MARGAO
Pai Khot Fighters crushed Delite Titans by 5 wickets with 6.2 overs to spare in the Desserts n More +45 Veterans Sarsangan Cricket Series, at Arlem cricket ground, on Friday.
Electing to bat first, Delite Titans could manage only 121 as they were skittled in 19 overs. Sanjay Netravalkar made 51 runs in 40 balls and Avinash Kossambe 22 runs in 20 balls.
The highlight of the Titans innings being a 45 run partnership off just 35 balls stitched between Sanjay Netravalkar and Avinash Kossambe for the third wicket. For Pai Khot Fighters, the wrecker in chief was MCC President Yogesh Naik returning with match figures of 3-0-14-4 and was supported by Sarvesh Kamat, Jaiprakash Sinai Kunde, Sudesh Prabhudesai and Pratap Prabhugaonkar with a wicket each.
In reply, Pai Khot Fighters were off to a blazing start with Sarvesh Kamat 36 runs off 26 balls and Yogesh Naik 15 runs in 19 balls putting 62 runs for the opening wicket in just 6.4 overs. Sandeep Phaldessai 19* in 18 balls, Paresh Prabhudesai (11) and Shiraj Pai Khot (10) helped their team reach 122/5 (13.4 overs) and cruise home with 5 wickets and 38 balls to spare.
For Titans, the successful bowlers were Sandesh Kamat Bambolkar (2-23), Avinash Kossambe (1-5) and Raju Shenvi Salgaonkar (1-12). Yogesh Naik for his brilliant all-round show was awarded the Desserts n More Man of the Match medal by BCCI umpire Nitin Raghuvir Pai in the presence of Gomakant Mahambrey.
