Wins for YCC, YPHU in Veteran T-20 tournament
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 04 2023:
YCC and YPHU recorded contrasting wins in Saturday's fixtures of the Manipur Veteran T-20 Cricket Tournament.
YCC inflicted a seven-wicket thrashing on UCC.
UCC opted to bat first and scored 93 (all out) with efforts from A Raiee Sharma (22), L Bishorjit (20), GB Rout (17) and A Nandeba (10) .
For YCC, A Rakesh's bowling did the major damage to the UCC batting lineup.
He removed four UCC batsmen while fellow Y Robinchandra scalped three wickets, with S Santakumar and H Premananda taking a wicket apiece.
YCC then chased down the target in 18.3 overs, riding on performances by S Santikumar (27) and K Swami (26).Robinchadra (8), Helendro (7) and Pratap (5) were other run-getters.
The winning side lost four wickets in their run chase.
Earlier, YPHU beat YWC by seven runs.
YPHU posted 132/7 after electing to bat first.
Their total was built on contributions from Ng Kenny (29), Dhaneshor (23), Alai (17), Kh Hemanta (15), Ponil (13) and K Dorendro (11).In the process, they lost two wickets each to Priyokumar and Sasi, and one each to Manaobi and Ashokumar.
In their response, YWC put in a spirited fight but they came out short in the chase after managing 125/8 as fighting efforts from Sasi (32) and Ashokumar (27) were not enough.
Gyanranjan led the YPHU bowling attack with a haul of three wickets while Pyar-lal and Meiraba claimed two each, with Ponil getting one to propel their team to a narrow win.
On Monday (February 6), UCC will take on CHAMP while YCC clash with YPHU.