Indian Travel Port win a thrilling low scorer against ACE XI in Monsoon Trophy
Monday, August 17
Continuing with the trend of exciting low scoring matches in the ongoing Monsoon Trophy 2015, Indian Travel Port made heavy weather while chasing a target of 103 runs in 20 overs against ACE XI, but eventually crossed the line in the very last over with just 4 wickets to spare.
ACE XI won the toss and opted to bat first. Abhishek Malik‘s 23 and Shivam’s fighting 19 helped them cross the 100 run mark, as they crawled to 102 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Owaish captured 3 wickets for Indian Travel Port. Gaurav Pawar and Atul Grover shared a wicket each.
In reply, Indian Travel Port didn’t find their way as easy as they would have liked as the chase went down till the last over. Opener Suraj Kumar played a good knock of 45 runs. Kuldeep Tyagi and Nitin Kumar scored 18 runs each. Three bowlers from ACE XI managed a couple of wickets each.
Owaish was adjudged man of the match for his excellent bowling performance.
Brief Scores:
ACE XI: 102/7 in 20 overs (Abhishek Malik 23, Shivam 19, Owaish 3/21)
Indian Travel Port: 103/6 (Suraj Kumar 45, Nitin Kumar 18)
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