High-flier Air India in semis
Hyderabad, Sept. 3: Air India moved into the semifinals of the BCCI Corporate Trophy with an emphatic win over State Bank of Mysore in their last league match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here on Friday.
A third consecutive victory, with a bonus point to boot, boosted the Airmen’s points tally to 13, the highest in Group C, propelling them into the knockout stage.
Having bowled out the Bankmen for a paltry 144, thanks to incisive bowling by Dhawal Kulkarni (3 for 44), Siddharth Trivedi (2 for 23) and Ankit Chauhan (3 for 30), Air India romped home with nine wickets to spare in just 19.3 overs as Naman Ojha and Chandan Madan batted with aplomb.
Ojha scored 84 in just 43 balls, nine of which raced to the boundary and five sailed over it. Madan scored an unbeaten 54 which included six boundaries.
In another match at the Gymkhana ground, Chemplast rode on Murali Vijay’s century to defeat BSNL by five wickets.
Vijay thumped seven fours and two sixes in his 114-ball 112 as Chemplast chased down BSNL’s 288 with 4.1 overs to spare. R. Satish (68) played perfect second fiddle to Vijay.
Brief scores
At RGICS: State Bank of Mysore 144 in 39.2 overs (C. Sasi Kumar 42, (61b, 5x4), Dhawal Kulkarni 3 for 44, S.K. Trivedi 2 for 23, Ankit Chauhan 3 for 30) lost to Air India 148 for 1 in 19.3 overs (Chandan Madan 54 n.o. (54b, 6x4), Naman Ojha 84 (43b, 9x4, 5x6). Man of the match: Naman Ojha.
At Gymkhana: BSNL 288 for 9 in 50 overs (Manish Mishra 80 (63b, 6x4, 4x6), Arindam Das 43 (60b, 6x4), Varun Kumar 39 (57b, 2x4,1x6), Sanjay Bamel 49 (50b, 4x4, 1x6), L. Vignesh 3 for 49, R. Jesuraj 2 for 38, Piyush Chawla 4 for 67) lost to Chemplast 289 for 5 in 45.5 overs (Murali Vijay 112 (114b, 7x4, 2x6), Piyush Chawla 34 (34b, 6x4), Hemant Kumar 36, (41b, 1x4,1x6), R. Satish 68, (37b, 9x4, 4x6) Salil Yadav 3 for 40). Man of the match: Murali Vijay.
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