L&T Infotech defeat Insta World Wide by 18 runs to win Dreamz Challenger Trophy
Venue: John Bright, Azad Maidan | View Scorecard | Tournament Details
Vishal Ruparel’s four wicket haul enabled L&T Infotech to defend a low total of 116 runs against Insta World Wide and lift the Dreamz Challenger Trophy. Earlier when batsmen failed to put up a good total on the board L&T were nowhere in the game at the end of first innings. But a superb bowling show led by Vishal helped them restrict the opposition to 98 and win by 18 runs.
L&T won the toss and elected to bat first. It did not prove to be a good decision as after the opening pair fell, no one gave importance to stay at the innings as half the team was back in the hut at the score of 42. Captain Ajit nair played a quick cameo of 20 from just 10 balls but could not continue for long. It was only due to Ameya Joshi’s sensible knock of 39 that L&T were able to cross the 100 run mark but were eventually all out for 116 in the 19th over. No batsman from lower order could give him support to last the full 20 overs.
For Insta World Wide, Kunal patil captured 3 wickets while Dhiraj scalped 2. Bharat and kalpesh managed a wicket each.
Chasing a rather low total to win the match and the tournament, Insta lost opener Devendra for a duck on the fourth ball of the innings. Second wicket fell on the score of 17. Aniket (37) and Kalpesh (16) steadied the chase with 41 runs partnership but when their partnership was broken at the score of 58, Insta lost their way. They lost wickets in a heap and were all out for 98 handing L&T a victory by 18 runs. Vishal was the chief culprit bagging 4 wickets while Faizan scalped 2.
Following awards were given at the presentation ceremony:
Best Batsman – Devendra Mayekar (Insta World Wide Team)
Best Bowler – Dhiraj Raut (Insta World Wide Team)
MOM – Vishal Ruparel (L&T Infotech)
Man of the Series – Shivram Krishnan (L&T Infotech)
Brief Scores:
L&T: 116 All out in 18.2 overs (Ameya 39, Ajit 20, Patil 3/28, Dhiraj 2/16)
Insta: 98 All out in 19.4 overs (Aniket 37, Bharat 16, Vishal 4/15, Faizan 2/15)
Match Report by:
Sumanyu Jain
Regional Manager & Editor @CricketGraph