CHANDIGARH:An all-round performance  by Gurdeep Rana (65,  3 for 17) enabled RLCR XI to defeat AZZARO XI by 22 runs in the league match of the second TR Mittal memorial cricket tournament, organized by Chandigarh Sports Club at Government Model Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 32 here on Monday.

RLCR XI won the toss and opted to bat first. But the decision seemed to have backfired as the team lost its first two wickets at a score of just 8 runs in the second  over itself. 2 more wickets fell subsequently and the team was struggling at 16 for 4 in 4.1 overs. But then the pair of Vipin Sharma (39) and Gurdeep Rana(65) took control and put up a fifth wicket partnership of 77 runs. The team finally put up a respectable total of 167 runs before getting all out. Manpreet Tinku chipped in with 22 runs to help his team. Pardeep Chibber showed a good bowling performance as he picked up 4 wickets giving away 17 runs in his 5 overs.

In reply, AZZARO XI started well with the first wicket partnership of 58 runs but they could not keep up with the required run rate and ended the innings 22 runs short of the target. Gurdeep Rana again performed well as he bowled both the openers to claim his 2 wickets in the innings.

Brief scores: -

RLCR XI : -167 all out in 23 overs(Gurdep Rana 65, Vipin Sharma 39 Manpreet Tinku 22, Pardeep Chibber 4 for 17, Kapil Puri 3 for 31, Gourav Dhir 2 for 28).

AZZARO XI : - 145 for 8 in 25 overs (Gourav Dhir 30, Arvind Jindal 29, Rajeev Arora 23, Gurdeep Rana 2 for 17, Kirpal 2 for 32, Bipin Rana 2 for 3).
In another nail biting encounter of the day Pace-32 and Royal CC ended the match in a tie as the batsmen of both the teams could not put up a good show while the bowlers flourished. Both the teams were bowled out for 106 runs.

 Brief scores: -

Pace -32 : -  106 all out in 21.2 overs (Sahil Kapoor 25, Charanamrit 11, Aman11, Aman Kumar 3 for 13, Vimal Tinkoo 2 for 12, Suresh  for 21).

Royal CC : - 106 all out in 22 overs (Shiv Kumar 16, Vimal Tinkoo 14, Vinod Sharma 13, Sahil 2 for 21, Vipan Bhatia 2 for 14, Amanpreet 1 for 11).