Jammu/Srinagar, May 31: JKCA Orange (Jammu Province) on Tuesday thrashed JKCA Blue (Kashmir Province) by a huge margin of 176 runs in the final of U19 Men’s One-Day Cup.
Earlier, put into bat, JKCA Orange set a good target of 233 runs in 45 overs. Achintya Khajuria top-scored with 68 runs, while Rhytham Sharma, Akshit Gandral and Bachan Singh contributed 44, 26 and 23 runs respectively. Oman Fayaz was the pick of the bowlers from JKCA Blues, who took 5 important wickets, while Arooj Parvaiz, Basit Nazir, Ranjot Singh and Ahmed Fayaz claimed one wicket each.
In reply, JKCA Blue bundled out for a paltry total of 56 runs to lose the match by a big margin. Oman Fayaz and Musaib were the only two batters who crossed double figure mark, making 18 and 12 runs respectively. For JKCA Orange, Naveed and Udhay Pratap took 3 wickets each, while Piyush and Shikawat claimed 2 wickets each.
Bachan Singh was declared as the best batsman of the tournament, while Arooj Parvez was adjudged as the best bowler. Oman Fayaz got the best all-rounder award, while Rhytham Sharma was adjudged as the best wicketkeeper. Sahil Imran was declared as the promising/emerging player of the tournament.
Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar was the chief guest on the valedictory function while cricketing icon Umran Malik was the special guest. Former First Class cricketer, Kavaljeet Singh and Cricket Coach Randhir Singh Manhas were the guests of honour who were honoured by JKCA through the Chief Guest on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Divisional Commissioner Jammu lavished praise for the organisers for conducting the event in a most begetting maaner and involving youth in sports activities to be away from drugs and other social evils.
Terming sportspersons as the messengers of peace and harmony, Mr Ramesh Kumar assured the association of every kind of help for promotion of the game.