DY Patil T20’ Cup Day 4 Reports-Hiten’s blazing ton to Yuvraj Singh at his best alongwith fifers by Sayan and Dubey

Match 1-Mumbai Customs vs Air India

In the match between Air India and Mumbai Customs where Air India opted to bat first were in deep trouble at one point with 2 down for 12 runs. However, Yuvraj Singh who came at no.4 turned the tides for Air India hitting an effervescent 57 ball 80. Some of the sixes which he smashed reminded us of his peak days and it’s certainly a signal from Yuvi that there is more to come from his bat.

Mumbai Customs Chasing 170 ensured they win it comfortably thanks to the in-form Vikrant Auti and solid Swapnil Pradhan’s 150 run stand. Vikrant smashed 86* off 57 balls (7 fours, 4 sixes) while Swapnil played the anchors role with a 57 ball 67* as they won the match by 9 wkts.

Match 2-ONGC vs Indian Oil

ONGC after electing to bat first at DY Patil University were off to a flying start thanks to a 47 ball 107 run stand between their openers Sarthan Ranjan & Hiten Dalal. Sarthan scored a blazing 27 ball 57 while Hiten tore apart the bowling attack with some unbelievable hitting smashing 113 off mere 44 balls. Hiten smashed 12 sixes not sparing any bowler or corner of the ground. Nitish Rana’s 21 ball 53 & Mahipal’s 45*further accelerated the team total to a massive 280/4 in 20 overs.

Indian Oil fought hard in reply with skipper Aditya Tare (51) and Ruck Bhui (41) scoring at good pace but they eventually managed to reach only 218/8 in 20 overs.

ONGC won the match by 62 runs while it was Hiten and Nitish doing the fireworks!

Match 3-RBI vs CAG

RBI apart from their opener Sumit’s 49 lacked good starts as they reached an average total of 151/9 in 20 overs. Fast Bowler Sayan Ghosh was on fire taking 5/31 in 4 overs taking wickets at crucial junctures.

CAG in reply chased down the score with ease thanks to the quick 40’s by their openers Abhishek Raman (48) * & Abhinav Bali (42) as they won the match by 7 wkts.

Match 4- Canara Bank vs Jain Irrigation

Canara Bank after being made to bat first scored a healthy total of 202/10 in 20 overs with opener Bharat Chipli being the highest scorer smashing a brutal 49 ball 90 which had 7 sixes and 7 fours to his name.

Jain Irrigation in reply were bundled out for 128/10 thanks to a magical spell by leg break bowler Praveen Dubey who came up with match winning bowling figures of 5/23 to help his team win the match by 74 runs.