Datamatics qualifies for the semis after three league wins in the Kalpana Memorial Corporate T20 Cup
Datamatics are on cloud nine playing consistent & wonderful cricket in the Kalpana Memorial Corporate T20 tournament. Right from their 1st league match, they have performed exceedingly well to reach the semi final of the tournament. They have remained unbeaten so far and considering their form, they surely look favorites to lift the trophy too.
Their first league match was against the powerful Mumbai University team where Mumbai University team was restricted to 135/7 in 20 overs. Datamatics bowlers fought hard for that win where captain Rohidas Koyande had taken 4 wickets while Malang Aras scored a patient match winning 54(54 balls) which earned him the man of the match award. Highlight of this match was an unbroken opening stand between Malang Aras and Vinayak Mulye (34 not out) for 90 runs.
Their 2nd league match was against IDFC bank where Datamatics bowlers again did a brilliant job of restricting the opposition to 131 with the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Vinayak Joil, Sagar Nehete & Prem Rajbhar took 2 wickets each in that match while Rohidas scored an attacking as well as an entertaining knock of 95*(50 balls) which also had 5 sixes which eventually led his team to a clean victory by 9 wickets and 5.4 overs to spare. Rohidas was obviously adjudged man of the match for his superb 95*
With two wins, Datamatics were already looking good & they carried the positive momentum into the 3rd and the crucial match where a victory would lead them to the semis of the tournament. The third match was against Learning Mate where again their bowling was exceptional. As we can observe the bowling of Datamatics kept on improving match by match as this time Learning Mate team was restricted to just 122/7 in 20 overs. Dhruvin Dharamsey, Kuldeep Vishwakarma & Hemant Khanolkar took 2 wickets each & were also quite economical. While chasing this time it was Nikhil Patil and Malang Aras who put up a classy 122 runs opening stand with Nikhil Patil scoring a match winning 74* off just 53 balls and Malang Aras scoring 34 to help their side qualify for the semis after winning the 3rd match by 9 wickets & 3.3 overs to spare. Nikhil Patil for his fantastic knock was the man of the match.
Datamatics journey has been envious in this tournament with consistent performances from their bowlers & their batsmen. Their top order batting has fired with opening stands of 90, 70 and 122. Considering the zone in which Datamatics is, they are not too far from winning the tournament.
