Kpit Cummins Infosystems beat Patni computers by two wickets in what was a thrilling encounter in the ‘Clash of IT 2009’ inter-IT cricket tournament organised by Maharashtra Krida and held at the Katariya High School cricket ground over the weekend.
Patni Computers won the toss and elected to bat first. They put up a decent total of 145 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their stipulated 25 overs. Prashant Dwivedi top-scored with 41 runs and Alok Nagraj chipped in with a handy 37.
For KPIT,Sumit Ranade was the strike bowler picking up four important wickets. Justin Lopes supported him well,scalping three wickets.
In reply,KPIT narrowly achieved their target with two wickets and not a ball to spare. They were greatly helped by Vishal Pargunde (36 runs) and Prajyot Damle (22 runs) who remained unbeaten till the end.
Prashant Dwivedi spearheaded the Patni Computers attack picking up four wickets for twenty-three runs. Vishal Pargunde was adjudged the man of the match for his batting performance.
Results: S1 Services 132/ 9 in 20 overs (Amit Nigdikar 65,Shantanu Naik 26,Adhwari Kulkarni 2/12,Dipesh Mahajan 2/29) PTC 94/ All Out in 16 overs (Sumedh Joshi 20,Dipesh Mahajan22,Sandeep Deasi 21,Pawan Naik 3/18,Azhar Merchant 2/17,Amit Naik 3/24,Joseph George 2/6) S1 Services won the match by 41 runs. Man of the match: Amit Nigdikar (S1 Services)
IDEA Cellular 190/ 6 in 25 overs (Kiran Kulkarni 22,Umesh Rai 88,Vishal Sharma 20*,Ayush Agarwal 4/43); Sungard; 105/ All Out in 19 overs (Mangesh Puri 26,Pralhad Mhaske 20,Rahul Tambe 4/10,Saurabh Chawala 3/24) IDEA Cellular won the match by 85 runs. Man of the match; Umesh Rai (IDEA Cellular)
Edenbrook 155/ 7 in 25 overs (Sagar Junnu 53*,Hiren Naik 32,Nilesh Barpande 28*,Pawan Dikondwar 2/24,Prashant K 2/21),Komli 84/ All Out in 18.3 overs (Dinesh Kandhai 25,Sagar Junnu 3/10,Jabbar Shaikh 2/18) Edenbrook won the match by 71 runs. Man of the match: Sagar Junnu (Edenbrook)