Bud Cricket Club lifts 1st Guwahati Premier League Cricket title

GUWAHATI : Rode on an allround show from Riyan Parag, Bud Cricket Club lifted the first Guwahati Premier League (GPL) title beating 91 Yards Club by 8 wickets in the final held at the Judges Field here on Tuesday night. Riyan, performed consistently with bat and ball in the meet, first picked up 3-33 in the game and later remained not out on 81.

Invited to bat, 91 Yards Club bowled out 154 in 19 overs and Bud Cricket Club, in reply, reached the target in just 14.3 overs. Riyan took only 35 balls to play an unbeaten knock of 81 runs with the help of two boundaries and 10 sixes. He was later adjudged man of the final and also the player of the tournament award.

The joint secretary of BCCI Devajit Saikia, the secretary of the Assam Cricket Association Tridib Konwar, president of the Guwahati Sports Association Pulak Goswami along with several other former players and cricket officials attended the closing ceremony and also distributed the awards.

Brief scores: 96 Yards Club 154 (19 overs), Kunal Saikia 51, Siddesh Wath 25, Abhilash Gogoi 3-24, Riyan Parag 3-33, Bud Cricket Club 159-2 (14.3 overs), Riyan Parag 81, Sarupam Purkayastha 27.

Individual award winners: Best batter: Riyan Parag. Best bowler: Nipan Deka. Best wicketkeeper: Erik Roy. Man of the Tournament: Riyan Parag.

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