Veteran T-20: Model Club beat CHAMP to secure final berth
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 23 2022:
Model Club, Chingamakha defeated CHAMP, Khagempalli by 19 runs to enter the final of the 9th Manipur Veteran T-20 Cricket Tournament here at Oriental College and Model Hr Second School ground today.
Model Club won the toss and stacked up a huge total of 183 runs for 4 wickets after electing to bat first before restricting CHAMP to 164 runs for 5 in their quota of 20 overs.
Suresh Sharma did the star turn with the bat for Model Club as he smacked a half century and was just 6 runs away from scoring a ton in 54 balls he faced.
Santosh also made a significant contribution of 44 runs to Model Club's tally as Priyobarta managed 14 runs in their innings which also saw Sanjoy of CHAMP taking 3 wickets for 27 runs and Sajan scalping 1 for 21 runs.
In the chase, CHAMP were 19 runs away from the win despite half century knocks by Ratan (63 off 48 balls) and Alai (52 off 45 balls) giving them some hope.
Bobin of Model Club enjoyed a three wicket haul in this innings as Tejkumar and Chaoba shared a wicket apiece.
Eventually, Suresh was named man of the match.
LCCC, Lilong Chajing will take on CYCLONE, Thangmeiband for the remaining final slot tomorrow.