NAGPUR: A splendid bowling performance by
Mangesh Joshi enabled DSA Central Railway to post a thumping 91-run victory over DSA Academy in the second quarterfinal of the Haier
Twety20 DRM Challenge Cup Cricket tournament at the Central Railway Ajni ground on Saturday.
Batting first, DSA Central Railway piled up a huge score of 164 for 6 in 20 overs thanks mainly to Vaibhav Choukase (53) and Sanjog Binkar (46).
Chasing a challenging target, DSA Academy lost wickets at the regular intervals and were restricted to a paltry score of 73 for 9. Man-of-the-match Mangesh Joshi ripped through the batting line-up to return with figures of 4 for 10. Ashish Mishra bagged a couple.
On Thursday, Advocate XI upset AGRC by two wickets in the first quarterfinal.
Brief Scores:
DSA Central Railway 164-6 in 20 overs (Vaibhav Choukase 53, Sanjog Binkar 46, Amit Paunikar 21, Vikrant Deshpande 19; MS Rawat 2-25, Kunal Karnik 2-45, Akshay Arsode, Rohit Mishra 1 wkt each) bt DSA Academy 73-9 in 20 overs (Rohit Mishra 20 not out, Nitish Joshi 18, MS Rawat 17; Mangesh Joshi 4-10, Ashish Mishra 2-11, Shailesh Harbade, Vikas Yadav, Nachiket Parande 1 wkt each) by 91 runs.