With opener Shahen Mistry continues to be in roaring form, Paradigm Borivali Warriors beat strong contenders Shivaji Park Superstars by 33 runs to sail into the final of the 8-team SAI-Mumbai Masters T-20 League, powered by Paradigm Reality, at the Police Gymkhana’s floodlit ground here last night. the final is slated to be held on Saturday, March 17.
Sagar Ghadigaonkar receiving the man of the match award from Juhu team owner Mrs Renu Gupta and Aryan Gupta during the 8-team SAI-Mumbai Masters T-20 League.
Shahen, who has scored 64, 48,0, 114, 40, 58 during the league phase, had another fine knock of 64 in the semifinal, which helped his side to a formidable score of 186 for nine off the allotted 20 overs. Shahen was well supported by man-of-the-match Lavesh Mehra (41) and Santosh Singh (36).
Chasing such a huge total, Shivaji Park opener Amar Padhye batted aggressively for his 70, which included 10 fours and three sixes. But his proved to be the one-man battle as rest of the batsmen, just could not get going before they were all out for 153.
In the other low-scoring semifinals, Juhu Heroes outplayed Worli Pitch Smashers by six wickets. After bundling out the Worli Smashers for 78, the Juhu batsmen batted unhurriedly to reach their target with six wickets to spare.
Brief scores of the semi-finals:
Paradigm Borivali Warriors 186/9 off 20 overs (Shahen Mistry 64 (6×4, 3×6), Lavesh Mehra 41 (3×4, 3×6), Santosh Singh 36 (1×4, 3×6); Dinesh Sawant 3/35, Yogesh Patel 3/40) bt Shivaji Park Superstars 153 all out in 19.3 overs (Amar Padhye 70 (10×4,3×6), Sanket Kankonkar 4/25, Lavesh Mehra 2/2, Nishit Parashar 23/17) by 33 runs.
Worli Pitch Smashers 78 all out in 15.1 overs (Chetan Chaudhari 27; Sagar Ghadigaonkar 3/17, Vishal Shinde 2/24, Kailash Chavan 2/2) lost to Juhu Heroes 82/4 off 13.1 overs (Vipin Chaurasiya 39; Ashwin Arora 2/12) by 6 wkts.