In the match played on Thursday under the SR Rungta B-Division League running under the aegis of West Singhbhum District Cricket Association, Jagannathpur Cricket Club defeated Friends Colts of Chaibasa by five wickets and secured full four points. This is the first victory of Jagannathpur in this competition. While Friends Colts suffered its third consecutive defeat. However, after losing both the matches played before this, Jagannathpur Cricket Club is already out of the quarter-final match. In this match played at Birsa Munda Cricket Stadium after the assembly elections held yesterday, the captain of Friends Colts won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Friends Colts team was all out after scoring 110 runs in 21.3 overs. Captain Mohd. Aamir scored maximum 32 runs with the help of six fours. While Devraj contributed 22 runs. On behalf of Jagannathpur Cricket Club, Pranab Tripathi bowled lethally, giving away only 21 runs to 6 players. Faraz Hasan and Ankit Sharma got two successes each.
The condition of Jagannathpur Cricket Club, which had set out to chase the target of victory, became worse when its four wickets fell at the score of just 24 runs. When the fifth wicket fell at the score of 49 runs, it once seemed as if Friends Colts would win the match, but for the sixth wicket, Nirbhay Chaurasia and Mohd. Amjad made the team sail by making an unbeaten partnership of 65 runs. Nirbhay displayed brilliant batting and scored 50 unbeaten runs in just 23 balls with the help of four fours and four sixes, while wicketkeeper batsman Amjad played an important role in the team's victory by scoring 27 unbeaten runs with the help of three fours and two sixes. . For Friends Colts, Rakesh Gagrai took three wickets for 26 runs and Narayan Hembram took two wickets for 24 runs. Chaibasa Cricket Club will face Town Club Chaibasa tomorrow in the SR Rungta B-Division League.
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