Captain Anmolpreet led Royal Phantoms to victory

-Royal Phantoms defeated Intersoft Titans by 57 runs

Playing a captain's knock, Anmolpreet Singh hammered a stunning 56-ball innings of 90 runs, to power Royal Phantoms to a facile 57-run win over Intersoft Titans in a match played during the ongoing second Sher-e-Punjab T20 Cup being organised by the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali, on Friday.

Anmolpreet's brilliant innings included six boundaries and six sixes. He was removed by medium-pacer Abhinav Sharma in the 19th over.

Batting first, Phantoms posted 176/4 in 20 overs. In reply, Titans could make 119/9 in their allotted 20 overs with Vikrant Rana (2/29), Kunwar Kuckreja (2/14) and Kartik Chadha (2/12) taking two wickets each for the winning team.

For Phantoms, Anmolpreet and opener Jaskaranveer Paul did the trick in the batting department. Jaskaranveer batted well to score 34-ball 42 and ably supported the captain. The duo added 102 runs for the second-wicket stand. Both were sent packing on Abhinav's bowling. Abhinav also accounted for in-form Sohraab Dhaliwal's (5) wicket. He claimed three wickets, giving away 31 runs.

In reply, Titans kept losing wickets at regular intervals and in the end lost the plot of the chase. The top-order and the middle-order failed to deliver the goods. Captain Vishwanath Pratap Singh made a dismal 16 runs. It was number nine and ten batters, Tejpreet Singh (24) and Siddharth Kaul (23 not out), who still got hold of the Titans innings in the end. However, that was not enough.