Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, May 2: Media-A team defeated Media-B by a margin of 51 runs in an exhibition match played at Phalian Mandal here today.
The Media-A team, led by Mir Imran after winning the toss elected to bat first and scored a total of 241 runs in 25 overs with the loss of 8 wickets.
Sunil Bali of Media-A team scored highest 92 runs in 38 runs while Ashu Kumar scored 42 in 26 balls and Illyas Mallik scored 24 runs in 16 balls.
From Media-B team, Yash Khajuria and Amit clinched two wickets each.
In reply, Media-B team led by Yash Khajuria made only 190 runs with the loss of all wickets. Amit Sudan scored 73 in 40 balls for the team while Yash Khajuria scored 43 in 27 balls.
Vivek Suri of Media-A with his fantastic spell, took 3 wickets in 3 overs giving 12 runs while Jagdeep Singh also clinched 3 wickets for the team.
Sunil Bali of Media-A was declared as the “Man of the Match” for his outstanding 92 runs in 38 runs.
Prominent social worker Sanjay Gupta was the chief guest while BJP District President Baldev Singh Billowria was the guest of the honour.
Babloo and Vishal were the umpires for the match and Mir Imran was the organiser. Sachin Singh was the scorer and Sohan Bharti was the commentator.
Later, Sanjay Gupta and Baldev Singh Billowria distributed some sports kits and cricket bats among the media teams and also assured to organise a match between the BJP and Media teams in nearing future.
The trophies for the match were sponsored by Aircel management.
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