April 17, 2009 3:05:02 am
A 145-run second wicket partnership between Anshul Mehrotra (85) and Akhilesh Roy (83) was the highlight of the match as HDFC beat UCO Bank/ Clearing House team by 163 runs in the fifth match of the 18th RC Sanwal Memorial Inter Bank Cricket Tournament at Chowk Stadium,Lucknow on Thursday. While Anshuls 85 run knock came off 59 balls which featured 11 hits to the fence,Akhileshs 83 resulted off 52 deliveries which included 14 boundaries.
In another match of the same tourney played at LDA Stadium,SIDBI defeated Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by five wickets.
Brief Scores: (at Chowk Stadium):-
HDFC: 225 for four in 25 overs ( Anshul Mehrotra 85,Akhilesh Roy 83,Shuja M 19,Kuldeep 12 not out; Nagendra 2 for 46,Suneel 1 for 36,Anand Shukla 1 for 40); UCO Bank: 62 all out in 13.3 overs ( Vineet 16,Anil Vig 12; Zaheer 2 for 9,Akhilesh 2 for 14,Shariq 2 for 24,Azim 1 for 13,Kuldeep 1 for 0).
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Man-of-the-match: Akhilesh Roy (HDFC).
(at LDA Stadium):-
RBI: 130 for eight in 25 overs ( TK Bose 38,Mahendra Kanuajia 16; Vishal 2 for 11,Keshwan 1 for 15,Ram Krishnan 1 for 13,Dinesh 1 for 24,Yogesh 1 for 28);
SIDBI: 133 for five in 15 overs ( T Balaji 53,C Ambu Raj 23; TK Bose 2 for 27,HS Bains 2 for 32,Arvind Singh 1 for 9).
Man-of-the-match: T Balaji (SIDBI).
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