Panaji
While MMCC beat Jhunjhunwala College of Mumbai by 5 wickets in the Pool 1 West Zone final, MS University beat Dhanwate National College of Nagpur in the Pool 2 West Zone final. MMCC started their journey by becoming city champions of Pune. They played their first match against BMCC XI, and defeated them by 27 runs in a match that was restricted to 17 overs. Next up was the Pune final, which MMCC won by beating SP College by 6 wickets.
In the first match of the West Zone playoffs, MMCC beat Sridora Caculo College, Mapusa by 10 wickets, chasing down a total of 61 runs, after Sridora was all out for 60 in 15.3 overs. MMCC astonishingly reached the target in only 2.2 overs. Y Nahar scored 29 off 10 balls, and D Shinde scored 31 off just 7 balls. D Hinghekar registered figures of 3-0-18-3 for MMCC in the first innings.
In the match that would decide who would go through to the national finals, MMCC beat Jhunjhunwala College of Mumbai by 5 wickets. Jhunjhunwala were bowled out for 107 in 17.3 overs, whereas MMCC reached 108 for 5 in just 8.2 overs with an aggressive batting approach.
