ToI drub Deshonnati
In-form Sharad Mishra's all-round performance (53 runs & four wickets) enabled Lokmat thrash Loksatta by a huge margin of 158 runs in ongoing 16th Vicco-SJAN Inter-Press Twenty20 Cricket Tournament at Vasant Nagar ground on Friday.
By winning both league matches, Lokmat entered the super six. The tournament has been organised by Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur. Vicco Laboratories is the main sponsor of the tournament while Motion Tutorials is the co-sponsor.
Batting first Lokmat made a mockery of Loksatta bowlers and piled up a huge total of 234 losing five wickets. Mishra (53, 33b, 1x6, 8x4) and Nitin Patariya (24, 12 b, 1x6, 4x4) gave flying start making 49-run partnership for first wicket. After the departure of Patariya skipper Amit Khodke punished the bowlers and knocked off 50 in 29 balls with the help of eight boundaries. Both Mishra and Khodke stitched up 81 run partnership for second wicket. Amit Roshankhede remained not out on 29 while Nitin Shriwas contributed 25.
For Loksatta, Manoj Joshi claimed two wickets for 47 runs.
Chasing a huge target, Loksatta were bundled out for a paltry 76 runs in 17.4 overs. Only Pramod Pardhi (20) and Sudarshan Sakharkar (10) managed to cross the double figures. For Lokmat, batting hero Sharad Mishra captured four wickets for 11. Devendra Sadavarti got 2 for 8. Mishra was declared man-of-the-match.
At Ambedkar College ground, The Times of India defeated Deshonnati by 43 runs. Batting first, TOI made 112 all out in 20 overs. Deepak Gurbani top scored with 26. Faizul Qumar (22) and Subodh Ratnaparkhi (21) were other scorers. For Deshonnati, Chetan Kamanwar (3 for 22) was the most successful bowler. Dhananjay Misar and Rajesh Mishra got two each.
In reply, Deshonnati were bowled out for 69 in 17.1 overs. Only Satish Kanchanwar (15) and Chetan Kamanwar (13) were in double figures while rest of the batsmen failed miserably. For TOI, Prashant Nimbarte finished with an impressive figure of 4-1-7-4. He was ably supported by Sandeep Dabhekar (2 for 13) and Faizul Qumar (2 for 25). Nimbarte was declared man-of-the-match.
Saturday's fixtures: Dainik Bhaskar vs Punyanagari at Ambedkar College; Sakal vs Loksatta at Vasant Nagar at 9.30 a.m.
(Report Courtesy LT)
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