Wins for Blue Hawk, PCC & AKSDO in Superplate Tournament
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 30 2023:
Blue Hawk, PCC and AKSDO notched up wins in the MNCA Superplate Tournament on Thursday.
Blue Hawk thrashed FORCE by 9 wickets at Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium.
A collective bowling effort by Blue Hawk helped the team bundle out FORCE for a meagre 63 in 26.2 overs after the former elected to held.
Jackiechan, S Samson, W Samson and Lelil picked up 2 wickets each while Jitender took one to pave the way for Blue Hawk's victory.
In their chase, Blue Hawk took 11.3 overs to achieve the target as Mintu (28 not out) and Guniram (25 not out) guided their side to comfortable win.
In the process, opener W Samson was dismissed for 8.PCC too enjoyed an easy day with an 8-wicket hammering of KASC at Oriental College Ground.
Backed by L Ronald's 5-wicket haul, PCC skittled out KASC for 136 in 29.4 overs.
Pravinkumar also bowled well to claim 2 wickets while Ajay-kumar and M Lucky took one each.
For KASC, Md Irfan (36) and Rajak (26) were the main run-getters in their innings.
In reply, PCC completed the chase in 28.2 overs, losing 2 wickets in the chase.
L Gibson led from the front with an unbeaten 66 while Th Anand remained not out on 41 in PCC's emphatic victory.
The team lost both their wickets to Md Qurshid.
At Cherapur, AKSDO defeated WYC by 1 wicket.
AKSDO restricted WYC to 140 for 9 in 30 overs as Nungshiba led the scalping with 4 wickets and Sanayai snapped 3 wickets, with Akash taking one.
In their response, AKSDO knocked off the runs in 29.2 overs with 2 wickets to spare.
Praneshwor (49 not out), Bishworjit (17), Chinglensana (16), Samson (10), Jiban (9) and Akash (9) were the contributors in their successfully run chase.
For WYC, Biteshwor took 4 wickets in a losing cause.
Earlier, Herokumar (44), Biteshwor (32) and Roshanku-mar (27) played some decent knocks in WYC's innings.