YAC beat THAU in Plate Tournament
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 04 2023:
YAC (Yaiskul) beat THAU (Thangmeiband) by two wickets in their Group A match of the 7th MNCA Plate Tournament on Wednesday.
Electing to bat, THAU had a bright start until their opener Sagolsem Santoshkumar Singh (66) fell prey to Oinam Kiran's bowling effort.
Thereafter, the Thangmeiband side had an awful batting collapse as they ended up making 150 after being bowled out in 38.4 overs.
Salam Riju and Oinam Kiran tore through THAU's batting order, sharing seven wickets between them with Riju snapping four from his five overs.
Ajanta and Krishnananda Khwairakpam contributed one wicket each for YAC.
The Yaiskul squad then knocked off the target in 33.5 overs with two wickets to spare.
Krishnananda Khwairakpam (24 not out) and Oinam Kiran (10 not out) led YWC to a convincing victory, with contributions from Joychandra Ngangom (22), Pukhrambam Priyokumar (22) and Salam Raju (10) .
In the chase, YWC lost two wickets each to Khundrakpam Aden and Malesh Kumar Ngangbam, and one each to N Surash, Yumkham Ortega Roy and Khumukcham Romesh.
Salam Raju, who took four wickets and scored 10 runs, was named the man of the match.