STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Club (SKCC) defeated Bishnah Cricket Club (BCC) by 19 runs in a friendly match played at Sikanderpur Ground, here on Friday.
SKCC led by Aman Cheema, after winning the toss opted to bat first. With an excellent batting display by Rohit Katal (33 runs off 40 balls) and Sunil Sharma (30 off 25 balls), SKCC achieved 143 runs target on scoreboard in the 20 overs. For BCC, Jaipaul picked two wickets while Roshan, Vivek and Gourav shared apiece.
In their run chase, BCC opener Gorav made 24 runs off 26 balls. Overcoming the initial loss, BCC garnered 48 runs at the end of batting power play. After then tight bowling performances by Sunil Sharma, Anmol Manhas, Shahrukh, Jimmy and Abhisekh tamed BCC well in the middle overs as the asking rate kept escalating to nine runs an over. BCC could not hold their nerves under pressure and got all out on 123 runs.
Sunil with an excellent bowling performance took four wickets. Anmol, Abhishek, shahrukh and Jimmy shared one each.
For his all-round performance, Sunil (30 runs and 4 wickets) was declared as Man of the Match.
