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RLCR XI won the toss and opted to bat first. But the decision proved wrong as the team lost first two wickets at a score of just 8 runs in the second over.
Two more wickets fell subsequently and the team was struggling at 16 for 4 in 4.1 overs. In a fight back, Vipin Sharma (39) and Gurdeep Rana (65) put up a 5th wicket partnership of 77 runs. The team finally put up a respectable total of 167 runs before getting all out in23 overs. Manpreet Tinku also contributed with 22 runs. Pardeep Chibber picked up 4 wickets giving away 17 runs in his spell of 5 overs. In reply, AZZARO XI started well as openers scored 58 runs but they could not keep up with the required run rate and ended the innings 22 runs short of the target.
In another nail biting encounter, Pace Club-32 and Royal CC ended their match in a tie. Both the teams were bowled out for 106 runs.
Brief Scores:
RLCR XI: 167 all out in 23 overs (Gurdep Rana 65, Vipin Sharma 39, Manpreet Tinku 22, Pardeep Chibber 4/17, Kapil Puri 3/31)
AZZARO XI : 145 for 8 in 25 overs (Gourav Dhir 30, Arvind Jindal 29, Rajeev Arora 23, Gurdeep Rana 2/17, Kirpal 2/32, Bipin Rana 2/3)
Pace -32:106 all out in 21.2 overs (Sahil Kapoor 25, Charanamrit 11, Aman 11, Aman Kumar 3/13, Vimal Tinkoo 2/12)
Royal CC: 106 all out in 22 overs (Shiv Kumar 16, Vimal Tinkoo 14, Vinod Sharma13, Sahil 2 for 21, Vipan Bhatia 2 for 14).


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