MARGAO: Desserts N’More Avengers and Mangirish Veterans tasted victory in their respective matches at the 2nd Goa Veteran Cricket League T20 tournament, at MCC Ground here on Wednesday.
Mangirish Veterans put up a robust display as they chased a challenging total of 154/6 posted by Vasco Mariners, in 19.5 overs with 2 wickets in hand. In the other match, Desserts N’More Avengers did not encounter much trouble as they chased Royal Ruby’s modest total of 127/9 reaching 129/5 in 18.4 overs.
In a strong batting performance, Raghuveer Lotlikar (65) and Chandrakant Ghadi (50) were the major contributors for Vasco Mariners as they opted to bat first. Balkrishna Hodarkar (2/35) was the pick of the bowlers for Mangirish Veterans, who replied with a fitting chase. Damodar Redkar cracked a half-century scoring 53 runs at the top of the order while Razashad Shaikh (45 off 25 balls) played a crucial hand towards the finishing end as Mangirish Veterans reached 158/8 with a ball to spare.
Man-of-the match Razashad Shaikh received the prize from Rizwan Khan.
Later, Desserts N’More Avengers restricted Royal Ruby to a modest total as Sagar Gosavi sent down an impactful spell claiming 4/18 off his 4 overs. Sanjay Dabolkar (33) and SB Yadav (29) were the top two run-scores for Royal Ruby, while Micky Colaco (37) and Naresh Parsekar (20 not out) did a good job with the bat for Desserts N’More Avengers. Shailesh (2/21) was the key bowler for Royal Ruby.
Sagar Gosavi was named Man of the Match and received the award from Govind Gaokar.
Brief Scores: Vasco Mariners 154/6 (Raghuvir Lotlikar 65, Chandrakant Ghadi 50; Balkrishna Hodarkar 2/35), Mangirish Veterans 158/8 in 19.5 overs (Damodar Redkar 53, Razashad Shaikh 45; Edison Gonsalves 2/31), Mangirish Veterans won by 2 wickets.
Royal Ruby 127/9 (Sanjay Dabolkar 33, SB Yadav 29; Sagar Gosavi 4/18), Desserts N’More Avengers 129/5 (Micky Colaco 37, Naresh Parsekar 20 not out; Shailesh 2/21), Desserts N’More Avengers won by 5 wickets
