Christmas Cricket Championship
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 23: Jammu Vishal Cricket Club (VCC) will take on Champions Cricket Academy (CCA) Chandigarh tomorrow in the final of the Under-17 Christmas Cricket Championship, being played at Landran Cricket Ground Kharar Mohali in Chandigarh.
Earlier Jammu Vishal Cricket Club defeated Cricket Academy-24 Panchkula by 5 wickets and entered in final of the Championship.
Batting first after winning the toss, Cricket Academy-24 Panchkula scored 210 runs for 8 wickets in the stipulated 40 overs. Saksham and Shoumik were the main scorers with 43 and 37 runs while Gyan and Ashmit Gupta contributed with 29 and 27 runs to the total.
From the bowling side, Sachin and Achintiya took 2 wickets each, while Krishna Sharma, Arman Sharma and Dhruv Sharma took 1 wicket apiece.
In reply Jammu Vishal Cricket Club chased the target in 35.2 overs by losing 5 wickets thus won the match by 5 wickets. Jahanveer Singh 31 runs, Arnav Gupta 30 runs, Achintiya Khajuria 28 runs, Rohan Gill 27 runs, Arman Sharma 25 and Shouraya Sharma 24 runs were the main scorers of Vishal Club Jammu.
From the bowling side, Girish took 3 wickets, Yuvraj Singh and Shoumik took 1 wicket each.
Achintiya was declared as man of the match.
It needs to mention here that the tour for the Jammu boys is being arranged by the Senior Cricketers of J&K and Members of the Indian Cricket Association in association with Vishal Cricket Club Jammu with the objective to provide platform to the J&K cricketers so that they can exhibit their cricket talents and to improve their match temperament while playing with other State players.
The supporting staff of the Jammu Vishal Cricket Club includes Avinash Uttam as Mentor, Ankush Sharma as Coach whereas Davinder Sharma, Rajinder Sharma and Raj Singh Khadyal are the Managers in the supporting staff.
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