FRIENDSHIP TROPHY 2018 – Sandip, Vasudev Mhatre and Manish Nagdev star in the nail biting semi-finals

As friendship cup is at its twilight, the tournament was an amazing success where we got to see some really well fought matches to some great individual performances and that is what this tournament is all about. This Saturday were the two intense semi-finals and these are the latest reports staright from the ground-

1st Semi Final Match – SHM ULHASNAGAR VS SIEMENS CORPORATES

Played at the Asahi ground, SHM Ulahsnagar won the toss and elected to bat first on the back of their strong batting line up. Manish Nagdev who opened the innings scored a match winning 63 off mere 33balls smashing 14fours setting the tone for the SHM Ulhasnagar innings. Deepak at no.3 also gave a crucial hand smashing a quick 42 pushing the team total to 177/9 in 20 overs. Defending a total of 178, all-rounder Manish Nagdev delivered with the ball too taking a stunning fifer (5/32 in 4overs) restricting Siemens to just 100/all out in 15overs. SHM Ulhasnagar won the match by 77runs and Manish Nagdev completely owned the match with his brilliant all-round perfomance.

MoM – Manish Nagdev

Manish Nagdev – SHM

2nd Semi Final Match – Rangers Reliance vs CCD

Played at the Asahi Glass ltd, Rangers won the toss and elected to bat first. However, their decision to bat first was not the best of the ones as they were bundled out for 73runs in 15 overs. Right arm spinner Vasudev bowled one of the most crucial spells giving away only 15runs while scalping 3wkts which really damaged the opposition. Aniket with 3/8 and Sachin with 2/21 also bowled tight which did the job for CCD.CCD chased down the score in merely 7.2 overs with Sandip scoring a scorching half century smashing 57 off mere 22balls making it one of the fastest half centuries of the tournament so far. CCD won the semi-finals by 8wkts and Vasudev Mhatre was declared ‘man of the match’.

 MoM – VASUDEV MHATRE

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