Defending champions Emerck Cricket Club suffered a 67-run defeat against Chougule Sports Club in first round Group-A match of the 13th Insurance Shield T20 Inter-Office Cricket Tournament, organised by Oriental Insurance Company under the aegis of MCA (Mumbai Cricket Association) and played at Karnatak SA ground on Thursday.
Shelly Dheer, DGM, Oriental Insurance Company set to face the bowling during the inauguration of 13th Insurance Shield T20 Inter-Office Cricket Tournament 2023-2024, at Cross Maidan on Thursday.
Sent in to bat, Chougule batters piled up a solid total of 148 for six wickets from their quota of 20 overs. Mihir Agarwal cracked an unbeaten 51 runs while Fazil Mukadam added 39 useful runs. Nikhil Patil was the most successful Emerck bowlers with 2 for 33.
Later, Chougule bowlers Shubham Shewale 4 for 19 runs and Soham Mali 2 for 21 runs claimed timely wickets to dismiss Emerck for a paltry 81 runs in 15 overs. Mandar Lambe was the lone batsman to get a bit of runs.
Rema Devi, DGM, Oriental Insurance Company set to face the bowling during the inauguration
Hosts Oriental Insurance Company also ended up on the losing side. They lost by 4-wickets against Dream Mills CC in a Group-C match.
Brief scores – Group A: Chowgle SC 148 for 6, 20 overs (Mihir Agarwal 51*, Fazil Mukadam 39; Nikhil Patil 2/33) beat E-Merck CC 81 all out, 15 overs (Mandar Lambe 19; Shubham Shewale 4/19, Soham Mali 2/21).
Group-B: New India Assurance 95 for 9, 20 overs (Rahul Kankarwal 19; Swapnil Kulaye 4/22, Anuj Giri 2/18) lost Greater Mumbai Police 99 for 2, 12.4 overs (Chintamani Kamble 34, Sachin Rao 29*).
Group-C: Oriental Insurance SC 110 all out, 19.3 overs (Aman Verma 30, Atharva Ghosalkar 27, Vansh Devendra 22; Ajeet Kalwar 6/22; Abid Ali 2/22) lost Dream Mills CC 114 for 6, 18.3 overs (Deepak Shukla 30, Suhas Das 20; Durgesh Yadav 3/18, Vansh Devendra 2/24).
Group-D: IDBI Bank 121 all out, 20 overs (Anil Raunaki 33, Kalpesh Wadhel 23; Swayam Waghmare 3/24) beat HPCL 97 all out, 13.4 overs (Raj Singh 22, Kalpesh Dusane 3/7, Aditya Chaurasia 3/15, Kalpesh Vadhel 2/17).