Indoor Cricket Masters World Series India Claims Thrilling Victory Over England by 1 Run in the 40+ Category Defeats for India in the 45+ Men's Category and 30+ Women's Category Against Sri Lanka

 

Indoor Cricket Masters World Series

India Claims Thrilling Victory Over England by 1 Run in the 40+ Category

Defeats for India in the 45+ Men's Category and 30+ Women's Category Against Sri Lanka

Colombo, October 4: The Indoor Cricket Masters World Series, sanctioned by the World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) and organized in collaboration with the Ceylon Indoor Cricket Association, is currently underway at the Austasia Sports Club in Thalawathugoda, Colombo, Sri Lanka. This tournament has been collectively organized by Manish Kishore's U Pro company, which renovated four courts for the Ceylon Indoor Cricket Association.

In the men's category for players over 40, India celebrated a thrilling victory over England with a score of 55-54. However, in the 45+ men's category and the 30+ women's category, India faced defeats against Sri Lanka. Resulting in both the ladies’ teams to play the Plate Finals on 5^th October.

n today's match, the Indian team for the 40+ category celebrated a nail-biting victory over England. Batting first, England managed to score only 54 runs. In the first skin (four overs), Sen Ongers and Shaun Henderson scored 28 runs, while David Ball and Stephen contributed 9 runs in the second skin. In the third skin, Stuart Wood and David Brown added 11 runs, but the fourth and final skin, led by captain Mitchell Jones and Aaron Watson, failed to add any runs, leaving England with a total of just 54 runs on the scoreboard.

The Indian team, however, fought back vigorously. In the first skin, Prashant Karia (1 run, 2 wickets) and Naresh Khurana (6 runs, 1 wicket) scored 5 runs. In the second skin, Rajeev Chandrasekhar (5 runs, 1 wicket) and Hiren Prajapati (6 runs, 2 wickets) contributed 11 runs. The captain, Prasanna Kumar (10 runs, 1 wicket), and Shamsir Chinthavida (17 runs, 1 wicket) added 27 runs in the third skin, putting India in a strong position. In the fourth skin, vice-captain Kartikeyan Subramanian (14 runs, 2 wickets) and Nagesh Singh (3 runs) secured the victory for India. Although the last pair managed to add 27 runs, they were run out twice in the fourth over, leading to a total of only 17 runs being added. With this victory, India has advanced to the Plate Final.

 

In the 35+ men's category, the Indian team was defeated by Sri Lanka with a score of 137-32, losing by 105 runs. Similarly, in the 30+ women's category, India succumbed to Sri Lanka with a score of 103-35, facing a defeat by 68 runs.