Amit Poonia picks up a 5 fer as Rebels win comfortably by 9 wickets in the MCL

The quarterfinal of the Millenium Cricket League USA – Forty 40 , Division B was played between Rebels and Piscataway. The Piscataway won the toss and elected to bat first.

Piscataway could only manage 135 runs as they were all out with 6 overs to spare. Amit Poonia was the star with the ball as he bowled a match winning spell of 5/40 to restrict Piscataway to a low score. The highest scorer for Piscataway was Marvin Darlington with 33 but he did not get any support from the other end.

Rebels C.C needed just 136 runs to enter the semi finals and they did it with ease. Rithwik Bhansal scored an unbeaten 83 of 54 balls to guide his team home. Rebels won with 9 wickets in hand.

It was a convincing win by the Rebels C.C to enter the semi finals ! Amit Poonia was the “Man of the Match” for his 5 wicket haul.