Prithvi Edifice Cup 2016 : Tech Mahindra, Infosys complete the QF line up

Tech Mahindra and Infosys displayed their might with easy wins over Cognizant and Syntel respectively and earned quarterfinals berth in the 2nd Prithvi Edifice Cup 2016 Inter IT T20 Cricket Championship, at the Nehru Stadium.

Infosys led by Sanjay Purohit scored a 75-run win over Cognizant, while Tech Mahindra did a shade better scoring a 79-run win over Syntel.

The day belonged to Tech Mahindra as they recorded the highest total among all pre-quarterfinals by setting 191/4.

Exploiting the chance of batting first after winning the toss, Tech Mahindra had Ankit involve himself in two fruitful partnerships that set the tone of the innings.

First, Anikit (79; 59 balls, 11×4) and Rohan Manekar shared a first-wicket partnership of 67-runs (50 balls), and later he along with Sachin Pimparikar shared 85-run (53 balls) second-wicket partnership.

Both, Rohan (27) and Sachin (34) played responsibly.

Syntel for some reason could not get going as Vishal Shelke (3/22), and Sacheen Kulkarni (2/17) struck time and gain to end Syntel’s innings at 115 in 17.5 overs.

For Syntel, Sabir Shaikh showed some resistance with a composed 39-run innings.

Earlier, Infosys with 184/3 on board owing to two partnerships that Sanjay Purohit was involved with had it easy against Cognizant after being put into bat.

Sanjay Purohit 62 (47, 7×4, 1×6) and Prabhjot 39 (32, 4×4, 1×6) gave Infosys a brilliant start by putting on 65-runs (57 balls) for the opening wicket.

Later, Sanjay carried on and associated himself with Ashay Palkar for an 89-run (48 balls) partnership for the second wicket.

In reply, Anand Konda 4/11 spelt doom for Cognizant who ended up with just 109/8.

BRIEF SCORES

Man of the Match: Ashay Palkar (Infosys)

Infosys: 184/3; in 20 Overs (Sanjay Purohit 62 (47, 7×4, 1×6), Prabhjot  Malhotra 39 (32, 4×4, 1×6), Ashay Palkar 64 n.o (33, 3×4, 5×6) bt Cognizant: 109/8; 20 Overs (Rajiv Patnaik 29 (28, 3×4), Puneet Karan 22, Anand Konda 4/11, Nilesh Kawchale 2/21).

Match Details:

Toss: Cognizant won the toss & elected to Bowl First;

Result: Infosys won by 75 runs;

 

Man of the Match: Ankit Thakre – Tech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra: 191/4; in 20 Overs (Ankit Thakre 79 (59, 11×4), Sachin Pimparikar 34 (39, 2×4), Rohan Manekar 27, Pratik Dubey 25, Vedank Bagal 2/39) bt Syntel: 115; 17.5 Overs (Rohan Deshpande 22, Sabir Shaikh 39 (32, 3×4, 2×6), Vishal Shelke 3/22, Sacheen Kulkarni 2/17)

Match Details:

Result: Tech Mahindra one by 76 runs

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