Defending champions MCC (Red), who had a forgettable first leg, finishing last with just a solitary win, came back roaring in the second half with two successive wins, in the 6-team MCC Double-Leg Pro-40 league, played at Oval Maidan here today. “Red” first beat second-placed “Green” and yesterday defeated Jwala Sports Foundation by 61 runs.
After put into bat, “Red” hit up 207 all out with solid contributions from Ismail Kazi 65, Ankush Pawan 57 and Vishal Singh unbeaten 28. In reply, they dismissed JSF for 146 all out with Vishal Singh capturing six for 44 and Sagar Sethi three for 16.
Earlier, “Red” had inflicted defeat on second-placed “Green” by 31 runs in a low-scoring tie. After being shot out for 114, they shot out “Green” for 83. Ankush Paswan put up fine allround show, scoring 52 and claiming two wickets
Brief scores: MCC Double-Leg Pro-40 League: MCC (Red) 207 all out (Ismail Kazi 65, Amkush Paswan 57, Vishal Singh n.. 28; Subrato Das 2/27, Aman Manihar 3/35, Awais Khan 2/56) bt JSF 146 all out (Aman Parikh 29; Vishal Singh 6/44, Sagar Sethi 3/16 by 61 runs.
, they lshsot out MCC (Red) 114 all out (Ankush Paswan 52 -10×4); Adarsh Singh 5/32) bt MCC (Green) 83 all out (Nitin Vishwakarma 32; Vaibhav Singh 3/27, Ankush Paswan 2/24) by 31 runs. MOM_ Ankush Paswan.