PUNE: KPIT and Maersk defeated respective opponents to advance in the FLAME University Corporate Cricket T20 League 2020 in progress at FLAME University Campus in Lavale here on Sunday.
In the first match, KPIT beat Barclays by eight wickets. KPIT won the toss and elected to field first. Put in to bat, Barclays were all out scoring 130 runs in 20 overs.
Captain Bhushan Parandkar scored 45 runs in 30 balls which included 7 boundaries. Dat Routray added 23 runs to the tally in 16 balls.
Sivaji Ankipalli chipped in with 22 in 14 balls. Meanwhile Aloke Nagaraj took two wickets for 14 runs while Ambar Dandgaval also took two wickets for 31 runs followed by Mayuresh Likhite who took a wicket for 24 runs. Chasing the target, KPIT scored 133 for the loss of two wickets in 15.3 overs.
Captain Mayuresh Likhite who was also the man of the match, remained not out scoring 49 runs in 26 balls. His knock included two boundaries and three sixes.
Debol Das scored 33 in 30 balls while Parikshit Keni remained not out scoring 29 in 36 balls.
In the second match, Maersk beat HCL by eight wickets. HCL won the toss and went on to bat first scoring 91 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs.
Captain Amarsinh Jadhav remained not out scoring 30 runs in 32 balls. Meanwhile Abhishek Rai who was also the man of the match took three wickets for 13 runs. Chasing the target, Maersk finished it off scoring 94 for the loss of two wickets in 9.4 overs.
BRIEF SCORES
Barclays 130 all out in 20 overs (Bhushan Parandkar 45, 30b,7x4, Dat Routray 23, 16b,2x4,1x6, Sivaji Ankipalli 22,14b, 2x6, Aloke Nagaraj 2-14, Ambar Dandgaval 2-31, Mayuresh Likhite 1-24).
lost to KPIT 133 for 2 in 15.3 overs (Mayuresh Likhite 49* 26b,2x4, 3x6), Parikshit Keni 29* 36b, Abhishek Jha 1-14.
Man of the match: Mayuresh Likhite
HCL 91 for 9 in 20 overs (Amarsinh Jadhav 30* 32b,2x4, Dushyant Rana 15, 16b, 2x4, Abhishek Rai 3-13) lost to Maersk 94 for 2 in 9.4 overs (Raghav Trivedy 62, 31b, 8x4,3x6, Prasad Girkar 16, 14b, 2x4, Vishal Lawand 1-3).
Man of the match: Abhishek Rai