Datamatics wins the pre-quarter finals on the back of great team perfomance & NikhilPatil’s solid 60 in the Times Shield ‘18

Played at the High Court Maidan, Oval, it was the all important Pre-quarter finals between the powerful Datamatics and O.F Sports Club where in O.F Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat first.

OF Sports Club batting first made a moderate total of 200runs all out in 43.3 overs where in Jayesh T at no.6 played a very impressive and hard fought knock of 88* coming  in only 71deliveries. Jayesh smashed 12fours and looked really confident despite lacking support from the other end. From Datamatics, Kavish S and Ravi Mail were the pick of the bowlers taking 3/37 and 2/28 respectively while Sagar and Pratik also took 2wkts each. It was all in all a collective team perfomance which restricted the opposition to a low total.

Chasing 201, Datamatics who were off to a decent start chased down the score with superlative ease in mere 39.3 overs. Solid top order batsman Nikhil Patil who came at no.3 scored a match winning 60runs off 80balls smashing 5fours while Ravi who came at no.6 scored 48*alongwith Ritesh to finish off the chase in style.

Datamatics won the match by 5wkts where in the entire team did their job perfectly first with the ball then with the bat while chasing. With this win, Datamatics continue their winning streak and qualify their spot in the Quarter finals. Must say, they are definately a team to look out for in the final stages of the tournament.

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