ABIL Cricket: Venky’s,IRS register wins over Tech Mahindra,Wipro

Even though the conditions were ideal for swing and seam bowling the bowlers from Tech Mahindra couldn’t take any advantage of the same as Venky’s skipper Arvind Chauhan took charge of the innings by scoring a defiant 36 runs off 25 balls with seven hits to the fence.

Southpaw Vivek Deshmukh also played a power-packed innings with some awesome stroke making. He scored a fiery 33 runs off just 17 balls with one four and 3 sixes. After the dismissal of Arvind and Vivek,Rohit Gund stepped into the driver’s seat and played a critical innings scoring 34 runs off 25 balls with one four and 3 sixes. At the end of their stipulated 20 overs Venky’s managed to score an imposing total of 163 . Sachin Pimprikar of Tech Mahindra scalped three wickets for 38 runs making him the pick of the bowlers. Emmanuel David (2/17) and Sachin Kulkarni (2/22) chipped in with crucial contributions with the ball for Tech Mahindra.

Tech Mahindra lost the plot completely when they came in to bat,right from the first over,when they lost their three opening batsmen.

The rattled Tech Mahindra team was feeling the pinch of the soaring run rate in as early as the second over when the dismal scoreboard read three down for one. Sachin Pimprikar then walked in for Tech Mahindra and saved his team the blushes.

After having performed with the ball he took it upon himself to redeem his team as he scored a gutsy 57 off 47 deliveries that had seven hits to the fence and one six. Ritesh Joshi (22 runs off 16 balls,3 fours) & Abhishek Pal (37 runs off 32 balls,6 forus) also tried their best after Pimprikar to accelerate the scoring but the damage done in the first over of the game was too lethal for Tech Mahindra to go past the winning target.

Venky’s pacer Rohan Matale was the main wrecker for Venky’s. He also walked away with the honour of registering the first hatrick of the tournament (which saw him lift the man of the match trophy),while Vivek Deshmukh also proved critical with the ball,taking three wickets for 24 runs.

In the other match that was played at the PYC ground Indian revenue scored an easy win over Wipro Technologies. Wipro who managed to score a measly 95 were outclassed by their Indian Revenue counterparts who overhauled the target in just 14 overs.

Results:
Venky’s v/s Tech Mahindra
Venky’sTech Mahindra: 139 all out in 20 overs. Sachin Pimprikar 57(47),Ritesh Joshi 22(16),Abhishek Pal 37(32),Rohan Mathale 20/3,Kadu 25/2,Vivek Deshmukh 24/3

Result: Venky’s won by 24 Runs.

Wipro v/s Indian Revenue
Wipro: 95 all out in 18.1 overs. Mihir Desai 35 (22) 7 Fours,Rahul Khandelwal 22 (25),Sachin Aradhye 8/3 ,Ajinkya Joshi 23/2,Pratap Chavan 11/2
Indian Revenue: 96/3 in 14.3 Overs. Rishikesh Parab 33 (24) Three 4s and Two 6’s,Sangram Bagul 30 (29)* Four 4s,Sachin Aradhye 21 (22) four 4s,Jaydeep Karve 22/2

Result: Indian Revenue won by 7 wickets.