Chandigarh, Amarjit: The Chandigarh Cricket Academy beat YMCA Parnami Cricket Academy, Chandigarh by 6 wickets in the opening match of the first Dinesh Verma Memorial boys under-19 league Cricket tournament played here today. A Super most Economical spell bowling by Anurag Sharma ( 6-3-13-3) of Chandigarh Cricket Academy was declared Man of the Match award given by Sh. Krishan Lal Verma father of Late Dinesh Kumar Verma. Earlier in the morning Sh. Krishan Lal Verma also Inaugurated the Tournament in memory of former state Cricketer Late Dinesh Verma jee.
Batting first YMCA Parnami CA, Chandigarh batsman Could not face the accurate line & length bowling spell by Chandigarh Cricket Academy Medium Pacer Anurag Sharma ( 6-3-13–3) & left arm Paras ( 6-1-11-2) & Himanshu ( 4-0-13-2) & Harish Kumar & Shivang Ahuja both claimed 1 wicket each enabled YMCA PCA, Chandigarh bundled all out only 103 runs in 32.3 overs. YMCA batsman Ankrish Chaudhary made 24, Prashant Ahlawat 21 & Raghav Verma made 20 runs.
Chasing the target Chandigarh Cricket Academy batsman Shray Chibber played brilliant 42 runs & sensible unbeaten 31 runs by Prince Upadhyay enabled Chandigarh Cricket Academy to achieve the target 106 for loss of 4 wickets in 18.1 overs. YMCA Bowlers Manav Vashisht claimed 2 wickets & Salman & Shivdeep Singh both claimed 1 wicket each.