ABIL Cricket: Cognizant beat Capgemini

Nitin More contributed 32 runs,while Digvijay Sharma virtually snatched the match away from Capgemini’s hands by scoring an aggressive 58 runs off just 33 balls with five fours and four towering sixes.

In the end,Cognizant posted 151 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. Sumit Pathak from Capgemini was the pick of the bowlers taking three wickets for 37 runs,while he was well supported by Amit Kumar who took two.

In reply,Capgemini looked like they had lost the plot after the explosive 80-run partnership by Sharma and More and looked very meek while batting. The top order failed to deliver,forcing them to slip to a total of 61 runs for the loss of six wickets. Capgemini batsmen Anup Mohapatra (40* runs,29 balls,2 fours,3 sixes) and Deepak Thokal (21* runs,27 balls,1 four,1 six) started to control the damage. However,the initial dents were too severe for them to fill as Capgemini finished 25 runs short of the target.

In the other match played at the same venue,Mather & Platt registered their second consecutive victory over Sakal in their league round match. Electing to bat first after winning the toss,Mather & Platt did not start off well,losing two quick wickets.

Vinayak Renuse and skipper Manish Desai remained unperturbed despite the early setbacks. They put up 104 runs for the third wicket. Both batsmen helped the team reach 135 for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs.

Both batsmen batted beautifully and pulled Mather & Platt out of a possible downhill slide and helped the team to a total of 135 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Shivaji Khandekar (2/18) & Sandeep Salokhe (2/37) did the damage for Sakal with the ball.

In reply,Sakal struggled right from the beginning,the top order failing disastrously with the score board reading 16 runs for the loss of five wickets in 5.2 overs. Mayur Bandekar and Kiran Bhosale from Mather & Platt chipped in with 2/15 & 2/10 respectively bundling out Sakal for just 66 runs in 18.5 overs.