Elite cricket: CYCLONE thump B HAWK by 6 wickets
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 18 2023:
CYCLONE (Thangmeiband) strolled to a six-wicket victory against BLUE HAWK (Khurai Lamlong) in Saturday's action of the MNCA Elite Tournament at Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium.
Electing to bat, wasteful BLUE HAWK ended up making 168 after being howled out in 39.3 overs.
In their innings, Amom Guniram Singh top-scored for his team with 68 off 56 balls, followed by Mintu Chandra (23) and Gautam Soubam (22) .
Kishan Laishram was the chief destroyer for CYCLONE by racking up five wickets and Bikash Singh picked up two wickets, with Kabrambam Homendro Meitei, Aditya Das and Longjam Ronald Meitei accounting for one each.
CYCLONE then overhauled the target in 33.1 overs with 47 balls to spare.
They won the match by six wickets.
The Thangmeiband side's win was due to contributions by Loktongbam Santosh Meite (64), Longjam Ronal Meitei (37), Aditya Prasad (21), Rohit Moirangthem (14 not out), Kishan Laishram (12) and Bikas Singh (4 not out) .
For BLUE HAWK, Jitendra Bishan Thakur snapped three wickets and Ningombam Jackiechan Singh took one in a losing cause.
Kishan Laishram was ad judged the man of the match for his five-wicket haul and 12 runs.