Nasir Lone’s brilliant century went in vain as Abdul Samad’s all-round show and Shubham Khajuria’s art with the willow overwhelmed his brilliance to guide JKCA Blue (Jammu Province) to emphatic 9-wicket win over JKCA Orange (Kashmir Province) to lift the title trophy of the Senior Men’s Multi-Day Cricket Tournament at picturesque Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium Srinagar on Thursday.
Earlier, resuming from an overnight score of 160/6, JKCA Orange (Kashmir Province) managed to score 327 runs in 66.3 overs in their second essay, thus setting a target of 109 runs for JKCA Blue. Nasir Lone showed stellar grit and tenacity to notch up a magnificent century (110), while Sheikh Usaid (66) and Zaman Qayoom (52) were the other major contributors.
For JKCA Blue, Abdul Samad was the pick of the bowlers, who took 5 wickets by conceding 47 runs in 7.3 overs, while Ramdayal took 2 wickets by giving away 84 runs in 15 overs.
JKCA Blue rode on explosive Abdul Samad and gutsy Shubham Khajuria and chased the target easily in 11 overs to help their team register an outright victory by 9 wickets. Both the batsmen scored power-packed 51 runs each, hitting some massive sixes also, besides displaying elegance, grace and brilliance.
Suryansh Raina was the only wicket to fall, who was dismissed by Parvez Rasool, his only wicket in the match.
Shubham Khajuria was adjudged as the best batter, Abid Mushtaq as the best bowler, Nasir Lone as the best all-rounder, Shivansh Sharma as the best wicketkeeper and Vanshaj Sharma as the most promising player of the tournament.