PCC defeated Chhattisgarh by five wickets in the ongoing JP Atray Memorial Cricket Cup for Trident Trophy, today. Winning the toss at Maharaja Cricket Yadvindra Stadium, Mullanpur, PCC opted to field first and restricted Chhattisgarh to 226 for 9 in 50 overs. Chhattisgarh were well served by Shashank Chandrella 48 off 59 balls with 3 boundaries, Amandeep Khare 54 off 74 balls with 3 boundaries and 1 six and Ahustosh Singh 52 off 78 balls with 4 boundaries and 1 six. For PCC Barinder Saran, Prerit Dutta and Krishan Alang scalped 2 wickets each while Gurnoor Brar and Sumit Sharma pitch forked with 1 each. Replying PCC opened with Abhijit Garg and Nehal Wadhera and the duo put on 33 runs in 7.2 overs before Abhijit Garg was caught by Chandrella off Sashank Singh for 4. Nehal Wadhera, who had scored the highest score ever in the tournament, continued with his good form and scored 98 off 95 balls embellished with 9 boundaries and 4 sixes.
He was ably supported by Naman Dhir 35 off 54 balls. PCC scored 229 for 5 in 45.5 overs to win the match by 5 wickets and garner 4 points while CSCS drew a blank. Nehal Wadhera for his brilliant batting performance was given Trident man of the match by Gagandeep Singh and Devender Bhundela. In the match, UPCA defeated RBI Mumbai by nine wickets to garner four points and secure a place in the semifinals . The match was reduced to 26 overs a side match due to heavy showers. UPCA won the toss and opted to field and restricted RBI Mumbai to 151 for 9 in 26 overs. Dhruv Shorey 52 off 50 balls with 4 boundaries and 3 sixes and Kuldeep Hooda 40 off 44 balls with 2 boundaries and 3 sixes were the main run getters.
For UPCA Shivam Sharma 4 for 21 and Akshdeep Nath 2 for 7 were the main wicket takers. Replying UPCA scored 152 for 1 in 22.3 overs to record a facile 9 wicket win. Opener Abhishek Goswami unbeaten 93 off 74 balls with 7 boundaries and 7 huge sixes was ably supported by Karan Sharma unbeaten 44 off 52 balls with 5 boundaries. For RBI Mumbai Ankit Rajput 1 for 31 was the only successful bowler. The third match between CAG Delhi and Baroda Cricket Association at Mahajan Cricket Ground was abandoned due to wet playing conditions.
