Veteran T20 Cricket Tourney CYCLONE stun NAPSA, enter final
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 28 2016:
CYCLONE Thangmeiband registered a 19- run win against NAPSA, Kha-Imphal to enter the final of the ongoing 4th Manipur Veteran T20 Cricket Tournament, organised by the Manipur Veteran Cricket Association (MVCA), today at Langthabal Ground, Imphal West.
CYCLONE opted to bat first after winning the toss and set a 166 runs target with three men down in the allotted 20 overs.
Rajesh and Thoithoi were impressive as Rajesh struck 59 runs off 50 balls while Thoithoi scored 58 runs off 46 balls.
Sashi was the other notable player as he contributed 21 runs off 14 balls.
NAPSA's Bhogen and Santa took two and one wicket each respectively.
Batting second, NAPSA failed to chase the target as they were bundled out for 146 runs with four wickets remaining.
For NAPSA, Bhogen was the highest scorer with 44 runs off 29 balls.
The other main scorers were Ratan (37), Gautam (27) and Santa (17).Binoy took two wickets for CYCLONE while Abungcha, Rajesh and Roben scalped a wicket each.
The man of the match title went to Rajesh of CYCLONE.
Tomorrow in the second semifinal match, CHAMP will clash with DSU.