Chandigarh, April 10
A superb display of batting by Rahul Panta, who scored unbeaten 48 runs and claimed two wickets for just 23 runs, enabled the DAV Coaching Centre ‘A’ beat DYFI XI by nine wickets in the UT League Cricket Tournament played at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here.
Winning the toss and elected to bat first, DYFI XI began well as they managed to score 48 runs in the first seven overs without losing any wicket.
Left-arm spinner Sandeep Arora and Sunny Behl bagged two wickets each, thus supported their captain restrict DYFI XI to a total of 120 runs in the stipulated 30 overs.
DYFI XI skipper Vinod Kumar scored 46 runs in just 43 deliveries. Chasing a modest total, DAV CC ‘A’ made the mockery of the DYFI bowling and achieved the target in just 16.4 overs.
DYFI XI: 120 runs all out in 30 overs (Vinod Kumar 46, Jagat Rawat 27, Sunny Behl 2 for 10, Sandeep Arora 2 for 27, Rahul Panta 2 for 23). DAVCC ‘A’: 124 runs for one in 16.4 overs (Rahul Panta 48 n.o., Sumit Kamboj 35, Rahul 23 n.o.,).
In another match of the day, Stadium XI trounced Phoenix XI by seven wickets.
Phoenix XI made 132 runs and were all out in 27.1 overs, while Stadium XI was able to score 133 runs for three in 14.5 overs.
In yet another tie, Sagar XI routed Gaurav XI by a margin of 86 runs. Sagar XI scored 217 runs for four, while Gaurav XI were bundled out for 131 runs.
In another match played at the Gursagar grounds, Sunny XI outclassed Youngs XI by 53 runs. Sunny XI made 145 runs and were all out, while Youngs XI could able to score only 92 runs for the loss of eight wickets.