abhishek Talwar from LDCA took 2 wickets each.
In reply, LDCA could not chase the target and were all out in the last over, scoring 113 runs, thus lost the match by 37 runs. The highest scorer from LDCA was Abhishek Talwar, who contributed 29 runs from 31 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Amrinder Singh of Haryana Police took 3 wickets for17 runs in 3.3 overs, while Vicky took 2 wickets for 22 runs in his 4 overs. The man of match trophy was awarded to Vicky of Haryana Police, who scored 20 runs from 12 balls and took 2 wickets. He was also awarded with a cash prize of Rs 2100 and man of match trophy by Ashwani Gupta.
The second quarterfinal match was played between VJCA Delhi and Vicky XI Pathankot. VJCA Delhi won the toss and decided to field first. Batting first, Vicky XI Pathankot set a target of 178 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. Sarul Kanwar was the top scorer with 81 runs off 53 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. Pulykit Narang of VJCA Delhi took 3 wickets for 26 runs in 2 overs.
VJCA Delhi, in reply failed to chase the target and were bundled-out in the last over scoring 161. Akshit of VJCA Delhi scored 38 runs in 26 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Gurvinder, Mongia and Sonu of Vicky XI Pathankot took 2 wickets each. Sarul Kanwar of Vicky XI Pathankot was declared man of the match and was awarded with trophy and a cash prize of Rs 3100 by Dharmpaul Sharma from DPS Pvt. Ltd. Kathua.
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