IMPHAL, Mar 27: Western Cricket Association openers Surchand Singh and Prasanta Singh make themselves sure they build a strong partnership to dictate terms against Eastern Sporting Union by 87 runs victory in the MCA Classificiation Tournament 2011-12 played at Luwangpokpa Cricket Ground.
Western Cricket Association winning the toss and elected to bat first in a 40 over limited match and saw the Western opening batsmans Surchand Singh and Prasanta Singh, punishing the Eastern Sporting
Union bowler to the hilt. Surchand hammered 53 runs off 74 deliveries while his partner Prasanta made 48 runs from 66 ball to build a strong foundation today.
Bikom Singh with 15 runs and Pakpa Singh with 11 runs were the other constributors to put up 173/10 from 37 over.
Sivananda Singh was the pick of the Eastern Sporting Union bolwer bagging 3 wicket while Chittaranjan Singh and Mobi Singh got 2 wicket each.
In reply, Eastern Sporting Union batsman were at the recieving ends to the onslaught of the Western bowler as they were bundled out for 96/10 from 26.1 overs. Bobby Singh got 15 runs from 29 runs while Modi Singh made 11 runs and Shankar Singh got 12 runs.
Dev Singh and Bikom Singh claimed 3 wicket each while Pakpa Singh pick 2 wicket and Naoba Singh fetch 1 wicket for Western team. Western batsman Surchand Singh bagged the man of the match for his well made half century.
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