Mansa lifts maiden PCA U-25 One Day Title
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Oct 22, 2021 06:45
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Mohali, October 22, 2021: Team Mansa today won their maiden PCA U-25 One Day title played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur. In the match today winning the toss Mohali elected to field first. For Mansa opener Anmol Jain was snapped by wicket-keeper Prabhnoor Bhalla and bowled by Harry Dhaliwal on the second ball of the innings before the batter could even open his account. Thereafter Satyam Sharma 32 off 63 balls with three boundaries and Randeep 41 off 71 balls with two boundaries and one six helped Mansa to reach 203 for 9 in 50 overs. For Mohali Kunal Vishwa 3 for 35 and Harry Dhaliwal 2 for 32 were the main wicket takers.
Replying, Mohali made a disastrous start losing 4 wickets for 2 runs in a span of just 2.3 overs. Thereafter, Prabhnoor Bhalla 49 runs off 53 balls with six boundaries one six, Jasinder Singh 24 runs off 41 balls with 2 boundaries, Kunal Vishwa 39 runs off 69 balls with 4 boundaries and Ayush 31 runs off 57 balls with two boundaries helped Mohali to reach 189 in 49.1 overs before being bowled out.
Mansa won the match by 14 runs and was awarded the winner's trophy and a cash prize of 1 lakh while Mohali got Rs. 50,000. Saksham Kumar who took 4 wickets for 56 runs and Manpreet Singh who took 2 wickets for 25 runs were the most successful wicket takers for Mansa.
Rajinder Gupta, President Punjab Cricket Association announced a personal cash prize of 5 lakh for winners team Mansa and 2.5 lakh for runners-up team Mohali.
