Jaffar’s ton steers Indian Oil into final

Bolstered by a brilliant ton by Wasim Jaffer (108 runs off 120 balls), Indian Oil defeated defending champions MRF Chennai by 46 runs to enter the final of J P Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament being held at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium on Monday.

Bolstered by a brilliant ton by Wasim Jaffer (108 runs off 120 balls), Indian Oil defeated defending champions MRF Chennai by 46 runs to enter the final of J P Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament being held at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium on Monday.

MRF Chennai won the toss and invited Indian Oil to bat first. After losing two quick wickets, Test player Wasim Jaffer came to bat and enthralled the audience with some scintillating strokes. His century included eight fours and one towering six. Ravikant Shukla (68 off 96 balls) gave able support to Jaffer and the duo took Indian Oil to safety. Jaffer was dropped on 64 when Mahesh failed to hold onto a catch at mid-wicket off the bowling of Venu Gopal. With some contributions from the lower order, Indian Oil made 279 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 50 overs. Rahul Shukla grabbed three wickets while N Mohammad claimed two wickets.

Chasing the target, MRF started on a bad note as they lost three quick wickets for just 28 runs. Skipper Venugopal Rao tried to increase the run-rate and hit a flurry of strokes in his innings of 88 runs off 72 balls that included eight boundaries and five towering sixes.

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U Shushil tried to build a decent partnership with the tailenders but his effort was brought to an end by Gaurav Jathar who had him caught by A Rahene for a well compiled 41 runs of 51 balls. MRF fell short by 46 runs. Gaurav Jathan (3 for 51) and R Raje (2 for 29) were the main wicket taker for Indian Oil.

Brief Scores:

Indian Oil: 279 for 6 in 50 overs (W Jaffar 108, R. Shukla 68, Aditya Tare 29 no, Rahul Shukla 3 for 54, Niyas Mohammad 2 for 51); beats MRF: 233 all out in 44.2 overs (V Gopal Rao 88, U Shushil 41, Gnaneshwar Rao 27, G Jathar 3 for 51, Rohan Raje 2 for 29).

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