BMS, Victoria win big, Arcane edge Moonlight in super-over
Morung Express News
Dimapur | October 19
BMS Darbar and Victoria CC registered thumping victories while Arcane Warriors had to rely on a super-over to see-off Moonlight CC on Wednesday in the ongoing Sovima T20 Gold Cup here at the Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium, Sovima.
The first match of Day 5 saw BMS Darbar trounce Kings Bird Royal by 119 runs in a match reduced to 15-overs due to delay.
BMS put into bat, put on a colossal 166 runs losing 4 wickets. The exceptional Avneet Singh led the scoring smashing 61 runs from just 39 balls, while Nadeem chipped in with a quick-fire 31 runs from 12 balls.
Tohoto (1/18) and Keduolhoulie Metha (1/19) were the most economical as the other bowlers were hit all over the park.
With a required run rate of over 11 per over, the pressure was too much for Kings Bird Royal to take as they were bundled out for a paltry 47 runs in 13.5 overs.
BMS bowler Prasad Kadale was the pick of the bowlers returned with figures of 3/13 from the allotted 3 overs. Teammate Nadeem who only bowled one over picked a couple of wickets while giving away no runs.
Zuber (17 runs from 32 balls) was the only batsman who offered some sort of resistance.
Avneet was later awarded the man of the match award for his stellar effort with the bat.
In the second match, Victoria CC hammered Razzle United by 99 runs.
A flamboyant 20-ball 42 run from Mughavi Wotsa partnered by a composed Kamruitman (42 runs from 44 balls) helped Victoria CC post 160/7 from the stipulated 20 overs after electing to bat.
For Razzle, Raju Amin returned with figures of 2/23 from the allotted 4 overs.
In the run chase, Razzle United was seemingly dazzled by the huge target as the team could only manage 61 runs while losing 8 wickets from the 20 overs. Rakesh Paul rattled through the Razzle batting order picking 4 wickets from the 4 overs while giving away a meager 4 runs. Even as wickets kept falling, Rojimkiu remained unaffected scoring a steady 20 runs from 44 balls. Mughav Wotsa also had impressive figures of 2/14 from the 3 overs.
Mughavi Wotsa was awarded the man of the match for his 42 runs with the bat and 2 wickets with the ball.
The last match of the day witnessed a close encounter as Arcane Warriors edged Moonlight CC via a super-over.
Arcane Warriors elected to bat and put up a modest 122/8 wickets in the 20 overs.
Inato scored a composed 35 runs from 42 balls while Kenei chipped in with a brisk 17 runs from 17 balls.
The run-chase was a nervy affair as Sohil (32 runs of 36 balls) and Trinath (31 runs of 22 balls) helped Moonlight reach 122/9 wickets tying the match in the final ball of the 20th over.
A super over ensued in which Arcane Warriors edged the Moonlight CC.
