Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 11: Superb display of bowling by speedsters Umar Nazir and Sahil Sharma, apart from a splendid show by left-arm spinner Amir Aziz helped Jammu and Kashmir drub formidable Hyderabad by 32 runs in their first match of the CK Nayudu Under-25 Trophy at GGM Science College Hostel Ground, here today.
With this win J&K has begun the season on a positive note as the State Ranji trophy team has already won their first match against Goa in a style on the other day.
When contacted, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy and president Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) said that the back to back victories in Ranji trophy and Under-25 matches is a perfect beginning for the season and the wins have set a stage for the players to display their best in the matches to come.
“The players and the support staff deserve appreciation for this perfect beginning of the season. For that matter, I congratulate them for these resounding wins and salute skippers for leading from the front,” Dr Abdullah expressed.
Meanwhile, treasurer JKCA, Manzoor Wazir alongwith his team of office bearers from both the provinces also congratulated the teams for this fabulous show.
Earlier, resuming the day at 70/3, needing another 118 runs for victory with 7 wickets in hand, Hyderabad batsmen struggled against the J&K bowling trio of Umar, Amir and Sahil, who consistently bowled in good areas to force rival batsmen make mistakes and plot their dismissals. Overnight unbeaten batsman, VP Patnaik, who had come as the night-watchman yesterday evening was the only player to show some resistance against a good stuff bowled by the J&K bowlers, who hit the perfect length in the entire innings. Patnaik scored 49 runs off 148 balls, studded with 4 boundaries. However, wickets fell at regular intervals as the other batsmen failed in application and the whole Hyderabad side bundled out for 155 runs to lose the match by 32 runs. For J&K, Umar Nazir scalped 4 important wickets by conceding 48 runs in his 14.3 overs, while Amir Aziz took 3 wickets by giving away 31 runs in his 14 overs. Sahil Sharma bowled a tidy spell of 12 overs by conceding just 18 runs and taking 2 important wickets.
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