Ajanta Pharma SC fought hard and recorded a close 27-run win against a spirited BMC Sports Club in a third-round league match of the 14th Insurance Shield T20 cricket tournament, organized by Oriental Insurance Company and played at Cross Maidan.
Sent in to bat, Ajanta Pharma innings bolstered by the combined efforts from (Rohan Gulekar 40 runs, Jatin Gharat 39 runs, Sanket Kashte an unbeaten 29 runs and Omkar Rilkar 22 runs piled up a modest total of 144 for 5 wickets from their quota of 20 overs. BMC Yogeshwar Kadoo was the only successful bowler as he took 2 wickets for 12 runs.
Later, Ajanta Pharma bowled and fielded well to restrict the rival batsmen and restricted the opposition innings to 117 for 6 wickets from their stipulated overs. BMC’s leading batters were Hrishikesh Patkar 47 runs and Swapnil Bhosale 46 runs. Ajanta bowlers Aarish Khan 2 for 5 and Jayesh Mhatre 2 for 18 were responsible to get the wickets.
Later in the day, United Patni Industries Pvt. Ltd. defeated IndiaFirst Life Insurance by four wickets.
Brief scores: Ajanta Pharma SC 144 for 5, 20 overs (Rohan Gulekar 40, Jatin Gharat 39, Sanket Kashte 29*, Omkar Rilkar 22; Yogeshwar Kadoo 2/12) beat BMC Sports Club 117 for 6, 20 overs (Hrishikesh Patkar 47, Swapnil Bhosale 46; Aarish Khan 2/5, Jayesh Mhatre 2/18). Result: Ajanta Pharma SC won 27 runs.
India First Life Insurance SC 91 for 9, 20 overs (Pradeep Kumar Gupta 22*, Abhay Sail 20, Ritesh Poojari 19; Prashant Patil 4/9) lost to United Patni Industries SC 92 for 6, 11.2 overs (Shreyash Singh 35, Utkarsh Srivastava 20; Varshit Baliyan 3/23, Pradeep Kumar Gupta 2/33). Result: United Patni Industries SC won by 4 wickets.