MARGAO
Goa Police defeated Pondicherry Police by seven wickets to enter the final of the All India inter-state police 7.20 leather ball cricket tournament, organised by Gujarat Police,at Vadodara, Gujarat.
The finals will be played on December 20 between Goa Police and Gujarat Team A at the SR PF G9 ground in Vadodara.
Pondicherry Police set a target of 144 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allocated 20 overs. Selvan (46) and M Prabhu (38) were the top batters for Pondicherry while Shahadev Kandolkar (2/18) and Sanjay Naik (2/39) were the pick of the bowlers for Goa.
Goa Police chased the score quite comfortably in 16.3 overs. Pravin Rane 68 (40) and Chandrakant Ghadi 39*(35) were the top batters for Goa while Ramesh,Vijay, Bhupathi took a wicket each for Pondicherry.
Earlier, The Goa Police cricket team were placed in Group B along with Central Intelligence Bureau Delhi, Gujarat Police Team B and Daman and Diu.
In the first match, Goa Police defeated CIB Delhi by 6 wickets. CIB batting first, were restricted to 78 runs while Goa Police chased the score in 11.4 overs. Aniket Parab of Goa Police was adjudged man of the match.
In the second match, Goa Police defeated Gujarat Team B after chasing 103 runs in 19.4 overs. In the last league match, Goa Police defeated Daman and Diu after chasing 153 runs in 18.4 overs for the loss of 3 wickets.
A total of eight teams were invited to participate in the tournament which were divided into two groups.
