Pune: Shuvra Bhaduri and Sainath Shinde hit ample runs on a balmy and overcast day as Maersk and Infosys scored impressive wins and qualified for the quarterfinals from their respective groups in the FLAME University Corporate Cricket T20 League 2018 managed by Triumph Events at the FLAME University Campus in Lavale on Sunday.
Maersk chased a challenging total posted by Yardi in a Group C league match thanks to opener Shuvra Bhaduri’s 43-ball 62 and his first wicket partnership worth 70 runs in tandem with Vaibhav Mahadik (12).
Put in to bat, Yardi was propped up by Amit Radkar (39-39b, 3x4), Swapnil Ghatge (46-29b, 8x4) and Parth Shah (28-30b, 3x4) as they built up on 69-run first wicket stand to pile on the runs. But once openers Radkar and Ghatge returned to the pavilion, Yardi’s scoring rate dipped, but they still managed to cross 150-run mark.
Maesrk found their trump card in Bhaduri as he hit 7 fours and 1 six to accelerate the chase before Prasad Girkar (28-25b, 2x4, 1x6) and Tushar Deshpande (18) mopped up the required runs to bring about two-wicket win.
Maersk is now on 4 points from two matches as does Persistent, while Yardi finished their league engagements without winning any match.
The second match of the day saw Infosys face-to-face with Synerzip in Group A league. Infosys posted 159 for 3 in 20 overs thanks to Sainath Shinde’s 63-ball 81 that included 6 fours and 3 sixes. No 3 batsman Shinde and Gaurav Babel (55*--39b, 5x4, 1x6) came together at 44 for 2 and from there on got along to put up 115-run stand for the third wicket, which proved crucial.
Brief scores:
Yardi 153 for 5 in 20 overs (Amit Radkar 39 (39b, 3x4), Swapnil Ghatge 46 (29b, 8x4), Parth Shah 28 (30b, 3x4), Abhishek Rai 3-25) lost to Maersk 154 for 8 in 20 overs (Shuvra Bhaduri 62 (43b, 7x4, 1x6), Prasad Girkar 28 (25b, 2x4, 1x6), Tushar Deshpande 18 (15b, 1x4, 1x6), Jeevan Gosavi 2-28, Swapnil Ghatge 4-16)
Result: Maersk won by 2 wickets
Infosys 159 for 3 in 20 overs (Sainath Shinde 81 (63b, 6x4, 3x6), Gaurav Babel 55* (39b, 5x4, 1x6) beat Synerzip 58 all out in 17.3 overs (Ravi Thapliyal 3-13, Sanjay Purohit 2-16, Shubham Srivastava 2-3).
Result: Infosys won by 101 runs
