MPSC, RCA ease to victories in MNCA Superplate Tournament
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, December 02 2023:
MPSC (Central Jail) and RCA (Lilong) enjoyed comprehensive victories in Saturday's fixtures of the MNCA Superplate Tournament 2023-24 .
MPSC dished out an all-round performance to humble FORCE (Kshetrigao) by 193 runs in their meeting at Public Ground Khangabok Part-Ill, Cherapur.
Put in to bat, MPSC posted a competitive total of 262 for 3 .
Sunil took centre stage in the innings as he slammed an unbeaten 108 off 105 balls.
He was ably supported by King-son, who was not out on 58 off 37 balls.
Shangker (38) and Gelson (25) also made valuable contributions in their innings.
In their run chase, FORCE wilted under pressure as they could only muster 69 after being bowled out in 16.2 overs.
Shangker led the MPSC's lethal bowling attack, claiming 4 wickets.
Bijoykumar also impressed with 3 scalps and Kingson snapped 2 wickets, with Rojit taking one.
Earlier, Sushilkumar, Arbin and Tashib took one wicket each for FORCE.
RCA, meanwhile, beat KSDO (Kiyamgei) by 60 runs at Luwnagpokpa Cricket Stadium, Luwangsangbam.
Asked to bat, RCA scored 198 for 5 in 40 overs.
Their main contributors in the innings were Syed Hussain (68 not out), Anush (48), Zamir (18) and Alfash (18) .
In the process, the Lilong side lost 2 wickets to Lakimbur and one each to Tarique Aziz, Khushru Pravez and Shah Nawaz.
RCA then stopped KSDO's run chase after dismissing them for 138 in 37.3 overs.
Abdul (33) and Nawaz Sharif (29) were the only performers in KSDO's chase.
Zamir was the pick of RCA's bowlers.
He took 5 wickets, Alfash claimed 3 wickets and Aziz Mirza bagged one to steer their team to a convincing win.