| 1st CORPORATE CHALLENGER CUP - IAF won | | Decision of batting first after winning the toss proved to be wrong at one stage as Air Force lost three quick wickets.Devender Israni 31 runs from 39 balls and Mumtaz Quadir 40 runs from 41 balls shared 67 runs partnership to bring their team out of trouble. Man of the match of previous match S.Upadhyay gave solidity to the team with 29 runs whereas Narender Sharma started his inning with a boundary scored a strokeful 46 runs from just 21 balls. Some of the shots were delight to watch as he played through the line.Narender played with lot of authority and struck seven fours and one huge six.Vikaramjit Singh 2 for 22 and Amit Saini 2 for 20 gave early dent to Air Force inning whereas captain Lokesh Mahajan who bowled death overs grabbed 3 wickets to ensure Air Force not reaching to a huge total. Collective efforts of middle order batsmen saw Air Force reaching to a respectable score of 169 from 25 overs.
Parampra started their run chase with a disaster as left hander hard hitting batsman Hari Om played across the line to Abhishek Sakuja and was adjudged LBW of the very first ball of the inning.Lokesh Mahajan,Tarun Kumar and G.Shankar also fell cheaply and at one stage they were struggling at 48 for four.Gopi Sethi 44 runs, Rajiv Kumar 18 from 22 balls and Amit Saini 16 from 15 balls tried to stay on the wicket. Left arm spin bowler A.K Mohanty 3 for 26 bowled very well and put pressure on the batsmen by keeping a very good line and length. Parampra managed to score 124 runs and lost the match by 45 runs. For a heroic knock of 46 runs by Narinder Sharma earned him Man of the Match award. |
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