Parminder bowls Sigma XI towards victory

Express News Service

Chandigarh, October 12 : A fine bowling performance by Parminder (4 for 16) enabled Sigma XI defeat Airtel XI by 36 runs in the ongoing Second MG Cup League Cricket Tournament, being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club here at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 on Sunday.

Batting first after winning the toss, Sigma XI had a disappointing start as the openers were back in the pavilion within two overs at a score of 10 runs. Sandeep Mehta steadied the ship for his team and made 32 valuable runs for his team and helped it to get to a score of 139 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 25 overs. Manpreet and Rajesh instilled a terror in the batsmen with their lethal bowling and a great fielding by their team-mates. They shared six wickets between them giving away just 40 runs in the process.

In reply, Airtel XI never seemed in the fray as their batsmen were giving away their wickets from the beginning of the innings. Parminder was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up four valuable wickets for the team and was pretty economical giving away only 16 runs. Manpreet was the highest run getter for his team as he made 37 runs. In the end

Airtel XI were bundled out for 103 runs in 19.4 overs.

In the second match of the day, INSCOL XI bowlers ripped through the bating line up of Citi Financial to hand their team a 39 run win.

Batting first, INSCOL could manage only 112 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 25 overs, as the batsmen were not comfortable at the crease and were under pressure as the fielders did not allow any ball to pass through. Mithun showed some finesse and chipped in with 40 runs for his team. Ashok Kumar was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up 2 wickets for 13 runs.

In reply, Citi Financial had a bad start and the batsmen were throwing away their wickets form the word go. Only Amit Sharma crossed 20-run mark and Deepak and Loksh were the other two batsmen who got to double figures. Ramesh was the wrecker in chief as he picked up 4 wickets for 17 runs.

Brief scores:

Sigma XI : 139 for 8 in 25 overs. (Sandeep Mehta 32, Anoop 21, Manpreet 3 for 25, Rajesh 3 for 15, Alok 2 for 27); Airtel XI : 103 all out in 19.4 overs. (Manpreet 37, Vinay Bhardwaj 27, Parminder 4 for 16, Sukhwinder 3 for 6);

INSCOL XI : 112 for 8 in 25 overs. (Mithun 40, Rajesh 21, Ashok Kumar 2 for 13, Vikas 2 for 23); Citi Financial: 73 all out in 16.2 overs. (Amit Sharma 21, Deepak 12, Ramesh 4 for 17, Ravi 3 for 27).