Prathamesh Goad’s match-winning fifer seals final the spot for Tata AIA in the Dreamz T20 Champions Trophy ‘18

It was the all-important semi-finals between Tata AIA and Shoppers stop at the Oval Maidan where in Tata AIA won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of making a decent total and defending it with the help of their good bowling line up.

Batting first, Tata AIA team posted a decent total of 147/10 in 19.3 overs. There were a few run outs in their innings or else a total of 160-170 was looking good at one point. Middle order batsman Saiprasad(43) and Pravin G(31) resurrected the innings with their handy contributions with the bat and saved tata team from a low total. From the Shopers Stop bowlers, Dinesh and Rahul bagged 2wkts each.

Defending a moderate total of 148, the pressure was more on the Tata AIA bowlers but Prathamesh Goad came up with an excellent bowling spell of 5/32 in 4overs restricting Shoppers Stop to 124/8 in 20overs. Taking a fifer in a t20 game is always difficult but Prathamesh delivered at the right time bowling some excellent deliveries helping Tata AIA win the semi-finals by 24runs.

Tata AIA are all set for the finals berth while Prathamesh was right declared ‘man of the match’ for his match winning bowling spell.

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