Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 14: Riding on a terrific bowling display by all the bowlers, especially the left-arm spinners, coupled with good show with the willow by skipper Kanhaiya Wadhawan, promising Kaval Preet Singh and young Dhruv Sharma, clinical Jammu and Kashmir thrashed Tripura by 9 wickets to end their campaign on a positive note in the ongoing U-25 CK Nayudu Trophy at MBB Stadium, Agartala today.
Earlier, chasing a paltry total of 48 runs, J&K completed the formality in 11.2 overs by losing one wicket, thus won the match by 9 wickets. Arya Thakur (28*) and Shubham Singh Pundir (18*) were the main contributors, while young Dhruv Sharma was the only man to be dismissed for 4 runs.
Left-arm spinners- Vishal Kumar (9 wkts in the match) and Taizeem Younis Tak (7 wkts in the match) and middle-order batters namely Kanhaiya Wadhawan (57), Kaval Preet Singh (58) and Dhruv Sharma were the star performers for J&K.
The team is being accompanied by Sarabjeet Singh as Head Coach, Hilal Ahmad Zargar as Manager, Vivek Khajuria as Co-Manager, Kavaljeet Singh as Batting Coach, Sameer Ali as Bowling Coach, Guru Partap Singh as Trainer, Sahil Sharma as Video Analyst, Jitender as Physiotherapist and Arun as Masseur.
Brig Anil Gupta, Member-Administration JKCA has congratulated the team alongwith the Support Staff for this big win.
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