Sunday, January 17, 2016

Timothy fashions Hitavada victory


Opening batsman Anupam Timothy slammed unbeaten 72 and also took two wickets as The Hitavada defeated Lokmat by 17 runs in OCW-SJAN Inter-Press Invitational Twenty-20 Cricket Tournament organised by Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur at Vasant Nagar ground on Sunday
Batting first The Hitavada scored 155 for five in 20 overs. Timothy held the fort till the end and scored 72 hitting ten boundaries and two sixes. Rahul Dixit (32) and Kamlesh Waghire (31) ably supported him. For Lokmat, Sharad Mishra got three wickets. 
In reply, Lokmat lost their wickets at regular interval and were all out for 138. Sharad Mishra's 43-run knock went in vain. Dashing Pravin Lokhande (23), Sachin Khadke (16) and Amit Khodke (14) got the start but failed to convert them into big knock. For The Hitavada, skipper Susheem Koley and Deval Kakde snared three wickets each. 
Today's matches: TOI-MT vs Punyanagari at Ambedkar College ground. Sakal vs Tarun Bharat at Vasant Nagar ground. Both matches will start at 9.30 a.m. 

Brief Scores
The Hitavada: 155 for 5 in 20 overs (Anupam Timothy 72*, Rahul Dixit 32, Kamlesh Waghire 31, Sharad Mishra 3 for 22). 
Lokmat: 138 all out in 20 overs (Sharad Mishra 43, Pravin Lokhande 23, Amit Khodke 14 Sachin Khadke 16, Deval Kakde 3 for 20, Susheem Koley 3 for 26, Anupam Timothy 2 for 27).

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