Sanjiv Jain, Business Development Manager of Construction Development Co (CDC), is seen inaugurating the 25th CDC Cricket Tournament 2013 in the presence of teams and officials.
DOHA: Experienced CDC and M Pallonji registered their first wins in opening round of matches in the 25th CDC Cricket Tournament 2013.
CDC defeated MIC by 4 wickets in a last-ball thriller.
MIC won the toss and elected to bat first.
They managed a defendable total of 185 runs for seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Istiaq (38), Prasanna (35) and Baqer (30) were top scorers.
For CDC, Srinivas took three wickets.
In reply, CDC relied on a strong start and subsequent support from the middle order for the last-ball victory in the end.
In the Division I match, M Pallonji defeated Serandeep-A by 5 wickets. Brief scores: Serandeep 154 all out in 20 overs ( Shanaka 32. Raviraj 3 for 25, Shailesh 2 for 28, Melroy 2 for 15 ) Lost to M Pallonji 159 for 6 in 17 overs ( Raviraj 31, Shailesh 31. Tarindu 2 for 11 ) Man-of-the-match: Raviraj of M Pallonji.
Qalco 224 for 8 in 20 overs (Talha 75 in 27 balls with 9 6’s, Inthiqab 50 in 18 balls with 6 6’s, Ashraf 2 for 11) Beat Tulukutta 116 all out in 16.5 overs (Shafiq 3 for 20, Buddika 2 for 3, Shahid 2 for 10 ). Man-of-the-match: Talha of Qalco.
MIC 185 for 7 in 20 overs ( Istiaq 38, Baqer 30, Prasanna 35. Srinivas 3 for 20 ) lost to CDC 186 for 7 in 20 overs ( Mahesh 35, Thomas 30.) Man-of-the-match: Mahesh of CDC.
Brunel 253 for 9 in 20 overs (Dhammika 70, Faws 51, Ravi 22, Charles 25. Kiran 2 for 10, Manish 2 for 22) beat Vijay Arabia 99 all out in 15.1 overs (Fousy 2 for 7, Saddam 2 for 11, Rila 2 for 9) Man-of-the-match: Dhammika of Brunel.
Readymix 124 all out in 20 overs ( Rafaqat 33. Manhara 2 for 6 ) beat Serandeep-B 66 all out in 14.5 overs ( Zahid 2 for 0, Arshad 2 for 5 ). Man-of-the-match: Manhara of Serandeep-B.
ACC 41 all out in 6.2 overs (Sajjad 3 for 13, Shakeel 2 for 3) lost to Hanan XII 42 for 3 in 5.1 overs . Man-of-the-match: Sajjad of Hanan XII. THE PENINULA
