Vinoo Mankad Trophy Plate Group : Zamir, Rain, Chingkhei Nganba star as Manipur thrash Mizoram by 87 runs for third win : 14th oct25 ~ E-Pao! Headlines

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Vinoo Mankad Trophy Plate Group : Zamir, Rain, Chingkhei Nganba star as Manipur thrash Mizoram by 87 runs for third win
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 13 2025: Zamir scored a crucial half century before Urikhinbam Rain and Yumnam Chingkhei Nganba bowled to perfection and earned Manipur an 87-run victory against Mizoram today in the ongoing Vinoo Mankad Trophy Plate Group competition at Chandigarh's Sector-16 Cricket Stadium.

Manipur, having registered landslide victories against Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya in the previous matches, were bundled out for 198 runs in 47.5 overs after winning the toss but Rain and Chingkhei Nganba devastated the Mizoram batting line up and bowled them out for 111 runs within 38.5 overs to seal the comfortable victory.

Manipur had a tough start losing skipper Thoiba on a golden duck to Mal Sawm Muan Zela before losing Lucky on 12 to Dawmga for the second wicket in the 5th delivery of the 4th over as the scoreboard read 28 .

Sougaijam Robinson and Zamir however resurrected the innings by adding 59 runs off 80 balls before Robinson was dismissed on 32 (off 53 balls) for the third wicket in the 18th over by Hlimpuia.

Zamir stayed on and completed his half century with the assistance of Moirangthem Thomsan before their partnership broke with Fela trapping Zamir lbw out on 56 as the scoreboard read 127 .

Fela then went on to dismiss Thomsan (17 off 43 balls) for the fifth wicket before Rain (24 off 44 balls), Danish (20 off 17 balls) and Oinam Reolin (14 off 21) made little but significant contributions to take Manipur close to 200-run mark.

Fela also succeeded in claiming two wickets late on to emerge Mizoram's best bowler of the day with a 4/48 finish as Mal Sawm Muan Zela (2/27), Dawnga (2/28) and Hlimpuia (2/40) shared 6 wickets among them.

In response, Mizoram faced stiff opposition from Manipuri bowlers and slumped to 77/6 in 23.3 overs overs as Rain set up Peka run out for the first wicket before getting rid of Valpuia on 44-ball 28, Hlimpuia on 21-ball 5 and Mal Sawm Muan Fela on 11-ball 11 while Chingkhei Nganba dismissed Mapuia on a 29-ball 15 and Mutum Swabhiman undone Manese on a 23-ball 2.Lucky also joined the party by dismissing Dawnga on a 31-ball 10 for the 7th wicket before Chingkhei Nganba completed his treble of wickets (3/16 in 8 overs including a maiden) by dismissing Zodina on a 40-ball 14 and Hmingthana on a 3-ball duck.

Star of the day Rain then put Mizoram to sword by bowling out Fela for 28-ball 4 in the 5th delivery of the 39th over and returned with the best bowling figures of 4/ 21 in 9.5 overs including a maiden.

Manipur will play Sikkim in the next match of the U-19 List-A tournament organised by BCCI on October 15 at GMSS Sec-26 Cricket Ground in Chandigarh.

Brief Scores
MANIPUR 198/10 in 47.5 overs (Zamir 56 off 79, Robinson 32 off 53, Rain 24 off 44; Fela 4/48, Dawnga 2/ 28 Mal Sawm Muan Zela 2/ 27)
MIZORAM 111/10 in 38.5 overs (Valpuia 28 off 44 balls, Zodina 17 off 40 balls; Rain 4/21, Y Chingkhei Nganba 3/16) .

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