Elf, Tatas in semis

Elf moved into the semis topping the table with nine points from three matches.

In the semi-finals tomorrow, Elf will clash with Tatas at Panjim Gymkhana and All-India Associate Bank will meet IOB at Arlem Ground, Margao.RCF and Gomantak Times Goa in Group A and Sun-Grace Sports Club Mumbai and IPCL Vadodara from Group B are out of the race.

At Panjim Gymkhana, RCF after winning the toss opted to bat and collapsed to 156 all out in 33.1 overs left-arm spinnerDevendra Pal Singh was the wrecker-in-chief who claimed three wickets conceding only three runs. Later Associated Bank had no difficulty to surpass the target of 157 runs on the strength of Man of the Match Manish Panchasara8217;s half-century and losing only five wickets in 37.5 overs to win the match comfortably by five wickets.Brief scores: RCF 156 in 33.1 overs Sulakshan Kulkarni 45, Vivek Narvane 37; Devendra Pal Singh 3-3 lost to Associated Bank 157-5 in 37.5 overs Manish Panchasara 51, Pankaj Dharmani 34; Rahul Thakur 2-47, Amit Velsakar 2-37

Gomantak Times 213-7 in 45 overs R Ghodse 53, V Kolamkar 37; N Shetty 3-38, S Dahad 2-30 lost to Tatas 214-9 in 44.3 overs N Haldipur 71, Nitesh Shetty 34; Yeswant Barde 3-36, Sadab Jakati 2-30

Elf 259-9 in 45 overs Sushant Manjrekar 69, Mazhar Ghadially 43; Shamigham 2-36, Ram Kishan 2-37, Srikumar Nair 2-58 bt IOB 233 40.2 overs S Shankar 48, Ananth Padmanabhan 39; Maroof Khan 3-51, Nilesh Kulkarni 2-21.