STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Veterans Cricket Association J&K defeated CBOA Superkings by 3 runs in a keenly contested match played at MA Stadium, here on Friday.
Vivek Suri, Captain of Veterans Cricket Association J&K, win the toss and elected to bat first but his decision backfired as in form batsman Amit Kumar went cheaply on 4 runs.
But Ashish Singh played a sheet anchor role and crafted valuable parterships first with Vivek Suri of 28 runs and with Vighat of 49 runs and took the score of VCAJK to 152 runs in stipulated 20 overs. Ashish made unbeaten 72 runs followed by Vighat 22 runs and Vivek Suri 10 runs.
For CBOA Superkings Rahul Jasrotia took 2 wickets whereas Anmol Kamal and Sahib claimed one wicket each.
Chasing 153 runs to win, CBOA Superkings started their innings on a steady note but lost Bikram Chib on 11 runs. Gourav and Anil Virdhy rotated the strike well but were out after being set on the crease as bowlers of VCAJK bowled on nagging line and length.
CBOA Superkings were 96 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 13 overs when match was stopped due to technical reasons giving VCAJK a 3 run victory by D/L method.
Anmol Kamal remained unbeaten on 23 whereas Gourav and Anil contributed with 24 and 22 runs respectively. For VCAJK Saching Singh and Uttkansh Slathia took one wicket each. Ashish Singh of VCAJK was declared as Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.
