BCCI Corporate Trophy - India Cements enters into semis

Saturday, 04 September 2010 11:57

Written by Staff Reporter

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Vizag: India Cements marched into the semi-finals with their consecutive bonus-point win, trouncing All India Electricity Board by seven wickets with 22 overs in city on the thrid day. AIEB were tormented by pace and spin alike after being invited to bat, and eventually stuttered to an inadequate 128 in 41.2 overs.

Manoj Tiwary was the only batsman to come to terms with the situation, scoring 43, but there was no support forthcoming from his colleagues. R Ashwin and Shadab Jakati spun their way to combined figures of 6 for 47 in 18.2 overs, while seamer M Raja chipped in with 2 for 29.

India Cements' reply ran into rough weather early with Tiwary scalping three big wickets under the lights to reduce them to 25 for 3 in the 11th over. However, their hopes of an unlikely win were scuppered by contrasting fifties from Abhinav Mukund and Dinesh Karthik.

The pair added 109 runs in 17.1 overs to ensure there was no twist in the tale. Karthik was unbeaten on 62 off 57 with two sixes and five fours, while Mukund finished with 58 when the winning runs were scored.

Next matches will be held between Air India and India Cements on September 5, Income Tax and IOC on September 6. Final match would be on September 8 all these matches are day and night matches.

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