Munish shines in PUNCOM XI victory

CHANDIGARH, Sept 27: Punjab Ranji player Munish Arora's fine all-round performance (51 and 2 for 22) enabled Punjab Communication Ltd. (P...

CHANDIGARH, Sept 27: Punjab Ranji player Munish Arora’s fine all-round performance (51 and 2 for 22) enabled Punjab Communication Ltd. (PUNCOM) to rout Chandigarh XI by a convincing margin of 73 runs in the fifth JP Atray memorial cricket tournament at the PCA Stadium, SAS Nagar here today.

Girish Bhanot of Chandigarh XI won the toss and elected to field first. Haryana Ranji player Vineet Jain who represents Indian Airlines bowled with a lot of fire. The PUNCOM XI openers Rajdeep Kalsi and Rakesh Renny could not face the big inswingers bowled by Jain.

Munish Arora shouldered the responsibility of carrying the innings to a respectable total. He in association with Obaid Kamaal and Kailash took the total form 133 to 209. His knock of 51 off 70 balls included just a single hit to the fence.

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PUNCOM XI scored a modest total of 209 runs in allotted 50 overs. The Chandigarh XI opened through Gurinder Singh and Rakesh Jolly. The team got off to a rousing start as they scored the 50 of the innings in 9.4 overs. However, in a dramatic turn around they lost five wickets for the addition in just 19 runs.

Scores: PUNCOM XI: 209 for 8 in 50 overs (Krishan Mohan 39, Munish 51, Ramesh Renny 20, Dhanraj 17, Vineet 2 for 34, Girish Bhanot 2 for 38).

Chandigarh XI: 136 in 39.1 overs (Rakesh Jolly 41, Madan Lal 19, Girish Bhanot 14, Kailash 3 for 18, Jaideep Singh 2 for 15).