Our Correspondent
Dimapur, Dec. 30 (EMN): Rising Star CC registered a win against GAPYO CC in the first match of the ongoing Open T20 Winter Cricket Challenge (WCC) at Wokha on Thursday.
GAPYO CC won the toss and chose to bat first scoring a total of 155 runs in 20 overs with Thungdemo (63 runs) and Renbemo (35 runs) as the main contributors for GAPYO CC.
Luck favoured Rising Stars CC, who registered the win in the last ball of the 20 overs delivery by five wickets, where Thungchio picked up three wickets for Rising Stars CC.
Khyolamo Kikon of Rising Stars, who scored 43 runs, was awarded the man of the match.
In the second match of the day, Dashing Dudes locked horns with Blitzkrieg, where Dashing Dudes won the toss and opted to bat first, setting a target of 178 runs in 20 overs.
Opener Lirenthung M Murry made 41 runs while Chonbenthung hit 53 runs for Dashing Dudes.
Amos from Blitzkrieg in his three over delivery restricted Dashing Dudes to 21 runs and claimed three wickets.
Dashing Dudes registered the win with a huge margin of 50 runs restricting Blitzkrieg to collect 127 runs losing eight wickets in the 20 innings.
Lirenthung of Dashing Dudes claimed five casualties in his four overs delivery and was declared the man of the match.