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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Punjab team clinch cricket title


Dehradun, January 7
The Punjab team won the 26th Banke Lal Shah Under-15 Memorial Cricket Tournament by defeating the Purvanchal Cricket Academy, Benaras, by eight wickets in the final match here today.
After winning the toss, the Punjab team elected to bowl first. In the first innings, the Benaras team scored 49 runs all out. Rohit was the top scorer with 15 runs. Raghav and Harpreet took two wickets each for the Punjab team.
Responding to the score of the first innings, the Punjab team made 52 runs at the loss of two wickets. Openers Abhinav and Marshal contributed to the team’s victory with 26 and 17 runs, respectively.
Chaudhary Avdhesh Kumar, president of the Uttarakhand Volleyball Association, who was the chief guest on the occasion, congratulated the winning team and gave away the prizes.
Sukhpreet and Abhinav of the Punjab team were declared the best bowler and the best batsman, respectively. Sanjay from MCC was declared the best fielder while Vishal Roopani of the Benaras team won the best wicket keeper title.
Abhinav of the Punjab team was declared as the man of the match.

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