Team No. 20, 143, 169A and 53 enter semi-finals of the Gully Cricket Tournament
Chartered Accountants beat Revenue Officers by 13 runs in an exhibition match
Chandigarh, Team No. 20, 143, 169A and 53 have made it into the semi-finals of the Allengers Gully Cricket Tournament being organized by the UT Cricket Association (UTCA) and Chandigarh Police. Quarterfinal matches were held at Police Line, Sector 26 on Friday.
In the first match of the day, Team No. 169A riding on a century by Aditya Kaushik (100) made 166/2 wherein in reply Team No. 190 could manage only 92/9.
In the second quarterfinal match, Team No. 20 registered an emphatic 51-run win over Team No. 2. Batting first, Team No. 20 made 129/5 with Rudra Pratap Singh (64) being the top scorer. In reply, the opposition team were restricted to 78/7.
In the third quarterfinal match of the day, Team No. 143 registered a thrilling 13-run win over Team No. 109. Aditya Gosain, who scored the first century of the tournament, scored blistering 82 runs off 31 balls to take Team No. 143 to 126/3. In response, Team No. 109 made 113/3.
In the last quarterfinal, Team No. 53 registered a thrilling 9-run win over Team No. 98. Team No. 53 scored 137/5 while in response Team No. 90 managed 128/8.
Meanwhile, the Indian Revenue Services (IRS) XI lost by 13 runs to the ICAI (Chartered Accountants) XI at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium in the series of exhibition matches on Friday. After winning the toss, ICAI XI scored 84 runs for the loss of six wickets in the stipulated ten overs with the fine contributions of CA Rajan Agnihotri (23) and CA Sandeep Singh (21). In reply, IRS XI were restricted to 71/1 with Ankit Rawat (27) as top scorer for the side.
PGI’s Director Dr Vivek Lal and PCA’s Secretary Dilsher Khanna were the chief guests on the occasion.
An exhibition match will be played between Chandigarh Police XI and Municipal Corporation XI on this ground on Saturday.
