CYCLONE, YPHU post third victories in Veteran T-20 Cricket
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 07 2023:
CYCLONE-Thangmeiband and YPHU-Lalambung registered third wins in the 10th Manipur Veteran T-20 Cricket Tournament Group A campaign today.
In the first match of the day, CYCLONE amassed 144 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs after electing to bat first and bowled out UCC for 79 runs in 17.1 overs for the victory.
N Sashikumar struck a 42-ball 55 in CYCLONE's innings as Ph Rohindro grabbed 34 runs off 37 balls.
The innings saw S Jacky and N Joykumar of UCC claiming a wicket each.
S Tiken (3/8 in 2.1 overs) and H Tombi (2/16 in 4 overs) made the short work of the UCC batters to wrap up the chase at 79 runs in 17.9 overs.
Sudhir and Lamnganba also picked up a wicket each to help CYCLONE seal the comfortable victory.
N Shashikumar who hit a half century was adjudged man of the match.
Later in the day, YPHU thumped YCC-Wangkhei by 5 wickets.
YCC opted to bat first after winning the toss but could muster only 103 runs for 5 wickets and YPHU chased down the target in 17.2 overs with 5 wickets left in hands.
S Shantikumar (29) and N Helendro (27) were significant run getters for YCC today in their innings which saw Boicha, Ponil and Ng Kenny sharing a wicket each.
In reply, Surjit (25), Alai (20), Boicha (21), Dhaneshor (14) and Ng Kenny made significant contributions to steer YPHU to the win with 5 wickets left to spare.
Kh Rajesh, H Premananda and L Everest of YCC were able to pick up a wicket each in this innings.
Boicha who scored 21 runs and picked a wicket was adjudged man of the match.
Tomorrow's matches
Model Club vs KCC
YWC-L vs CHAMP .