4th MCA Elite Cricket Tournament Gelsons 95-ball 88 helps THAU romp to 7 wicket victory
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 17 2018:
THAU, Thangmeiband today rode on Th Gelson to beat Blue Hawk, Khurai by 7 wicket in a Group A league match of the 4th MCA W Prahlada and W Ramananda Elite Tournament 2018 which went underway from February 14 under the aegis of Manipur Cricket Association at Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium, Luwangsangbam.
Blue Hawk who opted to bat first piled up a target of 198 runs for the loss of 9 wicket in 40 overs.
Samson who came out as opener was able to make 48 runs off 57 balls while Sanatomba and Joykishan also maintained the flow adding 26 and 22 runs each in this inning.
Gautam who faced 29 balls also contributed 19 runs while Rahul Majumder gather another 18 runs off 26 balls to make it 197 .
Chingkhei of THAU made his name on the scoresheet taking three crucial wickets in the first inning while Pritam and Chitranjan claimed two wickets each.
Tenyson and Sanjit also registered one wicket each in their names.
Th Gelson who came out as opener in the second inning almost did the half job alone smashing a total of 88 runs, highest so far in the tournament.
Next to him was Ravikanta who blasted off an outstanding 47 runs in 61 balls and remained on the crease till the final delivery and considerably eased the chase.
Tennyson and Sanjit (not out) then gather another 27 runs to give the Thangmeiband side a huge seven wicket victory with another 3.5 overs left in their hands.
Jatin, Sandeep Kumar and Gautam of BLUE HAWK claimed one wicket each in the second inning.
Th Gelson was latter declared man of the match.
CHAMP, Khagempalli will face FORCE, Kshetrigao tomorrow in a Group B league match.