42nd All India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial: Kunj Sharma’s 6 wicket haul and Aditya Kaushik’s century takes Air India into Semi-finals

NEW DELHI

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

With the help fine pace bowling by Kunj Sharma Man of the Match who took 6 wkts for 43 runs in 7.1 overs and fine century by Aditya Kaushik (101, 10×4 3×6 b87) Air India move into semi-final of the 42^nd All India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament 2015 as they easily defeated Roy Boys by 7 wkts in the 3rd quarter final match.

Today Air India skipper Rahul Yadav won the toss and invited Roy boys to bat first. Roy boys failed to face the medium pace attack of Kunj Sharma and spin attack of veteran left arm spin attack of Subhash Chaudhary and Sonu Sharma and were all out for partly 184 runs in 38.1 overs. Only Sajid Mohd. And Bobby Yadav could face the attack of Air India and helped their side to scored 184 runs. Sajid scored 57 runs with 3×4 in 69 balls and Bobby Yadav scored 68 runs with 3×4 2×6 in 86 balls.

At one time they lost their cream 3 batsman at 18 in 8 overs. Sajid and Bobby put on 106 runs for the 5^th wkt in 21.1 overs. Rohit scored 12 runs. Medium pacer Kunj Sharma was the main wrecker in chief for Air India and took 6 wkts for 43 runs in 7.1 overs. Leg spinner Ronak Sharma took 2 and veteran 48 year old Subhash Chaudhary took 1 wkts. Sanjay Pahal also took 1 wkt.

In reply Air India scored the needed 185 runs in 32 overs by losing 3 wkts. Aditya Kaushik scored 101 runs with 10×4 3×6 in 87 balls. Himanshu remained not out with 54 runs with 3×4 1×6 in 64 balls. Air India lost Manvinder Bisla for 3 and Deepak Joon for 13. Aditya Kaushik and Himanshu put on 107 runs for the 3^rd wkts in 20.3 overs. Anureet Singh, Anuj and Bobby took 1-1 wkts each.

Now Air India will meet Telefunken C.C. in semi-final on June 11.

SCORE BOARD

ROY BOYS :- 184  ALL OUT IN 38.1 OVERS (ROHIT BHADAANA 12, PRASHANT BHATI 00, PRATEEK SUNJEA 2, RAHUL CHOPRA 10, SAJID MOHD. 57 ( 3X4 B69), BOBBY YADAV 68 ( 3X4 2X6 B86), ANUREET SINGH 6, SAGAR MALIK 3, GURVINDER SINGH 4, ANUJ CHAUDHARY 5, VIRENDER GERATHI NOT OUT 4 EXTRA 13 ( W 9, NB 4)

FOW :- 1/00(2), 2/5(3), 3/18(1), 4/43(4), 5/149(5), 6/158(7), 7/165(8), 8/169(9), 9/180(6), 10/184(10)

BOWLING:- SANJAY PAHAL 7-1-34-1, KUNJ SHARMA 7.1-1-43-6, SONU SHARMA 6-0-26-0, SUBHASH CHAUDHARY 10-0-28-1, RONAK SHARMA 8-0-53-2

AIR  INDIA :- 185 FOR 3 IN 32 OVERS (ADITYA KAUSHIK 101 ( 10 X4 3X6 B87), MANVINDER BISLA 3, DEEPAK JOON 13, HIMASHU ASHNORA NOT OUT 5R4 ( 3X4 1X6 B64), RAHUL YADAV NOT OUT 0 EXTRA 14 ( LB 3, W 9, NB 2)

FOW : 1/32(2), 2/68(3), 3/175(1),

BOWLING:- ANUREET SINGH 8-1-26-1, VIRENDER GERATHI 4-0-36-0, ANUJ CHAUDHARY 6-1-21-1, BOBBY YADAV 1-0-10-1, GURVINDER SINGH 4-0-32-0, SAGAR MAILK 7-0-47-0, PRATEEK SUNJEA 2-0-10-0

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