Bud lift Dhireswar Kalita T20 cricket title

Bud lift Dhireswar Kalita T20 cricket title
By our Sports ReporterGUWAHATI, Jan 15: Bud Cricket Club overcame the stiff challenge of Tinsukia Railway Division Sports Club in the final to lift the Second Dhireswar Kalita Memorial T-20 Cricket Tournament title held at the Nehru stadium on Thursday. Bud won the final by four runs.
Bud Cricket Club, the hosts of the meet, won the toss on Thursday and elected to bat first but managed to score 126 runs in their 20 overs. Gokul Sharma (41) was the top scorer for the team while Rana Sharma and Rajiv Kalita, both of whom scored 20 runs each, were the other major contributors. Dipankar Banerjee picked up four wickets for just 14 runs and Suraj Dutta claimed three wickets for 39 runs.
Tinsukia Railway Division Sports Club chased very well until Mukut Kalita came up with splendid spell to turn the game in favour of his team. Mukut picked up three wickets for 17 runs in such a crucial moments that Tinsukia Railway Division Sports Club didn’t get any more chance to repair the damage and came back into the game. Former Ranji cricketer Samarjit Nath fought lone for the losing team and he contributed 46 runs on the board before getting out. Dipen Mahanta (24) was the other batsman who make some contribution in the board for Tinsukia Railway Division Sports Club.
The brilliant spell in the match helped Mukut Kalita to earn the man-of-the-match award while Samarjit Nath of Tinsukia Railway Division Sports Club received the man-of-the-tournament award. There were four others individual awards which were collected by Dipen Mahanta of Tinsukia Railway Division Sports Club (best batsman), Gokul sharma of Bud Cricket Club (best bowler), Suraj Dutta of Tinsukia Railway Division Sports Club (best fielder) and Hirakjyoti Das of Bud Cricket Club (best wicketkeeper). The closing ceremony of the tournament was attended by secretary of Assam Cricket Association Bikash Baruah, member of BCCI’s Junior Selection Committee Rajesh Bora, chairman of Asom Ranji Trophy Selection Committee Nagesh Singh and many others. source: sentinel assam