Coimbatore: Abhinav's all round performance of 40 runs with the bat and 3 wickets with the ball made it easy for the host to clinch a 116-run victory over Devil Strokers in the CDCA-Sri Ramakrishna Mills T20 cricket tournament, here at the PSG Medical College grounds on Saturday.
Coimbatore: Abhinav's all round performance of 40 runs with the bat and 3 wickets with the ball made it easy for the host to clinch a 116-run victory over Devil Strokers in the CDCA-Sri Ramakrishna Mills T20 cricket tournament, here at the PSG Medical College grounds on Saturday.
The hosts who batted first at the PSG IMS 'C' today scored 199 for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Ramakrishna Mills batsmen Jagadeesan, Abhinav and Manoharan provided them with a strong foundation to go for a big score. Having posted a huge score on board, the Ramakrishna bowlers could make merry by displaying their splendid bowling skills. Leggie Abhinav's magical spin bowling destroyed the opponent's batting order and bundled them out for 83 in the 18th over.
Scores: Sri Ramakrishna Mills Sports Club199/5 in 20 Overs (N Jagadeesan 40, M Abhinav 40, E Manoharan 43*) defeated Devil Strokers CC 83 in 17.4 Overs (M Abhinav 3/19, Jash K Kankaria 3/12).
Similarly, in another T20 match at Sri Shakthi Engineering College, S Karthikeyan's quickfire 50 from 24 balls paved the way for RMMCC to register a comfortable 55-run victory to kick start their campaign.
Rajasekhar Mani M.C.C 167/5 in 20 Overs (S Karthikeyan 53, P Balakrishnan 38) defeated Seahawks C.C 112/8 in 20 Overs (S Sabari 54, P Balakrishnan 3/18).