Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 3: Splendid batting performance helped Police XI to thrash Boom Boom Cricket Club (BBCC) by a big margin of 87 runs in the ongoing Salute and Tribute to Siachen Martyrs T20 Cricket Tournament, being organized by Parade Sports Association at Parade ground, here today.
Bating first, Police XI scored a mammoth total of 231 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, losing 4 wickets in the process. Ishtiaq was the top scorer with unbeaten 48 runs, while Umar Nabi contributed magnificent 41 runs to the total.Manzoor Illahi, Farooq Ahmed, Naresh Kumar and Tawseef Ahmed contributed 37, 33, 20 and 19 runs to the total. For BBCC, Athar, Ishtiaq, Abdul and Umar claimed one wicket each.
In reply, BBCC managed to score 144 runs in the allotted 20 overs, thus lost the match by a big margin of 87 runs. Uzar Ahmed played a brilliant innings of 72 runs, while Akhter contributed 23 runs to the total. Mohd Ashraf and Adil Ahmed took 2 wickets each for Police XI, while Manzoor Illahi, Umar Nabi, Amir and Shamsher claimed one wicket each. Umar Nabi was declared man of the match.
The match was officiated by Sadiq Hussain Malik and Rajinder Singh as umpires.
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