Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SIMBAL, Jan 2: Registering a narrow win by 4 runs over Dashmesh Cricket Club, Gadigarh, in the semifinal, Samar Cricket Club Jammu entered the finals of the Mahant Bachhitter Singh Memorial T20 Cricket Tournament, being organized by Simbal Welfare Association at Government High School ground, here.
Now, Samar Cricket Club will take on Young Star Simbal Camp in the final on January 13, 2013 at the same venue.
Earlier, batting first, Samar Club scored a fighting total of 137 runs in 19.3 overs, Monu was the top scorer with 37 runs, while Chetan contributed 28 runs to the total. Kaka and Jagandeep chipped in with 20 runs each. For Dashmesh Club, Ramandeep Singh bagged 5 wickets, while Tinku bagged 2. Bunty and Ricky shared one wicket each.
In reply, Dashmesh Club was bundled out for 133 runs, thus lost the match by a narrow margin of 4 runs. Bunty top scored with 38 runs, while Panku and Kamal contributed 29 and 16 runs to the total respectively. For Samar Club, Sidhharth and Kaka took 2 wickets each, while Vishwajeet, Sourav and Kamal Kishore claimed one wicket apiece. Kaka was adjudged man of the match.
Satinder Singh, MD Gurjeet Sports Industry was the chief guest in today’s semifinal match.