Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 21: Talented Ahmed Banday, promising Shubham Singh Pundir, gritty Fazil Rashid and speedster Rohit Sharma, besides skipper Shubham Khajuria and left-arm spinner Abid Mushtaq played their role in scripting history for Jammu and Kashmir of chasing a total of over 300 runs against strong Delhi in the opening match of the Men’s Cricket Under-23 One Day League and Knockout Tournament at Atal Behari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium, Amtar in Himachal Pradesh.
Earlier, after put into bat by J&K skipper, Shubham Khajuria, Delhi scored a good total of 301 runs in 50 overs, losing 6 wickets in the process. Hiten Dalal top scored with 80 runs, while skipper Himmat Singh and wicketkeeper Anuj Rawat contributed 71 and 69 runs to the total respectively. For Jammu and Kashmir, Rohit Sharma was the pick of the bowlers, who took 3 important wickets by conceding 43 runs of his 10 overs, while Abid Mushtaq claimed 2 wickets by giving away 42 runs of his 9 overs. Auqib Nabi also claimed one wicket.
In reply, J&K chased the target in 48.5 overs by losing 5 wickets, thus won the match by 5 wickets. Opening batsman Ahmad Omar Banday top scored with 83 runs off 86 balls, studded with 11 fours and 2 sixes, while Shubham Singh Pundir scored 78 off 69 balls with the help of 10 boundaries. Wicketkeeper Fazil Rashid contributed 68 runs off equal number of balls, while skipper Shubham Khajuria made valuable 37 runs in the winning cause. For Delhi Simardeep Singh, Ahlawat, Pranshu Vijaran, Shivank Vashishth and Himmat Singh shared one wicket each.
The Jammu and Kashmir team is being accompanied by Former Ranji Trophy Player Sameer Khajuria as coach, Fayaz Hazare as manager, Dr Karan Nayyar as physio and Mohd Iqbal as trainer.
The team was selected by the senior selection committee including Ashwani Gupta (Chairman), Vivek Sharma, Arshid Bhat and Pradeep Bali.
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