Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 14: United Blues, Rehari Club and Country Cricket Academy registered emphatic wins in the ongoing 3rd Eid-Diwali Milan T20 Cricket Cup, played at Gulshan Ground, here today.
S R Mishra AIG-CIV, PHQ was the chief guest in today’s proceedings who was introduced with the teams and the match officials on the occasion. He wished the teams best of luck.
The Tournament is being organized under the overall supervision of Shakeel Beig DIG Jammu and jointly organized by J&K Police, Simula Software and Atman College. Rajesh Gill, former Ranji Trophy player is the organinsing secretary.
In the first match today, United Blues defeated RCC Srinagar by 6 wickets. Batting first, RCC scored 149 runs in the allotted 18 overs for loss of 6 wickets. Rahul Mussa top scored with 75 runs, while Kuldeep contributed 16 runs and Happy chipped in with 14 runs. Abdul Majid bagged 2 wickets, while Danish, Taju and Rayees shared 1 wicket each.
United Blues XI, in reply chased the target in 17 overs for the loss of 4 wicket. Habib, Rayees and Ahmer contributed 53, 41 and 34 runs respetively. Rohit, Sahil and Kuldeep shared 1 wicket each. Rayees was decalared man of the match for his all-round performance.
In the second match, Rehari Club scripted a comfortable win against Tanishta Cricket Club. Batting first Tanishta Club made 179 runs in the allotted 18 overs for 4 wickets with Sidharth Magotra (81), Deepak (41) and Hunny (19) runs being the main scorers for Tanishta team. Parveen took 2 wickets, while Raman Dutta and Rohit shared 1 wicket each.
In reply, Rehari Club achieved the target in 17 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. Manish Dogra made 68 runs, Sahil Bhalwal 43 and Shahzad 34 runs. Deepak and Vishal took 2 wickets each and Sanjay took 1 wicket. Manish Dogra was declared man of the match.
Another match played between Atman Sports XI and Country Cricket Academy. Batting first, Atman Cricket Club scored 149 runs in the allotted 18 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. Manpreet 54, Abhay 36 and Vicky 14 were the main scorers for Atman. Yogesh took 4 wickets, Sant Baksh took 2 and Harjeet one wicket.
In reply, Country Cricket Academy achieved the target in 15 overs, without losing any wicket. Openers Rakesh Sehwag and Yogesh Sikka made an unbeaten partnership of 150 runs, with Rakesh slamming cracking ton (101*) and Sikka contributing valuable 41 runs. Rakesh was declared man of the match.