Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 2: Media XI Cricket Club Jammu outplayed Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party by 26 runs in a friendly match, played at MA Stadium, here today.
Apni Party General Secretary, Vijay Bakaya (Retd IAS) was the chief guest, who inaugurated the cricket match after paying floral tribute to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
Later, Media XI led by skipper Yash Khajuria won the toss and opted to bat first. Substantive contributions by Sunil Bali, Nitin Thakur, Dev Thakur and Ashu Mehra helped Media XI to register 145/9 runs on the scoreboard in the stipulated 20 overs.
From Apni Party XI, Anmol and Abhinav took 3 wickets each, while Jogi and Raghu shared one wicket apiece.
Chasing the target, Apni Party XI had an impressive start with opening pair of Mohd Asif and Anmol knitted a 50 runs partnership in 8 overs, before skipper Yash Khajuria eliminated Mohd Asif. However, Apni Party XI continued to rotate the strike but the soaring required run rate remained a headache for them.
Media XI bowlers bowled tight line and length to mount pressure on the Apni Party batters resulting in an intermittent fall of wickets to restrict them on 119/5 in the stipulated overs, hence lost the match by 26 runs. From Media XI, Yash Khajuria, Nitin Thakur, Sunil Thapa and Sunil Bali took one wicket each.
Later, Provincial President Apni Party Manjeet Singh felicitated both the teams by presenting medals and trophies. Nitin Thakur from Media XI was declared as player of the match.
Suroor Singh Jamwal from the ‘ESPATO My Learn Coffee’–official sponsors for the Media XI CC released the jersey of Media XI. The event was coordinated by Senior Journalist Ajay Raina, Co-ordinator Media XI CC.
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