da premier bet： India under-19 player Manish Sharma scored a belligerent 74 to enablePunjab Cricket Club outclass Central Revenue Sports Board by 92 runsin the inaugural match of the seventh J.P
Rakesh Sanghi24-Sep-2000India under-19 player Manish Sharma scored a belligerent 74 to enablePunjab Cricket Club outclass Central Revenue Sports Board by 92 runsin the inaugural match of the seventh J.P. Atray Memorial Crickettournament at the PCA stadium in Mohali today.Manish Sharma
© CricInfo LtdThe CRSB XI skipper Rakesh Jolly won the toss and opted to field.Punjab Club opened through the seasoned Vikram Rathour and RavneetRicky. With the score on 27, Rathore departed for an individualcontribution of 19 runs. Soon after, Ravneet Ricky pushed the ball tomid on and ran for a quick single. His partner Manish Sharma did notrespond and both of them were stranded at the same end.Dinesh Mongia joined Manish Sharma and both of them were involved in apartnership of 107 runs. Whereas Manish played the sheet anchor role,it was Mongia who stole the limelight. His 50 came off just 43 ballswhich included 5 hits to the fence. Manish was the fourth batsman tobe dismissed at the team score of 174 runs with his own contributionbeing 74 runs off 103 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6).The hero of the latter part of the innings was Harminder Jugnu whoscored a hurricane 57 runs off just 35 balls with the help of 6boundaries and 2 huge sixes. The defending champion in the tournament,Punjab Cricket Club finished with a healthy total of 259/9 in theallotted 50 overs. Madan Lal was the pick of the CRSB XI attack,claiming three vital wickets.The CRSB team had to achieve the target in 49 overs due to a slow overrate. The team suffered early shocks as Padamjeet Sehrawat, skipperRakesh Jolly and Bhupinder Singh junior were back in the pavilion withonly 24 runs on the board. Atul Ranade looked impressive in his briefknock of 19 runs. However he was caught by Amit Uniyal off SanjayMahajan in an attempt to clear the infield.Bhupinder Singh senior too did not last long but at the other endSatrajit Lahiri carried on undaunted, reaching his 50 off 78 balls.Only Devinder Dahiya (34) gave him some support and the tail did notcontribute much as CRSB XI managed only 167 runs for the loss of eightwickets in the stipulated overs. Lahiri remained unbeaten with 71 off122 balls, including five hits to the fence. Left arm spinner NavdeepSingh bowled an excellent line and length to claim 2/21 in his spellof 10 overs. Earlier Vineeta Rai, Advisor to the Administrator,Chandigarh inaugurated the tournament.