42nd All India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial: Kunj Sharma’s 4/37 takes Air India into final; beat Telefunken by 9 wickets
NEW DELHI
Venue : St. Stephen’s College Cricket Ground,Delhi | Match Scorecard | Tournament Details
With the help fine pace bowling by Kunj Sharma Man of the Match who took 4 wkts for 37 runs in 7 overs and fine unbeaten 119 runs partnership for 2nd wkt between Aditya Kaushik (78 not out, 7×4 4×6 b67) and Deepak Joon ( 46not out 5×4 1×6 b43) Air India moved into final of the 42nd All India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament 2015 after 4 years as they easily defeated Telefunken Cricket Club by 9 wkts in the first semi-final match.
Today Air India skipper Rahul Yadav won the toss and invited Telefunken C.C. to bat first. Telefunken C.C. started their inning very badly as they lost 4 main batsmen Pradeep Sharma (2), Gaurav Kocher (0) Prashant Bhandari (0) and skipper Vikas Singh (0) when the score was 25 in 6.2 overs. Thereafter Sunny Singh and Yogesh Nagar played a good innings and had a partnership of 88 runs for the 5th wkt in 14.2 over. Yogesh Nagar was out as 5th batsmen after scoring 49 runs with 6×4 1×6 in 59 balls. After the departure of Yogesh, Ankit Maini was out very next ball as lbw off Ronak Sharma for 00.
Then Sunny and Deepak Khatri took the side score to 156 when Sunny was stump by Rahul Yadav off Ronak Sharma for 68 (6×4, 1×6 b74). Telefunken was all out for 190 runs in 34.3 overs. Saurabh Sharma scored 22 and Deepak Khatri scored 35 runs for Telefunken. Medium pacer Kunj Sharma again shone with the ball and took 4 wkts for 37 runs. He took 3 out of first 4 wkts. Pacer Kurban Ali also bowled well and took 3 wkts in 8.3 overs and leg spinner Ronak Sharma also took 3 wkts for 37 runs in 6 overs.
In reply Air India scored the needed 191 runs in 24.3 overs by losing the wkt of Manvinder Bisla (55, 5×4 4×6 in 40 balls). Aditya Kaushik 78 not out (7×4 4×6 b67) and Deepak Joon 46 not out (5×4 1×6 balls 43) put on unbeaten 119 runs in next 15.1 overs and helped Air India to reach the final of the Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament.
SCORE BOARD
TELEFUNKEN CRICKET CLUB: 190 ALL OUT IN 34.3 OVERS ( PRADEEP SHARMA LBW KUNJ SHARMA 2, SUNNY SINGH ST RAHUL YADAV B RONAK SHARMA 78 ( 6X4, 1X6 B74), GAURAV KOACHHER C RAHUL YADAV B KUNJ SHARMA 00(B2), PRASHANT BHANDARI C KUNJ SHARMA B KURBAD ALI 00 (B3), VIKAS HATHAWALA C SARFRAZ B KUNJ SHARMA 00 ( B3), YOGESH NAGAR C & B RONAK SHARMA 49 ( 6X4 1X6 B59), ANKIT MAINI LBW RONAK SHARMA 00 (1), DEEPAK KHATRI C HITEN DALAL B KUNJ SHARMA 35( 2X4 1X6 B35), SAURABH SHARMA LBW KURBAN ALI 22 ( 3X4 1QX6 B18), SHIVA SINGH NOT OUT 2, HIMANSHU SANGWAN B KURBAN ALI 0 (B1) EXTRA 12 ( LB 4, W 5, NB 3)
FOW: 1/11(1), 2/11(3), 3/12(4), 4/25(5), 5/113(6), 6/113(7), 7/156(2), 8/183(8), 9/190(9), 10/190(11)
BOWLING: KUNJ SHARMA 7-0-37-4, KURBAN ALI 8.3-0-43-3, SARFRAZ 6-0-32-0, SONU SHARMA 6-0-31-0, MANINDER BISLA 1-0-6-0, RONAK SHARMA 6-0-37-3
AIR INDIA: 191 FOR 1 IN 24.3 OVERS (ADITYA KAUSHIK NOT OUT 78 (7X4 4X6 B67), MANINDER BISLA LBW VIKAS HATHWALA 55 ( 5X4 4X6 B40), DEEPAK JOON NOT OUT 46 ( 5X4 1X6 B43) EXTRA 212 ( W 5, B 4, NB 3)
FOW: 1/72 (2) 9.2 OVERS
BOWLING: SHIVA SINGH 7-0-52-0, YOGESH NAGAR 6-0-66-0, HIMANSHU SANGWAN 5-0-32-0, VIKAS HATHWALA 6.3-0-37-1
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