Dimapur, Jan. 17: The ongoing MDCA Inter-club T20 Cricket tournament reached the knockout stage on Tuesday with two quarter final matches played on the day. Titans CC and Zungamedem won their respective matches.
In the first match of the day, defending champion Titans CC beat Suzerain CC by 148 runs. Suzerain CC won the toss and sent the Titans to bat first. Titans managed to score 176/5 in 20 overs. Sunep scored the highest with 70 runs while Biplab Saikia scored 40 runs. Wangshi finished with 4/32 in 4 overs and Temsulong took 1/18.Chasing the target, Suzerain got off to a worst possible start losing 3 batsman in the first over itself. They never recovered from that and succumbed to the bowing of Bikash Singh who took 7 wickets conceding just 2 runs in 4 overs. Ato Chang picked ½, while Surender Singh took 1/6. The Suzerain CC was bowled out for just 28 runs in 11.1 overs. Non of the Suzerain batsman could reach double digit and seven batsman were send back to the pavilion for Nought. This is the lowest team total of the tournament. Bikash of Titans CC was declared the Man of the Match.
MDCA Inter Club Cricket Tournament
In the second match, Zungamedem defeated Sovran Kings by 6 wickets to book a place in the semi final. Sovran Kings batting first set a target of 106 losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Maongchuba made 27 runs, while Yutsung contributed 22 runs. Temjentoshi picked 5/10 in four overs. Moalong, Bendangwapang and Lipokyapang picked 1 wicket each. Zungamedem in their run chase reached the target losing 4 wickets in 17.5 overs with Chubatoshi (52* runs) and Funitchiba (21* runs) taking the team home. Imnatoshi was the pick among the bowlers with 2/24 in four overs and Lisosungkum picked 1/18. Chubatoshi of Zungameden was named the Man of the Match for the second quarter final match.
Wednesday's Match:
8 AM - Rainbow CC vs Sovran
11 AM - Brotherhood vs Trebuchet
