Hitavada, Lokmat record wins

The Hitavada defeated Tarun Bharat by seven wickets in the 14th SJAN-Orange City Hospital Inter-Press Invitational Twenty20 Cricket Tournament. This was The Hitavada's second consecutive win. In another match, defending champion Lokmat thrashed Dainik Bhaskar by 126 runs to record their third straight win of the tournament.
Brief scores:
At Vasant Nagar ground
Tarun Bharat : 115 for 9 in 20 overs. Roshan Tamboli (21, 3x4), Vikas Barokar (26, 4x4), Ankush Hiwrale 16*. Ramamurti Nerlay 3 for 24, Piyush Patil 3 for 18, Susheem Kolay, Nikhil Dixit and Praveen Lokhande one wicket each.

The Hitavada: 116 for 3 in 17.1 overs. Pratik Sontakke (46, 42b, 7x4), Pravin Lokhande (40 *, 37b, 2x4, 1x6), Rahul Dixit 9. Roshan Tamboli, Ankush Hiwrale and Mannu Bawa took one wicket each.
MoM: Pratik Sontakke

At Ambedkar College ground
Lokmat: 191 for 6 in 20 overs. Amit Khodke (43, 27b, 6x4, 1x6), Sachin Khadke (37*, 31b, 2x4), Nitin Pataria (31, 18b, 1x4, 2x6), Sharad Mishra (26, 13b, 6x4), Prabhu Shankar 2 for 36, Virendra Yadav 2 for 28, Sujan Masid and Sushil Yadav one wicket each).

Dainik Bhaskar: 65 all out in 15.4 overs. Sujan Masid 20, Sachin Rahangdale 2 for 17, Amit Khodke 2 for 6, Sachin Khadke and Ashish Budholia one wicket each.

Result: Lokmat won b y 126 runs. (enter semi-final)

MoM: Amit Khodke

Saturday’s fixtures: Indian Express-Loksatta vs Punyanagari at Vasant Nagar. Lokshahi Varta vs Times of India at Ambedkar College. Both matches will start at 9 a.m.