Media cricket
Hailakandi, Feb. 8: Jugasankha Group today won the 3rd Suparna Hore Trophy media cricket championship, organised by Barak Upatyaka Krira Sambadik Sanstha, beating Dainik Janakantha by 37 runs in the final at Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Silchar.
Janakantha won the toss and put Jugasankha in to bat first. Jugasankha scored 153 for four in 20 overs.
In reply, Janakantha were restricted to 116 for seven in the 20 overs. Opener Amalava Das topscored for Jugasankha with 67 runs, hitting eight fours and a six. Manoj Kumar Roy also scored 23 runs, slamming three boundaries.
Altogether 24 runs came in as extras. Abhijit Ghosh and Rajib Paul of Janakantha picked up a wicket each, giving away 40 and 33 runs respectively. For Janakantha, Wasim Akram scored 45 runs, hitting five fours and a six, while Suhail Ahmed chipped in with 16 runs.
Anupam Roy of Jugasankha captured two wickets for 29 runs. In the semi-finals yesterday, Janakantha defeated Barak Valley Electronic media Association by four wickets, while Jugasankha Group defeated Prantojyoti-BTN by nine wickets.
