Plate cricket: RRCC romp to massive victory as IBSA pip KCDO
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 12 2023:
RRCC (Churachandpur) and IBSA (Yumnam Leikai) notched up contrasting wins in the 7th MNCA Plate Tournament on Thursday.
RRCC produced a stunning 10 - wicket thrashing of THAU in a one-sided affair at Oriental College.
Riding on their terrific bowling performance, the Churachandpur side skittled out THAU for a meagre 42 in 13.4 overs as Hijam Anilkumar (10 not out), Roshinikumar Ngangbam (9), Sagolsem Santoshkumar (8), Malesh Kumar Nngangbam (2), Khundrakpam Aden (1) and Sanjeev Irengbam (1) were the run-getters in their miserable innings.
Haojalen Kipgen turned out to be the star performer for RRCC by scalping four wickets and Letkhotinthang also made his mark with three wickets while Pankaj Hazarika chipped in with one.
RRCC then took 4,4 overs to achieve the target with Haojalen Kipgen hitting an unbeaten 30 off 14 and Louriyam Elan Singh making 10 (not out).
At Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium, IBSA defeated KCDO by 3 runs.
IBSA, who were all out for 147 in 25.3 overs, produced a disciplined bowling attack to bowl out KCDO for 144 in 36.2 overs as a fighting effort from Hafiz Imran (33) went in vain.
Karan Prajapati, Manoj Sahani, Rajababu and Yengkhom Bhomendro snapped two wickets each while Heromen Ningthoujam bagged one to help IBSA seal a thrilling victory.
Earlier, Yengkhom Bhomendro (23), Moirangthem Sunanda (22) and Usham Gunabanta (20) were the main run-getters for IBSA in their innings.