MARGAO
Delite Titans beat Mapusa Dream Crushers by 4 wickets and 7 balls to spare in a thrilling contest of the Desserts n More +45 Veterans Sarsangan Cricket Series, at Arlem Cricket ground.
Put in to bat first, Mapusa Dream Crushers put up a defendable 153/7 in 20 overs with useful contribution from Rajendra Prabhudesai (44) and Mahendra Pai Kuchelkar (50*) who put on 78 runs for the 3 rd wicket in 51 balls. They got support from Amit Naik Burye (11), Ashesh Dukle (12) and Shailesh Mahajan (12) which helped MDC to post 153/7.
For Delite Titans, Pradip Shetye (1-20), Avinash Kossambe (1-23), Vishnu Namshikar (1-27) and Siddhesh Bodke (1-33) were the successful bowlers.
In reply, Delite Titans were off to a decent start putting on 63 in 50 balls for the opening wicket, thanks to Yatin Kaisare (37) and Avinash Kossambe (36). Though Mahendra Pai Kuchelkar picked 2 quick wickets, Sachin Kenkre (37) and Samrudh Hegde Desai (18*) completed the formalities with Delite Titans making 157/6 reaching the target in 18.5 overs. Though MDC used 9 bowlers, Mahendra Pai Kuchelkar (2-20) was the most successful of them and was supported by Amit Naik Burye (1-10) and Mahesh Churi (1-22) Delite Titans with the win kept their aspirations alive of making it to the finals.
Avinash Kossambe, for his brilliant all-round show was awarded the Desserts n More Man of the Match award by Mahendra Khandeparkar and Anil Kamat in the presence of Gomakant Mahambrey.
