Cricket: win for WPCA

The WPCA batsmen went about the run chase leisurely,but kept the scoreboard ticking as they reached the target of 99 in the 18th over.

Shaker Dalmiya and Amarendra Chitale scored 32 runs each,with the latter remaining unbeaten as WPCA wrapped up a comfortable six-wicket victory.

Cypress SF continued with their winning ways,beating PCMC in the second match.

Batting first,the PCMC opening pair of Vivek Malshe and Sunil Renuse put on 52 runs for the first wicket,scoring 34 and 20 respectively.

Later on,Vikas Shirole added another 31 runs,but PCMC could only manage an ordinary score of 128/9 in 20 overs.

Bhushan Deshpande was the star performer for Cypress,taking three PCMC wickets and then smashing a scintillating 62 of just 34 balls. His commanding innings was studded with four boundaries and five sixes,and he put on a 103- run partnership with Nandan Thakur to see his team through.

Brief scores:

1) NCL – 98/10 in 20 overs

Mahendra Vadnere 24

Rajindra Balmiki 40

Sunil Mandan 3/13

Datta Pavle 2/19

Dyaneshwar Jagdale 2/28

WPCA- 99/4 in 17.1 overs

Shaker Dalmiya 32

Amarendra Chitle 32*

Mahendra Vadnere 2/11

Mahendra Balmiki 2/12

WPCA won the match by 6 wkts.

2) PCMC – 128/9 in 20 overs

Vikas Shirole 31

Vivek Malshe 34

Sunil Renuse 20

Lahu Patil 2/14

Daulat Kadam 2/34

Bhushan Deshpande 3/28

Cypress SF – 131/5 in 16.1 overs.

Nandan Thakur 32

Bhusan Deshpande 62 (34) 4 boundaries & 5 sixes

Vikram Shirwale 2/10

Cypress SF won by 5 wkts.