Ghaziabad| Arnab Bugga’s brilliant all-round performance (3/35, 58) helped LB Shastri Club in defeating Pioneer Club by 4 wickets to reach the quarter-finals of the 24th Manav Chopra Cricket Tournament.
Batting first after winning the toss, Pioneer Club scored 161 runs in 38.5 overs. Akshay Dubey scored 49 and Karthik Sandhu scored 26 runs. Arnab Bagga took 3 wickets by giving 35 runs and Shri Gatani took 3 wickets by giving 36 runs. Yatharth Singh took 2 wickets by giving 20 runs.
LB Shastri Club achieved the target of 161 runs by losing 6 wickets in 36.5 overs. Arnab Bugga scored 58, Yatharth Singh scored 41 runs. Pulkit Sharma took 3 by giving 23 runs and Karthik Sidhu took 1 wicket by giving 42 runs. Arnab Bugga was adjudged Sportsman’s man of the match for his all-round performance.
Brief Scores:
Pioneer Cricket Club: 10/161 over 38.5, Akshay Dubey 49, Kartik Sidhu 26, Shri Gatani 3/36, Arnab Bugga 3/35, Yatharth Singh 2/20
LB Shastri Club: 6/165 over 36.5, Arnab Bugga 58, Yatharth Singh 41, Pulkit Sharma 3/23, Karthik Sidhu 1/42