Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 26: Sapartan Cricket Academy, Delhi and Rajasthan Cricket Club trounced JD Boys Cricket Club Kolkata and Meerut Cricket Club respectively in the ongoing All India 1st Jammu and Kashmir Friendship T20 Cricket Cup for Peace, being organized by Young Star Cricket Club (YSCC) Doda at Jammu University Grounds, here today.
The first match was played between Sapartan Cricket Academy Delhi and JD Boys Cricket Club Calcutta. Batting first, Sapartan Cricket Academy Delhi scored 131 runs in stipulated 20 overs. Anil was the top scorer with 59 runs, while Akshay Koul contributed 22 runs for his team.
From Boys Cricket Club Kolkata, Rajesh Jha took 3 wickets, while Firoz claimed 2.
In reply, Boys Cricket Club Kolkata could manage to score 121 runs, thus lost the match by a narrow margin of 10 runs.
Shoiab Alam was the highest scorer who made 26 runs, while Sumit Dass contributed 21 runs for the team.
From Sapartan Cricket Academy Delhi, Anil and Khurshid took 2 and 1 wicket respectively. Anil of Sapartan Cricket Academy Delhi was declared as man of the match for his superb batting performance.
The second match was played between Rajasthan Cricket Club and Meerut Cricket Club. Meerut Cricket Club bundled out for a meagre total of 72 runs in 16 overs. Ankit scored 8 runs, while Chetan contributed 7 runs to the total. From Rajasthan Cricket Club, Sandeep and Kenan took 4 and 3 wickets respectively
In reply, Rajasthan Cricket Club chased the target in 6 overs. Mohit was the highest scorer from Rajasthan Cricket Club with 27 runs , while Kenan contributed 8 runs for his team. Sandeep of Rajasthan Cricket Club was declared as man of the match for his splendid all-round performance.
Mohd Rafi and Rajinder acted as umpires, while Yasir Dar was official scorer.
Man of the match awards were presented to the players by chief guest, Registrar Jammu University, Prof Manoj K Dhar and guest of honour, Vinay Thusoo.
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