MODEL, CYCLONE ease to wins in T-20 cricket tournament
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 07 2024:
MODEL (Chingamakha) and CYCLONE (Thangmeiband) recorded comfortable wins in the 1st Khomdram Hijam Mema Devi Memorial T-20 Cricket Tournament at Langthabal Public Ground on Thursday.
MODEL produced an all-round performance to outclass UCC (Uripok) by 8 wickets.
The Chingamakha squad bowled well to restrict their opponents to 92/8 as Iboyaima and Bobin led the attack, claiming 3 wickets each.
Tomba chipped in with a scalp.
UCC's innings saw Hemjit (21), Jacky (18) and Kumarkanta (17) score in double figures.
Powered by Suresh's brilliant knock of 66, MODEL achieved the target in 10.5 overs with 8 wickets to spare.
Sunil (14), Mujibur Rahman (8) and Iboyaima (1) also contributed in their team's resounding victory.
For UCC, Kumarkanta took 2 wickets.
In the day's other match, CYCLONE beat ESU (Wangkhei) by 40 runs.
CYCLONE decided to bat and garnered 180/3 courtesy of Robinson (54 not out), Arun (17 not out), Rohindro (120 and Tarun (9) .
In reply, ESU came up short after stalling at 140/9, despite fighting efforts by Helendro (27), Banikanta (22) and Robin (18).CYCLONE's fine bowling spell saw Token pick up 3 wickets, while Dhanendrajit, Tarun and Rohindro each took 2 wickets.
Earlier, Bullu and Vedreshor bagged one wicket each for ESU.