MARGAO: Union Sports Club defeated Challengers Cricket Club by 48 runs to emerge champions in the B Division GCA Cricket League (Bardez Zone) organized by Goa Cricket Association, at its academy ground, Porvorim, on Wednesday.
Electing to bat first, Union Sports Club were skittled out at 178 runs losing all wickets in their allotted 40 overs. Sanju Rathod cracked 23 runs while Gaurav Redkar contributed 22 valuable runs. For Challengers Cricket Club, Vaibhav Kadkade was the successful bowler claiming three wickets.
In reply, Challengers Cricket Club were bundled out at 130 runs in 25.1 overs. Siddarth Tanawade scored 32 runs. For Union Sports Club, Harshananad Gaonkar rattled rival batsmen scalping four wickets for 20 runs.
Brief score: Union Sports Club, 178 all out in 40 overs. Sanju Rathod 23, Gaurav Redkar 22, Sohail Khwaja and Raghunath Parab 21, Suraj Ghadi and Shubham Naik 11 runs each, Shyam Kalangutkar 11 n.o. Vaibhav Kadkade 3-40, Siddharth Tanawade 2-22, Sujith Rana 2-37,
Rupesh Jadahv 2-33 were at their best.
Challengers CC, 130 all out in 25.1 overs. Siddharth Tanawade 32, Sujith Rane 24, Rupesh Jadhav 18 n.o., Ashish Shirodkar 16, Swapnil Chodankar 12 runs. Harshnanad Gaonkar 4-20,
Shubham Chari 2-25, Raghunath Parab, Rohan Bhosle, Suraj Ghadi and Shyam Kalanagutkar one wicket each.
