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Eidgah Premier Cricket League begins in Srinagar

IMCC registers victory, defeats young stars by 17 runs

Post by on Thursday, March 24, 2022

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Srinagar, March 23: Eidgah Premier League(EPL) began in Srinagar with Irfan Memorial Cricket Club (IMCC) registering victory while defeating Young Star XI by 17 runs in the inaugural match played at Eidgah Srinagar.
While winning the toss captain of team Irfan Memorial Cricket club elected to set the target for the opposition.
The openers started well and the opening duo added 43 for the first wicket. Imran was the first one to go. He quickly fired 35 runs whereas Shafiq on the other end played a sensible knock of 38 runs.
In the middle, Sahil Ahmad scored 61 runs. Thus, the team managed to post 188 runs target for the opposition to chase.
For Young Star XI,Gulzar got 3 wickets while Aijaz and Fasil chipped in with 2 wickets each.  
 Chasing the target of 188 runs, Young Star XI lost the wickets after regular intervals and the team got bundled out in 29th over of the inning and fell short from the target by 17 runs.
For Young Star XI, skipper Fayaz remained the top scorer with 42 runs. For Irfan Memorial Cricket club,Pacer Sarfaraz Alam,Khalid and Sahil Ahmad shared 2 wickets each.
Sahil Ahmad was adjudged player of the match for his all-round performance.  
The tournament is league based and is played in a 30 over format. A total of eight teams are going to take part in this tournament from across the valley.
 

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