Dempo Jrs, Nityanand register big wins

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PANAJI
Dempo Juniors outplayed Khorjuem Sports Club by 124 runs in the first match on the second day of Geno Prudent T20 Cup cricket tournament in progress at GCA Academy ground, Porvorim.
A formidable Dempo outfit will now clash with a star-studded Albert Developers for a place in the semi-finals, on Wednesday morning. In the second match of the day, Nityanand SC scored a facile nine-wicket victory over United XI.
Put in to bat, Dempo posted a huge total of 214/3 with opener Rajat Shet scoring 77 runs off 48 balls. The left-hander struck nine boundaries and one sixer in his innings, eventually going on to clinch the man-of-the match prize, presented by Melvin Noronha, Sr Group Business Development Manager, Vision Dempo Hospitality & Estate Pvt Ltd.
Keenan Vaz also batted well in his 60-run knock off 34 deliveries, comprising nine boundaries and one sixer. The duo put on 106 runs for the second wicket. Dempo captain Saurabh Bandekar remained unbeaten on 43 (30 balls, four boundaries, two sixers).
In their chase, Khorjuem Sports Club could not keep up with the asking rate and just managed to reach 90/7, with Dempo's left-arm spinner Darshan Misal being the main wicket-taker with 3/15 in his four overs. Samit Mishra took two wickets.
In the afternoon, United XI won the toss and batted first. However, they found the going tough against a disciplined bowling attack of Nityanand SC. The Milin Chodankar-led side could only manage 101/9 in 20 overs. Shivam Mapsekar remained not out on 32 runs and took his side across the three-digit mark. Pritesh Madgaonkar scored 16 runs. Tushar Sawant picked up two wickets. Pushpashil Desai, Sagar Gosavi, Dhiraj Yadav and Srinivas Fadte picked up one wicket each.
In reply, Sumiran Amonkar (45 not out) and Pushpashil Desai (22 not out) guided Nityanand SC to victory in 11.4 overs after the loss of opener Amar Arkas (23). Man-of-the-match prize was presented to Pushpashil by Pramod Acharya, Editor, Prudent Media and Eknath Shirodkar, Advertising Manager, Prudent Media.