3-Match One-Day Series
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 30: Country Cricket Academy (CCA) registered 6-wicket win over Rainawari Cricket Club (RCC) Srinagar in a low scoring second match of the 3-Match One-Day Cricket Series at Country Cricket Stadium Gharota, near here today.
Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, RCC bundled out for a modest total of 109 runs in 24 overs. Puneet Wattal top scored with 29 runs while Savar Fotedar and Praful Dhar contributed 26 and 24 runs respectively to the total. For CCA, Ajeet Kumar, Rohit Thakur and Rakesh took 2 wickets each, while Sarthak Khoda and Lovesh claimed 1 wicket each.
In reply, CCA chased the target easily in 16.1 overs by losing 4 wickets and thus won the match by 6 wickets. Sarthak Khoda top scored with 36 runs off 37 balls, studded with 4 delectable boundaries while Rakesh and Surya Vaishnavi contributed unbeaten 24 and 19 runs to the total respectively. For RCC, Dhruv Gupta, Praful Dhar, Ashish Bhat and Satish Kumar took 1 wicket each.
For their all-round display, Rakesh and skipper Sarthak Khoda were jointly adjudged as the player of the match.
With this win, CCA has levelled the series 1-1. The 3-Match Series is being organized by the Management of Country Cricket Academy under the overall supervision of Vikrant Sharma.