Excelsior Sports Correspondent
RAIPUR, Dec 27: After scoring a splendid century against Jharkhand the other day, skipper Kanhaiya Wadhawan along with opening batter Qazi Junaid scored cracking centuries today before Kawal Preet Singh produced a brilliant stuff with the ball, to guide J&K to a big win over Goa and qualify for the knockout stage of the ongoing Men’s U-23 State-A Trophy at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur today.
Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, J&K scored a massive total of 330/6 in stipulated 50 overs.
Qazi Junaid and Kanhaiya Wadhawan showed stellar grit and tenacity to notch up power-packed centuries. Kanhaiya scored unbeaten 105 runs off just 64 balls studded with 10 fours and 3 massive sixes, while Junaid scored 106 off 120 balls with 9 fours and 1 six. Musaif Ajaz (23 off 13 balls) and Kawal Preet Singh (16 off 6 balls) were the notable contributors.
Lakhmesh Pawne and Amit Yadav took 2 wickets each for Goa.
Goa in reply scored 258/7 in 50 overs thus losing the match by 72 runs. Yash Kasvankar top scored with unbeaten 100 runs off 96 balls with 9 fours and one six, while Ayush Verlekar (46), Gauresh Bharat (27) and Azan Thota (27) were the other contributors.
Kawal Preet Singh was the pick of the bowlers for J&K who took 4 wickets by conceding 37 runs in his 10 overs, while Mujtaba Yousuf, Archit Mahajan and Vishal Kumar claimed one wicket each. The team will proceed to Kolkata for knockouts.
Brig Anil Gupta, Member-Administration JKCA has lauded Kanhaiya Wadhawan, Qazi Junaid and said that the team is in the way of making history.
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