DTU beat Friends Club in the inaugural match of Sultan Sports Hot Weather Cup 2015

Venue : Raj Cricket Ground – Delhi  | Match Scorecard  | Details of Tournament

New Delhi

The Sultan Sports Hot Weather Cup 2015 kick started at Raj Cricket Ground, Milan Garden, Delhi with Delhi Technical University’s Cricket Team defeating Friends Club easily by 41 runs and opened their account.

Batting first, DTU XI scored a whopping 214 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. They smashed the hapless Friends Club bowlers to all corners of the park en route to their high score. The chief destructor was Karan Narang who played a scintillating knock of 74 runs and was the top scorer for his team. He got excellent support from Raman Prajapati who contributed with an equally important innings of 45 runs. Skipper Ankit Kumar scored 24 runs for his team in what was his captaincy debut for DTU XI after taking over the reigns from Karan Narang.

Sumit Rana and Madhusudan Mehta picked up 2 wickets each for Friends Club.

In reply Friends Club could score only 173 runs for the loss of 9 wickets and collapsed under the pressure of high scoring game. Only Hemu Kashyap (56) and Madhusudan Mehta (42) could withstand the DTU bowlers but their effort was not enough to take their team over the line.

For DTU XI, Rahul Meena captured 3 wickets in his 4 overs. But it was Man of the Match, Mohit Mathew who demolished the Friends Club innings by picking up 4 wickets.

Brief Scores:

DTU XI: 214/5 (Karan Narang 74, Raman 45, Sumit, Madhushudan- 2 wickets)

Friends Club: 173/9 (Hemu 56, Madhusudan 42, Mohit- 4 wickets)

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Reported by

Sumanyu Jain

Regional Manager & Editor @CricketGraph