There is no limit to the thrills as MiD DAY's Cricket League moves into Round Two
There is no limit to the thrills as MiD DAY's Cricket League moves into Round Two
Weekend results
Saturday
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Cineyug's Raj celebrates the wicket of Pantaloon's Jalis at Central Railway Ground, Parel yesterday
DSP Black Rock Vs Bayer
DSP Black were absolutely clear what they hadu00a0 to do after winning the toss. And Nishal and Abhik justified their skipper's faith by helping their team to a strong 99/2 in 10 overs. Nishal scored an unbeaten 31 off 23 balls. His knocku00a0 was punctuated by two sixes and a four. Abhik, meanwhile chipped in with a 26-ball 29 with the aid of six boundaries. In reply, Bayer could score only 75/7 off their quota. Nikhil top-scored for Bayer with 21 off 16 balls.
Man of the Match: DSP Black Rock's Nishal
Bowler of the Match: Sunil from DSP Black Rock
Deloitte Consulting Vs Edelwiess
Deloitte won the toss and elected to bat, but could manage only 56 off their 10 overs. Nilesh was the top scorer with 16. Rohan was the most successful bowler for Edelwiess, claiming three wickets while giving away only seven off his two overs. Kayur 2/8 and Mayur 2/13 shared the spoils for Edelwiess. Later Edelwiess chased down the target with 2.1 overs and seven wickets to spare.
Dharmesh starred in the chase, scoring an unbeaten 32 off 26 balls. He hit three boundaries and one six during his match-winning knock. Mayur later shone with the bat scoring 20 of just 14 balls.u00a0
Man of the Match: Edelwiess' Dharmesh
Bowler of the Match: Edelwiess' Rohan
L'oreal Vs Sandoz
Sandoz took the right decision to field after calling the correct side of the coin. They allowed L'oreal to score only a measly 39/7 in 10 overs. Rupesh was the top scorer with 11. Vaibhav and Sandesh picked up two wickets apiece while giving away four and six runs respectively. Sandoz later romped home comfortably with seven wickets in hand. Prasad top-scored for his team with a 12-ball 14
Man of the Match: Sandoz's Prasad
Bowler of the Match: Vaibhav from Sandoz
Aegon Religare Vs Elder Pharma
In the most entertaining and high-scoring affair of the day, Aegon Religare fell agonisingly short of Elder Pharmal's score. After winning the toss, Aegon Religare put Elder Pharma into bat and they scored at over 10 an over to score 101/4. Ankur top-scored with 48. His unbeaten knock came off 30 balls with seven boundaries.
He was ably assisted by Amit (21). In reply Aegon Religare came as close as 95 and despite having six wickets in hand, they ran out of overs. Vaibhav was the star of the innings with an unbeaten 26-ball 57.
Man of the Match: Aegon Religare's Vaibhav
Bowler of the Match: Aegon Religare's Suman
Nerolac Vs Tech Mahindra
Tech Mahindra won the toss and elected to bat to score a massive 107/4. Shashank fell three short of a well-deserved half-century. The other main contributor was Amit who scored 25 off 18 balls.
But Nerolac, despite getting 10 penalty runs for slow overrate, could manage only 75/8. Nikhil was the pick of the bowlers with figures of for 2-0-4-3.
Man of the Match: Tech Mahindra's Shashank
Bowler of the Match: Tech Mahindra's Nikhil
Sunday
NDTV Vs TCS
TCS won the toss and put NDTV in. And with contributions from Shareef (16), Murali (15) and Ram (14), NDTV put on a decent 73/8 in 10 overs.
But Prasad ensured his 25-ball unbeaten 36 helped TCS scamper home with seven wickets and 1.4 overs to spare.
Man of the Match: TCS's Prasad
Bowlers of the Match: TCS's Mahesh and Amar
Garware Offshore Vs WNS
Garware Offshore won the toss and elected to bat, but could manage only 69/5 off their 10 overs. S Vaity top scored with an unbeaten 28. And when WNS scored the winning runs, they still had eight batsmen waiting for their turn to bat. Nilesh was the hero for WNS with a 22-ball 38. He smashed four boundaries and one huge six.
Man of the Match: WNS's Nilesh
Bowler of the Match: WNS's Narhari
Percept Vs JM Baxi
JM Baxi failed to turn up for their match against Percept, who received a walk over.u00a0 They later played an exhibition match against Kotak Mahindra Bank.
JP Morgan Chase Vs Mudra
After winning the toss and electing to field, JP Morgan Chase did exceedingly well to restrict Mudra to just 57/7 in 10 overs. Suman and Amey were the only Mudra batsmen to offer some resistance against a disciplined JP Morgan Chase attack, scoring 15 and 13 respectively.
Chetan was the most economical bowler for Morgan with figures of 2-0-12-2. JP Morgan Chase romped home with eight wickets to spare. Shimon with a 20-ball 23 and Ganesh, who had shone with the ball earlier, scored a 7-ball 13.
Man of the match: JP Morgan's Ganesh
Bowler of the Match: JP Morgan's Chetan
Pantaloon Retail Vs Cineyug Films
Cineyug won the toss and elected to field. But their decision to do so seemed to have backfired. Pantaloon Retail registered the highest total in the tournament so far, scoring 120/3 in 10 overs.
Nitin Palande top-scored with an unbeaten 55 runs. Mandar (39) and Sailesh Joshi (23) were the other contributors.
Cineyug later scored 78/5 off their 10 overs. Chintu was the top scorer with 28.
Man of the Match: Pantaloon Retail's Nitin Palande
Bowler of the Match: Pantaloon Retail's Shailesh Joshi