Plate Tournament: TCMDC defeat Force in a low scoring match
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 27 2015 :
TCMDC Thongju defeated Force Kshetrigao by 4 wickets in a low scoring match in the Plate Tournament organised by Manipur Cricket Association (MCA) at Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Force won the toss and elected to bat.
The decision of Force captain backfired when TCMDC bowlers sent all the Force batsmen to pavilion in 20.3 overs for a partly score of 60 .
Force batsmen did not show any sign of spending time in the crease, have measure of the pitch, and post a competitive score.
Majority of the batsmen lost their wickets through rash strokes.
Subhandin show some guts and compiled 26 off 39 balls.
The other notable contributor was Nawz who made 7 from 10 balls.
Sanaton, TCMDC, was the most successful wicket taker with 4 wickets.
Babulu and Suraj supported Sanaton with 2 wickets each.
The target of Force was achieved by TCMDC in 17.1 overs.
During the course of run chase TCMDC lost 5 wickets.
Force bowlers bowl their hearts out to claim all the wickets of TCMDC.
However, due to the small amount of runs left by the batsmen their effort could not prevent the inevitable.
Tasif and Jhangir claimed 2 wickets and Mushir accounted 1 wicket.
Priyobarta (17) was the top scorer among the TCMDC batsmen while Paikhomba (9) and Dhanasham (7) were the notable contributors in TCMDC success.