Team Abbott Wins The 1st League Match of the DTDC Corporate League Tournament

Winning the toss first Abbott had some clear things in mind before coming to the crease. As their coach also mentioned they wanted to bat first and give a good target. Plus the pitch was good to bat on, Abbott managed a good start with their players chipping in with important cameos.

Abbotts performance was mainly highlighted by two brilliant knocks from Shantanu Chaudhary and Nilesh Gadekar. While Shantanu did not spared a single bowler covering all parts of the ground with his 33 ball 60 laced with 8 fours and a six, it was also good to see Nilesh playing the anchors role to perfection scoring a well timed and a classy half century (59) off 50 balls to help their side reach a decent total of 158/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 158 is not a big thing but always tricky & the same thing happened with Hindustan Unilever team. Though they had a good start and they did not lose too many wickets but they managed for reach only 152 with the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Mario fernandes’s heroics went in vain as he scored a gutsy 69 runs off just 59 balls which also had 2 sixes!

It was a match which remained exciting till the last over but eventually Abbott won the match by 6 runs. Rightfully, Shantanu’s brilliant 33 ball 60 made him earn man of the match award too! The team as a whole and Shantanu will be in good state of mind in the coming matches considering their wonderful win against the equally competitive Hindustan Unilever!