NAGPUR:
First Vignesh’s (37 runs, 3 wickets) extraordinary bowling and then Dinesh Karthik’s (51) half century led India Cements into winning a match against Indian Oil by 8 wickets in the BCCI Corporate Trophy Cricket. On the other hand in another match SBM lost a match by a single wicket to BSNL.
In a match of the group D category played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Civil Lines Indian Oil won the toss against India Cements and chose to bat first. But because of a loose batting performance, the team did not last long and was able to make a score of just 110 runs 29 overs. Except for opening batsmen Patel (17), Abbas Ali (20), Mandar Phadke (17), Pawar (14) and Raje (19), no other player could touch a double digit score. Conversely, Vignesh from India Cements took 3 very important wickets whereas Ashwin and Amarnath added 2 wickets each in their favour. Karthik’s excellent form worked as a catalyst in helping Cements achieve the easy target of 111 runs while losing 2 wickets. Although opening batsmen Arun Karthik (7) and Abhivan Mukund (12) could not perform very well. At that moment, Cements stood at a score of 27 runs with the loss of 2 wickets. Century scoring batsman from the last match, Dinesh Karthik and S. Badrinath maintained a partnership with 84 runs and directed the team towards an 8 wicket victory. With the help of 8 fours in 77 balls Karthik made 59 runs while Badrinath scored 22 runs in 94 balls.
Gold Rate
3 May 2025
SBM’S CLOSE DEFEAT
In the match played at Jamtha stadium, in spite of the huge target set by SBM, they faced a very close 1 wicket defeat from BSNL. BSNL achieved the target of 289 runs set by SBM, in 49.2 overs with the loss of 9 wickets while score 290 runs. Opening batsman for BSNL (71 runs, 72 balls, 11 fours) and B.S. Patil (27 runs) made a good start for the team. Kapoor’s century established the base for BSNL’s victory. In just 96 balls, scoring 8 fours, he made an extraordinary score of 105 runs and helped the team prevail as the winners. No other batsmen could produce a standard performance. On the other hand, Anirudha Joshi from SBM took 3 wickets by giving 42 runs while Anand Katti and Sayyed Nuruddin took 2 wickets each.
