Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, June 19: Star Cricket Club and KC Sports Club registered resounding victories over their rivals in the ongoing Chevrolet Cricket Cup 2014, being sponsored by KC Motors Jammu at KC Public School ground adjacent to KC Sports Club, here.
Star Cricket Club (SCC) defeated Krishna Cricket Club (KCC) by 66 runs in an easy contest.
Earlier, batting first, Star Cricket Club scored a good total of 176 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Sushil and Vishal played brilliantly and scored 60 and 72 runs respectively. For KCC, Vinod took 2 wickets and Chand claimed 1 wicket.
In reply, KCC collapsed at a meagre total of 110 runs in 14.2 overs, thus lost the match by 66 runs. Vishu and King contributed 19 and 15 runs respectively. For SCC, Vikas and Ahatsham took 4 and 3 wickets respectively. Vishal of Star Cricket Club was declared man of the match for his impressive knock of 72 runs.
Rajinder Singh, Sohail Yusuf and Sadiq Hussain Malik were the officials of the match.
In another match, KCSC drubbed KC Hyundai by a huge margin of 132 runs.
Earlier, after winning the toss and electing to bat first, KCSC scored a mammoth total of 196 runs in the allotted 20 overs, losing 5 wickets in the process. Abhishant and Sahil were the main contributors with 54 and 40 runs respectively. Manjeet took 2 wickets for KC Hyundai, while Sahil and Vikas claimed 1 wicket each.
In reply, KC Hyundai bundled out for a paltry total of 64 runs in 15 overs. Manjeet and Sahil were the only batsmen to cross double figure mark, scoring 15 and 10 runs respectively. For KCSC, Amrit Pal and Vivek took 3 and 2 wickets respectively, Ramandeep, Rocky, Ashwani Bhat and Abhishek shared 1 wicket each. Abhishant of KCSC was declared man of the match.
The match was officiated by Sadiq Hussain and Rajinder Singh as umpires, while Sohail Yusuf was the scorer.
Westside coupons worth Rs.1000 were presented to the winners of the man of the match award in both these matches.
The prizes are being sponsored by KC Motors, Narwal, Jammu.
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