42nd All India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial: FCI shock Sonnet CC; win by 9 wickets to enter last 4

NEW DELHI

Venue : St. Stephen’s College Cricket Ground Delhi  | Match Scorecard  | Tournament Details

With the help of unbeaten 130 runs partnership between Mayank Sidhana 84 not out (9×4 2×6 b61) and Paras Dogra 57 not out (3×4 2×6 b61) Food Corp of India move into semi-final of the 42^nd All India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament 2015 as they easily defeated Sonnet cricket club by 9 wkts in the 2^nd quarter final match.

Food Corp of India skipper Chetan Sharma won the toss and invited Sonnet C.C. to bat first. After a poor and slow start Sonnet Cricket Club were all out for partly 154 runs in 38.3 overs. They scored these runs with the help of Eklavya Diwedi (42 5×4 1×6 b60) and Yash Pal Singh 22 (2×4). Their stars Pratush Singh 17, Milin Kumar 2, Manan Sharma 8, Dron Chhabra 10 failed with the bat. Left arm spinner Devesh Khanna bowled well and took 4 wkts for 20 runs in 5 overs. Off spinner Pulkit Narang took 2 wkts for 29 runs, Rishi Dhawan, Nikhil Ganguta, Rajinder Bisht took 1-1 wkts each.

In reply FCI lost their first wkt at 21 of skipper Chetan Sharma on the bowling of pace bowler Manish but after that Mayank Sidhana and Paras Dogra put on `unbeaten 130 runs partnership for the 2^nd wkt in 19 overs and helped FCI to cross the rival total in 23.4 overs by losing 1 wkt and move into semi-final . Man of the Match Mayank Sidhana scored 84 not out with 9×4 2×6 in 61 balls and Paras Dogra remained not out with 57 (3×4, 2×6 in 61 balls.).

Score Board

Sonnet cricket club:- 154 all out in 38.3 overs ; Pragam Sharma 19( 3×4 1×6 b34), Pratush Singh 17 ( 2×4 b26), Eklavya Dewedi 42 ( 5×4 1×6 b60), Yash Pal Singh 22 ( 2×4 b33), Milind Kumar 2, Manan Sharma 8, Sidhant Dobal 9, Subodh Bhati 13, Dron Chabra 10, Manish Kumar 3, Deepak Dhillon not out 1 extra 8 ( lb 1, w 6, nb 1)

Fow :- 1/25(1), 2/42(2), 3/86(4), 4/95(5), 5/102(3), 6/119(7), 7/128(6), 8/144(8), 9/152(10), 10/154(9)

Bowling:- Rishi Dhawan 7-1-35-1, Nikhil Ganguta 6-1-19-1, Rajinder Bisht 8-0-26-1, Arjun Sharma 6-0-24-0, Pulkit Narang 7.3-0-29-2, Devesh Khanna 4-0-20-4

Food Corp. Of India:- 155 for 1 in 23.4 overs(Chetan Sharma 6, Mayank Sidhana not out 84 ( 8×4 2×6 b61) , Paras Dogra not out 57 ( 3×4 2×6 b61) extra 8)

Fow : 1/25(1)

Bowling:- Dron Chabhra 2-0-18-0, Subodh Bhati 4-1-8-0, Manish Kumar 2-0-9-1, Deepak Dhillon 4.4-0-36-0, Manan Sharma 6-0-33-0, Pratush Singh 3-0-26-0, Siddhant Dobal 2-0-21-0