Morung Express News Dimapur | October 26 Super Slammers overcame Brotherhood Kohima on Wednesday to emerge as champions of the Sovima T20 Gold Cup. Slammers won by 17 runs here at the Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, Dimapur, as Brotherhood Kohima ran out of overs despite a flying start in the run chase. Electing to bat, Slammers riding on Hokaito Zhimomi’s 42-ball 45 and M. Ali’s run-a-ball 29 had put up a modest score of 154 runs losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Abhinav Dixit with 4/29 was the pick of the Brotherhood bowlers while Akash Kumar also returned with decent figures of 2/23 from the four overs. In the run chase, the Kohima-side were off to a flyer as Amit Chopra scored a scintillating 36-ball 69 runs and was ably assisted by Abhinav Dixit who scored 43 runs from just 34 balls. However, Tiwari (2/9 from 4 overs) tightened things up for Super Slammers as they restricted Brotherhood to 137/5 in the 20 overs. Jogesh Bhumij who picked 2 wickets while giving away 23 runs was awarded the man of the match.
