Kolkata: Town Club are champions of P. Sen Memorial Invitational Tournament beating East Bengal Club by 5 wickets in summit clash at the JU, 2nd Campus Ground, Salt Lake on Wednesday.
East Bengal Batting first lost early wicket of Rishabh Chaudhary in first over. However, it was all about captain Sudip Kumar Gharami. In a pressure situation, he brought up his century, scoring 106 (97), comprising 3 sixes and 12 boundaries. Aditya Purohit (43), Writtick Chatterjee (54) and Shreyan Chakraborty (37) also supported him well as East Bengal ended on 316/9 (50). Town Club’s Debopratim Halder bagged 3-fer.
The match was reduced due to rain with Town Club getting the target of 260 runs in 42 overs. Chasing, Town Club top order stole the show. Suprodip Debnath (68), Ankur Paul (59), Ankit Shukla (43) played vital knocks to set the tone. However, the innings belonged to Player of the match Aishik Patel , who played an aggressive 75*(58) with 5 sixes and 2 boundaries, helping Town Club chase down the total in 40.2 overs and clinch P. Sen Memorial Invitational Tournament.
MATCH SUMMARY
East Bengal Club 316/9 (50 Overs)
Sudip Kumar Gharami 106 (97), Writtick Chatterjee 54 (38)
Debopratim Halder 3-39 (6), Sujit Kumar Yadav 2-65 (9)
Town Club 263/5 (40.2 Overs)
Aishik Patel 75* (58), Suprodip Debnath 68 (66), Ankur Paul 59 (51)
Kanishk Seth 2-28 (4), Manisankar Murasingh 1-47 (6)
Town Club won by 5 wickets (VJD/other method- match reduced to 42 Overs. Target 260).
