Monday, October 3, 2011

Indian Colts win again

Indian Colts team registered four consecutive win and second against Australian under-19 team in the Quadrangular tournament being played at Visakhapatnam on Monday (October 3rd). Promising Hyderabad cricketer Gade Hanuman Vihari has scored 36 runs off 56 balls (including 5 hits to the fence), while Baba Aparajith's all round show ensured India overcomes Oz challenge with ease.

Batting first, Australian Colts were all our for 173 runs off 48.5 overs. Kurtis Patterson (61 runs off 77 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes) was the lone performer for the visiting side. Star performer for Indian Colts in this tournament Baba Aparajith once again shined with the ball and claimed 3 wickets for 34 runs from his 10 overs. India's new ball blower Sandeep Sharma claimed 4 wickets for just 27 runs from his 10 overs to rattle the Australian batting.

In response, Indian under-19 eclipsed the target of 174 runs in just 34.4 overs for loss of 4 wickets. Though India lost opener and skipper Unmukt Chand cheaply for just 6 runs with India's scoreboard standing at 10 runs; Vihari joined other opener Manan Vohra to stabilize Indian innings. They both added 58 runs for the second wicket before Vohra fell for 30 runs. Baba Aparajith once again showed his batting prowess by scoring 48 runs off 60 balls (including 8 boundaries).

In another closely contested match of the day, Sri Lanka under-19 defeated West Indies under-19 by 2 wickets.

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