RRG stop Sonnet,enter semis

It took exactly 123 balls — the number of balls faced by Rohtak Road Gymkhana’s opener Gaurav Goel — to take the match away from Sonnet Cricket Club at the Om Nath Sood Memorial quarter-finals on Wednesday. In that time,Goel scored a brilliant century — 129 runs,with 15 fours and one six — to lead RRG to 270/7 in 40 overs and his side into the last four of the tournament.

RRG skipper Deepak Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first before his side was rocked by Sunny Sehrawat’s consistent bowling (4/46). But Goel stitched up a 102-run stand for the third wicket with Mohit Sharma. A late onslaught by the skipper helped the side post a commanding total.

In reply Karan Harit (60) played a captain’s knock and Milind Kumar (81) offered some resistance.

Brief Scores: RRG 270 for 7 in 40 overs (Gaurav Goel 129,Deepak Sharma 40,Sunny Sehrawat 4/46); Sonnet 249 all out in 39.2 overs (Milind Kumar 81,Karan Harit 60,Ankit Dabas 52,Tejinder Singh 3/49,Abhishek Sharma 2/33,Deepak Sharma 2/35)