Morung Express News Dimapur | October 22 Brotherhood CC and Super Slammers emerged victorious over their respective opponents on Day 8 of the Sovima T20 Gold Cup. Pitted to play two matches on the day, Brotherhood dominated both the matches against Moonlight CC and Wiskers CC. Against Moonlight, Brotherhood won the toss and elected to bat. Batting out the entire 20 overs, Brotherhood posted 156 for the loss of 3 wickets with Man of the Match Amit Chopra scoring a match winning 41-ball 63. The second innings witnessed Amit returning with the ball taking 3 wickets. The Moonlight batting lineup floundered getting all-out for a paltry 50 in 14.4 overs. The second match of the day had the Super Slammers hammering ACC with a massive 144-run margin. Posting an imposing 187, the Slammers went on to dominate with the ball as well. It only required 10 overs to bowl out the ACC batting lineup, who could muster only 43. Man of the Match Mujibur Ali scored a scintillating 101 from 61 balls. After an easy win earlier in the morning, Brotherhood displayed no sign of complacency in its second and the day’s third match. Electing to bat, it was Abhinav Dixit’s turn to shine scoring a 100 from 69 balls while Amit Chopra played second fiddle with a 26-ball 34. Set a target of 175 to win, Wiskers started out well but could not maintain a decent run rate as it lost by 39 runs with 4 wickets intact. Dixit was declared the Man of the Match. Oct 23 Matches Brotherhood vs Arcane Warriors @ 8:15 am Super Slammers vs Frontiers CC @ 11:30 am
