Deadly bowling by medium pacer Jitendra Paliwal (4/21) and Dhiraj Solanki (3/46), helped MCC (Red) defeat Bhosale Cricket Academy by three wickets to enter the final of the B4S (Brain-4-Sports)- MCC Pro-40 Five-team double leg League-cum-knock-out , played at Oval Maidan here today. They take on MCC (Blue), who thrashed Jwala Sports Foundation XI by 89 runs, in the final to be played latter next week.
Jitendra Paliwal-Red
Bhosale CA, the table topper in the league phase, batting first hit up formidable 198 with Virj Jadhav (56) and Siddharth Mhatyre (36) being the principal scorers. Chasing 199 to win, the MCC (Red) put up spirited displayed and were home with three wickets to spare. Hiral Panchal was their top-score with 56.
Opener Sachin Upadhyay blasted an unbeaten century earlier for Sports Foundation XI, showed his allround prowess by capturing three wickets. But then JSF batsmen floundered badly with the man-of-the-match AltamasKhan (5/16) and Sujit Kanojia (5/21) sharing the spoils.
Brief scores of the semi finals:
Bhosale CA 198 all out in 39 overs (Viraj Jahdav 55, Siddharth Mhatre 36, Aryan Bangar 25; Jitendra Paliwal 4/21, Dhiraj Solanki 3/36) lost to MCC (Red) 202/7 ( Hiral Panchal 56, Shaban Shaikh 41; Viraj Jadhav 4/41) by 3 wkts. MOM- Jitendra Paliwal.
MCC (Blue) 135 all out (Vinay Shukla 41,Mukesh Gupta 32; Sachin Upadhyay 3/19, Aditya Santar 2/18, Shahid Ansari 2/32) bt JSF XI 46 (Altmas Khan 5/16, Sujit Kanojia 5/21) by 89 runs. MOM: Altmas Khan.