Mokokchung, Jan. 5: On the second day of the ongoing Silver Jubilee Edition of MDCA Tournament played at Imkongmeren Sports complex on Thursday, Sovran and Trebutchet registered easy wins.
In the first match of the day Sovran beat DC XI by 8 wickets. DC XI after winning the toss set a target of 116 losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Throngdi(50 runs) of DC XI scored the first half century of the tournament and Sachin Jaiswal contributed 20 runs.
Tiaakum was the pick of the bowler with 3/ 19 and Yangerlong took 2/33. Chasing the target Sovran CC reached 118 losing just 2 wickets in just 14.4 overs and winning the match by 8 wickets. The DC XI could have made a good match but they ruin their own chances by dropping some easy catches. For Sovran Yongsamong top scored with 54 runs while Merenchemba scored 16 runs. Sachin Jaiswal accounted for both the wickets.
In the second match of the day, Trebuchet beat Zero Boys by a huge margin of 50 runs. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, with the help of Vicky Ali (32 runs) and Kalyen Gogoi (31runs) set a target of 138 runs losing 7 wickets. Chasing the target Zero Boys could mustered only 87 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Sadamkaba was the lone batsman to hold on to the crease with an inning of 36 runs.
Merenkaba was the best bowler for Trebuchet with a figure of 3/11(4 overs). Kalyen Gogoi also took 2/17
Friday's match:
8 AM - Longmiasang CC VS Zungamedem CC
12 PM - Suzerain vs Rainbow CC
