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Dempo Juniors romped to a convincing 76-run win over Ghumteshwar Warriors to win the All Goa T20 leather ball cricket tournament organised by Sanguem Cricketers at Sanguem Cricket Academy ground, on Saturday.
Opting to field after winning the toss, Dempo Juniors scored 202 for the loss of five wickets. Robin D’Souza top-scored with an unbeaten 49 and he was well supported Tunish Sawkar (37) and Sherbahadur Yadav (24). For Ghumteshwar Warriors, Harish Naik was the most successful bowler with figures of 2 for 22.
In their chase, Ghumteshwar Warriors were bundled out for 136 in 17.5 overs. Sanjay Dabolkar scored 27 but did not find any suuport at the other end. For Dempo Juniors, Tushar Sawant and Vinay Chowdhury finished with four and three wickets repectively
Dempo Juniors were richer by Rs 60,000 and a glittering trophy while Ghumteshwar Warriors had to settle for a prize of Rs 30,000 and a trophy. Curchorem MLA Nilesh Cabral was the chief guest and handed over the prizes in the presence of Suryadutta Naik, chairperson of Sanguem Municipal Council; Sanjay Parwar, sarpanch of Uguem Panchayat; Supraj Naik Tari, president; Tushar Karmalkar, secretary; and Saiesh Malwankar, treasurer of Sanguem Cricketers.
Brief scores: Dempo Juniors, 202 for 5 in 20 overs (Tunish Sawkar 37, Nikhil Naik 30, Robin D’Souza 49*, Sherbahadur Yadav 24*; Harish Naik 2-22, Vijesh Prabhudesai 1-42, Dheeraj Yadav 1-18) beat Ghumteshwar Warriors, 136 all out in 17.5 overs (Sanjay Dabholkar 27, Vishwajeet Fadte 24, Vikas Desai 20, Sarfaraj Nawaz 11; Tushar Sawant 4-24, Vinay Chowdhary 3-24, Nikhil Naik 2-6).
