Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Sanmarg, Dainik Jagran in last eight

Patna, February 1
Sanmarg and Dainik Jagran took their appointed place in the quarter-finals from pool 'B' defeating Times of India and News Agencies XI respectively in the fourth Airtel Media Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium on Sunday.

In the first match, Sanmarg clinched a cliff-hanger beating Times of India by three runs. Batting after winning the toss, Sanmarg could muster 89 runs in 16.5 overs. In reply, Times of India were all out for 86 runs in 19.3 overs. Md Saddab (Sanmarg), who claimed four wickets for 23 runs, was declared man of the match.

In the second match, Dainik Jagran made 179 for three wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Vivekanand (60) and Manish Singh (42) did bulk of the scoring.

Chasing a winning target of 180 runs in 20 overs, News Agencies XI were all out for 104 runs in 19.5 overs. Manish Singh, claimed three wickets for 16 runs. He was adjudged man of the match.

Brief scores:
Sanmarg: 89 all out in 16.5 overs (Kumar Rajat-23, Md Saddab-12, Ravi Upadhya-11, Prabhakar-12, Basant-4/8, Alok Tripathi-2/4).
Times of India: 86 all out in 19.3 overs (Avanit-11, Md Zama-12, Md Saddab-4/23, Mayank-2/8)

Dainik Jagran: 179 for three wickets in 20 overs (Vivekanand-60, Manish Singh-42, Prashan-20 not out, Amarendra-29 not out).
News Agencies XI: 104 all out in 19.5 overs (Satish Kumar-34, Abhijeet Biswas-16, Manish Singh-3/16, Sumit-3/17, Yogesh-1/23)

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