Cognizant Technology Solutions and Syntel Solutions registered easy victories over CSSL and IP Access in the 2nd Prithvi Edifice Cup 2016 Inter IT T20 Cricket Championship at the Shinde H.S ground, here on Saturday.
In a Group-4 encounter, Cognizant, who batted first after CSSL opted to bowl, rode on a run-a-ball 61-run partnership between Rajiv Patnaik (75 n.o.) and Karan Kesarkar (27) to post a fighting 173/5 total off their allotted 20 overs.
In reply, CSSL fell to Abhinav Kalta who turned out to be a match-winner claiming 4/1, which also triggered the collapse of CSSL innings which ended at 86.
In a Group-7 match, IP Access pushed themselves to 97 against Syntel. A face saving innings by Yogesh Maheshwari (49) salvaged the IP Access innings. For Syntel, Vedank Bagal (3/15) and Naman Sharma (2/24) did well.
Syntel looked shaky losing wickets at regular intervals before managing 101/ 6 in 12.5 Overs. Rhushikesh Diwate 60-run effort was the top score of the match.
BRIEF SCORES
Cognizant: 173/ 5; in 20 Overs (Rajiv Patnaik 75 n.o (55, 9×4), Karan Kesarkar 27, Pravin Tiwary 41 (27, 5×4, 2×6) bt CSSL: 86; in 15.4 Overs (Harpreet Bajwa 29, Rahul Bhat 2/20, Abhinav Kalta 4/1).
Match Details:
Toss: CSSL won the toss & elected to Bowl First;
Result: Cognizant won by 87 runs;
IP Access: 97 all out; in 18.5 Overs (Yogesh Maheshwari 49 (37, 8×4), Anand Tripathi 14 n.o, Vedank Bagal 3/15, Naman Sharma 2/24) lost to Syntel: 101/ 6; 12.5 Overs (Rhushikesh Diwate 60 (32, 7×4, 4×6), Amir Khan 13 n.o, Ram Kumar 3/26, Ashish Pandey 2/19)
Match Details:
Toss: IP Access won the toss & elected to Bat First;
Result: Syntel won by 4 wickets;
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