CHANDIGARH, Nov 29: Vineet Jain's incredible knock of 174 kick-started the tenth Champions Trophy cricket tournament here at the PGI ground today. With a century coming from teammate Rakesh Jolly's blade (106) as well, Godrej Club amassed an unbelievable 316 for 3 in 35 overs. The result was never going to be in doubt and Vinod Thakur's five-wicket haul helped Godrej Club carve out a 221-run win over Shine Star Club.There were fours and sixes galore once Godrej skipper Girish Bhanot decided to bat after winning the toss. Jain and Jolly set about the task of sending the rival bowlers on a leather-hunt. Jain, who completed his ton off 68 balls, hit seven sixes and 18 fours in his punishing-effort. Jolly was in his elements as well and hit five sixes and ten fours in his knock.Chasing an impossible target of 317, the Shine Star batsmen, shell shocked still by the treatment their bowlers had suffered in the morning, offered a very feeble resistance to the Godrej bowling-duo of Vinod Thakur (5 for 40) and Neelmani (4 for 30) to be bowled out for 95 in only 14.4 overs.Scores: Godrej: 316 for 3 in 35 overs (Vineet Jain 174, Rakesh Jolly 106, Yoginder Bhandari 22 n.o.) beat Shine Star: 95 allout in 14.4 overs (Vishal 28, Vinod Thakur 5-40, Neelmani 4-30).Arora-Chawla shineA fine partnership of 92 runs between Rajesh Arora (57) and Vaneet Chawla (46) enabled Godrej & Boyce XI to rout JAL XI by 38 runs in the Aadhunik Cup League cricket tournament at the Sector 10 DAV college ground here today. Arora hit nine fours whie Chawla had five fours to his credit as the Godrej & Boyce XI managed a healthy total of 160 runs in the allotted 25 overs.JAL XI lost wickets at regular intervals and were allout for 122.Scores: Godrej & Boyce XI: 160 for 9 in 25 overs (Rajesh Arora 57, Vaneet Chawla 46; Chander Mohan 3-22, Bhushan Bhardwaj 2-40) beat JAL XI: 122 all out (Chander Mohan 36, Ravinder 22, Manjit Gulati 18; Dinesh 3-28, Naresh Dhingra 2-21, Sandeep Moudgil 2-24). Gymkhana XI: 167 (Kamal Walia 31, Gurdip Rana 49; Manu Bedi 3-21, Vivek Jain 2-40) beat CNS-XI: 144 (Harinder Singh 34, Satbir Singh 37; Raj Kumar 3-29).
