MARGAO
Priority Titans beat Vimson Panjim Powerplay by 3 wickets and 1 ball to spare in the Desserts n More Sarsangan Super Series Cricket at Arlem Cricket Ground
Electing to bat first, the Powerplay batters started on a promising note but lost wickets at regular intervals in the form of Anant Prabhu Chodnekar 14, Ashwin Kuncolienkar 16 and Granthik Buyao 15. A tragic mix up between the skipper Rasik Pai Khot 12 and Sahil Adwalpakar saw both the batters make a dash towards the same end, with the 3 rd umpire referral saving Rasik Pai Khot as he grounded his bat inside the crease a fraction of a second earlier than Sahil.
Rasik, though couldn’t make much from it as he too fell, leaving the Vimson Panjim Powerplay stranded at 77-5 in the 11 th over.
However, Shiraj Pai Khot 34 in 31 balls in the company of Laxmikant Kurade 48 in 27 balls put on a 80 run partnership in 46 balls to lift their team out of the hole, as they finished at a respectable 177-8 in 20 overs. For the Priority Titans, Ameya Prabhudesai 2-25, Paarth Kossambe 1-17, Venkatesh Salelkar 1-20, Amod Borkar 1-21, Sharang Kamat 1-25 and Rudresh Kamat 1-33 were the successful bowlers.
Opening the bowling for the Powerplay, Gururaj Bale dismissed both the openers Amod Borkar and Naval Naik in his very 1 st over as Titans score read 6-2 in 2 overs. Sukrut Pai hit a swashbuckling 50 in 31 balls, steering the Titans to safety, stitching an useful partnership of 67 runs in 44 balls with his skipper Aditya Prabhugaonkar 23. The young Mohit Kamat stunned the batters with his deceptive mix of leg breaks and googlies picking 3 wickets to reduce the Titans to 112-7 with support from Sanat Kamat.
Needing 66 in 36 balls, Mahesh Churi 44 not out in 27 balls and Venkatesh Salelkar 25 not out in 13 balls stitched a match winning partnership of 69 runs in 35 balls as they hammered the hapless bowling, aided by some sloppy fielding, to take the Priority Titans home to 181-7 in 19.5 overs. Mohit Kamat 3-33, Gururaj Bale 2-29, Sanat Kamat 1-28 were the successful bowlers for Vimson Panjim Powerplay.
Sukrut Pai was awarded the Desserts n More Man of the Match medal and the Estilo Moderno Realty Man of the Match trophy along with a cash prize of Rs.2000 for his brilliant all round display for the Estilo Legends. The presentation was done by Neeta Prabhudesai, Naresh Pai, Yoguish Sambari, Rajesh Pai and Nagnath Shanbhag in the presence of Gomakant Mahambrey.
