Punyanagari beat Hitavada to enter semis

Punyanagari defeated The Hitavada by two runs to move into the semi-finals of the Allahabad Bank-SJAN 17th inter-press invitational T20 cricket tournament organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur.

In another match, Sakal defeated Tarun Bharat by six wicket.

Brief scores

At Ambedkar College ground

Punyanagari: 138 for 8 in 20 overs [ Ravi Daf (56, 47b, 10x4, 1x6), Manoj Jhariya (24, 15b, 5x4), Ashwajit Moon (21*, 16b, 1x6, 2x4), Rammurthy Nerley 2 for 19, Anupam Timothy 2 for 19). 

The Hitavada: 136 all out in 19.4 overs [Praveen Lokhande (37, 42b, 4x4), Paritosh Pramanik (17, 11b, 1x4, 1x6), Deval Kakde 14, Pankaj Pande, Manoj Jhariya, Sanjay Thakre and Ravi Daf two wickets each].

Result: Punyanagari won by two runs. 

MoM: Ravi Daf

At Vasant Nagar ground

Tarun Bharat: 147 for 4 in 20 overs [Nitin Baitule (61*, 40b, 9x4), Bhushan Mhaisekar (38*, 49b, 3x4), Swapnil Nagpure 2 for 22]

Sakal: 150 for 4 in 18.4 overs [Devendra Deshpande (45, 40b, 4x4), Rajesh Vyavhare (29, 31b, 1x4), Om Dhakulkar (26*, 20b, 4x4), Mannu Bawa and Ankush Hiwrale one wicket each]

Result: Sakal won by six wickets

MoM: Devendra Deshpande

Tuesday's fixtures: Tarun Bharat vs Lokshahi Varta at Ambedkar College ground. Deshonnati vs Dainik Bhaskar at Vasant Nagar ground. Both matches will start at 9.30 a.m.  

All pics SJAN/Sudarshan Sakharkar