42nd All India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Tournament: Vaibhav Rawal hits 102*; Rampal Academy defeat ITC Maurya by 7 wickets
Venue: St. Stephen’s Ground | Match Scorecard | Tournament Details
With the help of fine bowling by medium pacer Aakash Sudan (4/49) and left arm spinner Sunil Dalal (3/27) and fine 120 runs partnership between Vaibhav Rawal (102 not out 7×4 4×6 b77) and Milind Tondon 50 (2×4 2×6 b69) Ram Pal Cricket Academy move into pre quarter final of 42nd All India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament 2015 as they easily defeated ITC Maurya by 7 wickets in the first round match.
Ram Pal Cricket Academy skipper Puneet Bisht won the toss and invited ITC to bat first. ITC batsmen except Pankaj Joshi (30) and Rohit Sharma (61, 9×4 b71) failed to face the pace and spin attack of Ram Pal Cricket Academy scored only 194 runs in 40 overs by losing 9 wickets. Mihir Dhawan (27 not out (4×4 b35) and Rohit Malik 25 not out (2×4 2×6 b20) added 45 runs for the 9th wicket in last 7.3 overs.
Earlier ITC lost first 4 wickets for 21 runs but Pankaj Joshi and Rohit Sharma added 85 runs in 19 overs for the 5th wicket. Medium pacer Aakash Sudan bowled well and took 4 wickets for 49 runs in 10 overs. Left arm spinner Sunil Dalal took 3 wickets for 27 runs in 8 overs in which 2 were maidens. Rohit Dubey and Khandvil took 1 wicket each.
In reply RPCA lost the wicket of Aakash Verma at 5 runs of the bowling of Rohit Malik. They lost 2nd wicket of skipper Puneet Bisht at 23. After that Man of the Match Vaibhav Rawal and Milind Tondon played a good knock and put on 120 runs in 18.1 overs for 3rd wicket and helped their side to score the needed 195 runs in 30.1 overs by losing 3 wickets. Vaibhav Rawal remained not out with 102 with the help of 7xz4 4×6 b77) and Alam was not out with 23 runs. Milind Tondon scored 50 runs with the help of 2×4 2×6 b69). Pacer Rohit Malik took 2 wickets and left arm spinner Mohit Sharma took 1 wicket for ITC.
SCORE BOARD
ITC MAURYA: 194 FOR 9 IN 40 Overs (Vaibhav Deshpandey 3, Virender Dahiya 12, Mohit Sharma 00, Nitesh Lochab 0, Pankaj Joshi 30 (2X4 B64), Rohit Sharma 61 (9X4 B71), Himanshu Chawla 8, Mohit Dhawan Not Out 27 (4X4 B35), Goldy Parsad 10, Sahil Khatri 00, Rohit Malik Not Out 25 (2X4 2X6 B20) {EXTRA 18, (B-2, LB 10, W 7)}
FOW: 1/3(1), 2/16(2), 3/16(3), 4/21(4), 5/106(5), 6/132(6), 7/132(8), 8/149(9), 9/150(10)
BOWLING: Rohit Dubey 8-0-59-1, Aakash Sudan 10-1-49-4, Saran Rawat 8-1-32-0, Sunil Dalal 8-2-27-3, Ranawq Parihar 3-0-13-0, Khandvil 3-0-3-1
RAM PAL CRICKET ACADEMY: 196 FOR 3 IN 30.1 OVERS (Aakash Verma 4, Milin Tondon 50 (2X4 2X6 B69), Puneet Bisht 9 (2X4 B10), Vaibhav Rawal Not Out 102 (7X4 4X6 B77), Arise Alam 23 (3X4 1X6 B14) Extra 8 (W 8)
FOW: 1/5(1), 2/23(3), 3/143(2)
BOWLING: Rohit Malik 6-1-37-2, Nitesh Loachab 5-1-19-0, Gildy Parsad 6-0-46-1, Mohit Sharma 1-0-6-0, Sahil Khatri 4-0-20-0, Mihir Dhawan 4-0-43-0, Pankaj Joshi 4-0-21-0, Vaibhav Deshpandey 0.1-0-4-0
Due to last moment withdrawal of HPCA team the committee invited K.N.Colts a stand by team in the place of HPCA. HPCA is busy in Dehradun tournament.
Next Fixture: MADRAS C.C. VS K.N.COLTS AT ST. STEPHEN’S COLLEGE GROUND DELHI AT 7.30 AM on 1st June 2015