STATE TIMES NEWS
REASI: Star India Cricket Club Thanpal to meet National Cricket Club Reasi in the final of ongoing District Reasi T20 Cricket Tournament, organised by District Police at Sports Stadium, here.
Earlier, the brilliant batting display of 99-run off 51 balls of Shivam guided Star India Cricket Club Thanpal to defeat Darmari Cricket Club by 89-run in the second semifinal played here on Monday.
Batting first after winning the toss, Star India Cricket Club Thanpal set a target of 189 for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Besides Shivam, Sunny and Babbi also contributed 36 off 28 balls and 18 off 15 balls for Star India. For Darmari Cricket Club, Ishaq and Mushtaq claimed two wickets each while Sajad took one.
In reply, Darmari Cricket Club failed to chase the target and was bowled out for meager 99 runs in 16.3 overs. Shahjan scored 20-ball 25 runs while Mushtaq and Javed added 22 and nine runs respectively to the total. Shivam and Vijaypal Singh of Star India Cricket Club took three wickets each while Babbi picked two.
For his all-round display, – Shivam was declared Man of the Match.
District President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shafiq-Ur-Rehman witnessed today’s match as Chief Guest.
Today’s match was officiated by Vishwajeet and Vikas Sharma as Umpires while Madan Thakur acted as Scorer.
