Centurion Abhishek Tiwari leads DTDC to victory over Weatherford in Kurukshetra Cup T20 match
DTDC locked horns against Weatherford on 23rd Jan at Hindustan Construction ground in the on-going Kurukshetra Cup T20 tournament, organized by Beyond Infinity, a company formed by two brothers Piyush Rai and Devashish Rai, who are passionate about this sport. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, DTDC scored a mammoth 196-5 in 20 overs, courtesy the magnificent performances of Manager Gupta (65 runs off 45 balls) and Abhishek Tiwari (100 runs off 50 balls). Abhishek was simply a treat to watch as he smashed the Weatherford bowlers all-round the park, hitting 13 boundaries and three sixes in his century. Prabhas Thakur was the best Weatherford bowler picking up 4-30 in his four overs.
Chasing a daunting target of 197 runs was always going to be tough. Though the openers Akshay Upasane (46 runs off 37 balls) and Satyaprakash (30 runs off 23 balls) provided a solid start to Weatherford’s innings, the target was just too steep to achieve. Weatherford was restricted to 140-9 in 20 overs, thus losing the match by 56 runs. Vishwadeep Jadhav and Virendra Yadav shined with the ball as they grabbed three wickets apiece. The star performer of the match Abhishek Tiwari was honoured with the Man of the Match award for his fabulous innings of 100 runs.