Dibrugarh, Feb 23 : St Mary’s High School, Naharkatia, defeated Don Bosco High School, Dibrugarh, by seven wickets to clinch the Dibrugarh district (under-17) inter-school cricket tournament title on Saturday at the Dibrugarh District Sports Association outdoor stadium, here.
In the 20-over-a-side match, Don Bosco High School won the toss and decided to bat. The team was however, bowled out for a paltry total of 60 runs in just 15.2 overs. Most of the batsmen lost their wickets because of their own fault. Ramananda Das who was eventually declared the Best Batsman of the tournament stood tall amid the ruins scoring 35.
For St Mary’s, Rajen Sonar who was declared the Man of the Match, picked up four wickets giving away just five runs, while Sunu Sarma claimed three wickets for just six runs.
In reply, St Mary’s got the required runs in just 11.4 overs losing three wickets. Rajdeep Gogoi and Rajen Sonar made 24 runs each.
For Don Bosco, Aman Das who was declared the Best Bowler of the tournament claimed two wickets for 20 runs while Abhishek Pareek claimed one victim.
The prizes were given away by the DDSA president, Munindra Nath Saikia, the District Sports Officer, Jagat Chandra Gogoi and the donors of the trophies, Doly Das and Hitesh Das.
The tournament was organised by the Dibrugarh District Sports Office with assistance from the DDSA. Nineteen school teams from the entire district had participated in this year’s meet.
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