Pratham Sports beat Indian Oil in style to win the Chandu Borde Cup 2016
Indian Oil locked horns against Pratham Sports on 7th Feb in the final match of Chandu Borde Cup that was played in Pune. Pratham Sports won the toss and elected to field first. Indian Oil put up a handsome total of 206-5 in their full quota of 20 overs, courtesy splendid half centuries from Wasim Jaffer (62 runs off 52 balls) and Rohan Raje (79 runs off 25 balls). Both these batsmen remained unbeaten and were a treat to watch. They smacked the Pratham Sports’ bowlers all-round the park with delightful ease. Anant Tambvekar was the pick of the bowlers as he grabbed 3-27 in his four overs.
Chasing a daunting target of 206 runs was a Herculean task. Pratham Sports came out strong and played some positive cricket. Opening bat Swapnil Salvi top scored for his team with 71 runs off just 48 balls. He received good support from other batsmen and together they helped Pratham Sports achieve the target. Murtuza Hussain picked up three wickets in his four overs but went for a plenty as he gave away 55 runs. Rohan Raje and Rakesh Prabhu rolled their arms over to pick up couple of wickets apiece. In the end, it went down till the last ball, when Pratham Sports managed to score 208-9 in 20 overs.
Swapnil Salvi of Pratham Sports was declared as the Man of the Match and Rohan Raje of Indian Oil as the Man of the Series.
