Day-6: 26th All India J P Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament for Trident Cup

Mohali / Chandigarh, September 6, 2021: Winning the toss Bihar opted to field and their decision boomeranged as HPCA plundered 304 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 50 overs.  HPCA was well served by Ekant Sen 40 off 56 balls with 5 boundaries, Digvijay Rangi  66 off 86 with 4 boundaries and two sixes and Akash Vashisht unbeaten 42 off 30 balls with 4 boundaries and two sixes and Ayush Jamwal unbeaten 22 off 11 balls with one boundary and two sixes.  Ekant Sen and Digvijay Rangi put on 62 runs for 3rd wicket while Ankit Kalsi and Digvijay Rangi added 67 runs for the 4th wicket.  For Bihar XI  Mangal Mahrour  2 for 34 and Sasheem Rathour 3 for 80 were the main wicket takers. 
 
Replying Bihar XI were bundled out for 123 in 35.5 overs. Sasheem Rathour 27 off 376 balls with 3 boundaries, Mangal Mahrour  24 off 44 balls with 2 boundaries were the principal run getters for Bihar XI.  Left Arm Spinner Akash Vashisht bowled a incisive spell off spin bowling claiming 5 wickets for 38. He was named TRIDENT Man of the match for his all round display of unbeaten 42 and a scalp of 5 wickets.  The TRIDENT Man of the match award was given by Capt. Sushil Kapoor, Org. Secretary.  HPCA garner 4 points while Bihar XI got zero.
 
In the second match played at Mahajan Cricket Ground Chandigarh UTCA Chandigarh got the better of Baroda Cricket Association to garner 4 points while Baroda C.A. got zero.
 
Baroda won the toss and opted to bat.  They were bowled out for 217 in 48.5 overs. Their innings was bolstered by Parth Kohli  77 off 87 balls inclusive of 4 boundaries and 5 lofty sixes. Another notable contribution came from Prikshit Pattidar  31 off 44 balls with 2 boundaries. For UTCA the bowling honours were shared by Arpit Singh 3 for 48, Bhagmender Singh  2 for 21, Jagjit Singh Sandhu 2 for 52. 
 
Replying UTCA scored 221 for 3 in 45.3 overs to record a 7 wickets win.  Their win was engineered by opener Taranpreet Singh  72 off 93 balls with 7 boudaries and 2 sixs and Kunal Mahajan  32 off 37 balls with 5 boundaries.  The innings was further bolstered by an unbroken partnership of 78 runs between Amit Lubhana unbeaten 57 off 72 balls with 2 boundaries and 2 sixes and Arjit Singh unbeaten 39 off 53 balls with one boundary and 2 sixes.  For Baroda Mohit Mongia 2 for 42 was the most successful bowler.  Mr. Taranpreet Singh of UTCA was given the TRIDENT Man of the Match Award for his brilliant batting display.  The TRIDENT man of the match award was given by Mr. Subhash Mahajan, former Honorary Secretary, UTCA and Haryana Ranji Trophy player.