Saini hands HDFC Bank title win

His masterful innings consisted of 11 boundaries and four huge sixes. Once Saini fell,it was all downhill for HDFC as the remaining five wickets fell for just 17 runs in side four overs. Umesh Kaira and Ajay Bhardwaj were largely responsible for this crunch as they bundled up the HDFC lower order with some clever bowling and some fine fielding towards the end by the Godrej fielders. HDFC posted 204 runs in 27.3 overs.

In reply, Kaira gave his team a good start even after the loss of an early wicket. Umesh batted sensibly as the bowlers with their wayward line and length conceded as many as 15 extras in the first 15 overs. Kaira and Jai Kapil together put together a partnership of 50 runs for the second wicket before a mix up between the two well settled batsmen resulted in a run-out and Umesh had to leave the crease after completing his half century off 47 deliveries. His innings was studded with 4 boundaries and a massive six over long on.

Thereafter,Inderjeet was the only batsman who impressed with the bat as the other batsmen were kept quiet with the bowlers tightening their line and length. Inderjeet made 53 valuable runs for the team off 44 deliveries before Saini cleaned him up in the 28th over. But he got his team sufficiently close to the target with 17 runs required off the last over. Vijaypal tried his best to get those runs,but a fine last over by Gurinder Saini ensured that Godrej fell short of the target by six runs.

Brief scores:
HDFC Bank XI:204 all out in 27.3 overs (Gurinder Saini 110,Ravinder Nain 25,Vipan Chauhan 24,Ajay Bhardwaj 4 for 35,Umesh Kaira 3 for 33,Inderjeet 2 for 32),Godrej & Boyce XI: – 198 for 6 in 30 overs (Indrejeet 53,Umesh Kaira 51,Rajesh Monu 31,Chandan Puri 2 for 46,Gurinder Saini 1 for 33).

Boxing trials today
The trials to select Chandigarh men’s boxing team for participation in the federation Cup Senior Men Boxing Championship to be held at Chennai from April 24 to April 28 will be held at SD Public School,Sector 32 on March 29 at 5 pm. All the boxers who have secured first three spots in the last Chandigarh Senior State Men’s Boxing Championship can appear for the trials in all the eleven weight categories and are required to bring IBF medical book with them.