Manipur Veteran Cricket tourney : LCCC notch up 160-run victory over OSCAR in tourney opener
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 05 2019:
LCCC, Chajing kicked off the 17th Manipur Veteran Cricket Tournament with an emphatic 160-run victory against OSCAR, Paona Bazar at Langthabal Public Ground today.
LCCC which won the toss opted to bat first and piled up an impressive total of 233 runs for 5 wickets in 30 overs.
It was a great start for the Chajing side as Shrinivashan toyed with OSCAR bowlers with ease and was 3 runs away from hitting a century when he fell down in the 73rd delivery.
Sanjit who was with Shrinivasan on the crease for a while also gathered up 42 runs off 35 balls while his team mate Krishna shone with 33 runs in 24 balls en route to claiming the man of the match title as he finished with a five wicket haul in the second innings.
OSCAR's Hokendro picked up 2 wickets in 6 overs in this innings while Devdutta and Gogou managed a wicket each in their allotted 4 overs.
After setting a huge target, LCCC made a disciplined entry to deny OSCAR from setting up the pace of the game before the squeezing the latter team at 73 runs for all wickets down in 16.5 overs.
Only Joychandra (16) and Mohen (15) managed to make double digit scores for OSCAR as the batting line up fell easy prey to Krishna's fine bowling performance aided by Sanjit who finished with 2 wickets.
Jiten also claimed 1 wicket in 4 overs to help LCCC secure the huge win in their opening encounter.
NAPSA, Kha Imphal will take on CHAMP, Khagempalli in the next match tomorrow at the same venue.