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Kathmandu Monday March 04, 2002 Falgun 20, 2058.
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Chaudhary stars in
Mahabir’s win
Post Report
KATHMANDU, March 3 : A speedy unbeaten century
from Dipendra Chaudhary powered Mahabir Cricket Club (MCC) to an emphatic 131-run win over
Parsa Cricket Association Sunday in the second match of the Ganesh Man Memorial Cricket
tournament.
With the win, Mahabir have secured their
berth in the tournament’s quarterfinals.
Mahabir, who decided to bat first after
winning the toss in the rain-reduced match, were reduced to 21-2. But Chaudhary, together
with opener Prafulla Vaidya, tore apart the Parsa attack to raise their total to
challenging 198-2 from the allotted 25 overs.
While Vaidya (32 not out) played an anchor
role, Chaudhary brilliantly shouldered the run-making responsibility as the two shared an
unending 177-run partnership for the third wicket. Chaudhary hit 6 sixes and 11 boundaries
on the road to his blistering 132 runs. He was more severe on Rajiv Shrestha and Sudip
Poudyal, who went for 44 and 50 runs respectively off their five overs.
Earlier, Parsa, who had crushed Baneshwor
Cricket Club by 147 runs in the tournament’s opening match, made a promising start to
separate the Mahabir openers with the team total reading only 12. Paresh Lohani (6) was
first to go when Nawab Ahmad bowled him in the last delivery of his second over.
Sandip Shrestha, who replaced Lohani, did not
stay at the crease for too long either. His innings lasted for only five balls. He hit two
consecutive fours off the bowling of Rajiv Shrestha but fell to the same bowler in the
same over.
Much was expected of Parsa, especially after
Saturday’s comprehensive victory, when they stepped in to chase the target of 199.
The openers Kalamuddin Ansari and Pratab Maharjan (13) put on 33 runs but once Kalam Ali
forced the latter to hole a catch to Lohani the Parsa innings started to disintegrate.
Ansari dogged on to his crease while wickets
fell at the other end on regular interval. Parsa lost their second wicket after adding
only six runs to the total when Kiman Ojha fell short of his ground on a sharp throw from
Sanjib.
Apart from Pramod Basnet, who conceded 15
runs off two overs, rest of the bowlers bowled superbly to keep Parsa batsmen on hook. And
shortly after Ansari, the team’s top-scorer with 29, was caught by Sandip Shrestha
off the bowling of Manish Lohani, Parsa were bowled out for a mere 67 runs in 17.2 overs.
Chaudhary was declared man of the match for his
match-winning knock. Free Students Union, Tribhuvan University take on Baluwatar Cricket
Club on Monday.
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