Nikhil’s ton and Rupesh Tiwary’s all-round show helps Benetton CC qualify for the quarters in the Dr.Deshpande Summer League ‘19

Benetton CC after being put to bat first at Central Maidan, Thane amassed a healthy total of 280/8 in 45 overs. Despite a patchy start by the openers, Rupesh Tiwary coming at no.3 scored a solid 64 off 87 balls (9 fours) while the promising Nikhil Patil went on to score a match winning 120 runs off 102 balls (10 fours, 4 sixes). Not only did Nikhil accelerated his team’s innings but also stitched a crucial stand with Rupesh as Benetton reached a more than average total to defend.

Shree Anand Bharti in reply were all out for 167 runs as they could not withstand the tight bowling of Benetton bowlers. Neekunj Karia was the pick of the bowlers taking 4/30 in 6.2 overs with his left arm spin while all-rounder Rupesh Tiwary and Imroz Khan picked up 3 wkts each.

Benetton CC won the match by 113 runs and qualify for the finals of the summer league.

In the previous match of Benetton vs Raj Cricket Academy, Rupesh had came up with match winning bowling figures of 5/28 in 6.5 overs with his off-spinners while in this match he displayed an all-round performance coming in very handy for his team.