(Day-9) Kulkarni leads Lokshahi Varta to semis

19th OCW-SJAN Inter Press Cricket, Day-9

Kulkarni leads Lokshahi Varta to semis

Abhishek Kulkarni displayed brilliant all-round performance as Lokshahi Varta thrashed Loksatta by seven wickets to enter the semifinal in the 19th OCW-SJAN Inter-Press cricket tournament at Vasant Nagar ground here on Wednesday.

The annual tourney is being organized by SJAN in association with OCW and State Bank of India.

Opting to bat, Loksatta were all out for 90 in 18 overs. Skipper Harshwardhan Datir and Chandrashekhar Kuthe made 26 runs each.

Lokshahi Varta chased down the target in 9.3 overs losing three wickets. Opener Kulkarni slammed 33, while Sarang Chavan contributed 20.

BRIEF SCORES

Loksatta 90 in 18 overs (Harshwardhan Datir 26, Chandrashekhar Kuthe 26; Sarang Chavan 3-19, Anup Motghare 2-24, Abhishek Kulkarni 2-13) lost to Lokshahi Varta 91-3 in 9.2 overs (Abhishek Kulkarni 33, Sarang Chavan 20) by 7 wickets.

Man-of-the-match: Abhishek Kulkarni (Lokshahi Varta)

Mughal’s catch-of-the-match: Sarang Chavan (Lokshahi Varta).

On Thursday (Semifinal): The Times of India-Maharashtra Times vs The Hitavada at Ambedkar College ground (10.30 am).