PUNE, Oct 28: Vidya Sahakari Bank (VSB) won the opening fixture against Shesh Sahakari Bank (SSB) by 41 runs, in the limited overs cricket tournament organised by the Shree Suvarna Sahakari Bank Ltd for the late Jagdish alias Panditrao Agashe Memorial Trophy, which got underway at the PYC cricket ground.VSB batting first took the bowlers to task as they scored runs fluently although wickets fell at regular intervals. Manish Kotasthane opened the innings with a sturdy knock of 46 which included seven hits to the fence, and was partnered at the other end by Kaushal Afale with 40 runs.
.Brief scores: Vidya Sahakari Bank: 223 for 8(Manish Kotashane 46, Kaushik Afale 40, Nikhil Dixit 41, Sameer Inamdar 36. Avinash Jadhav 4/45) won against Shesh Sahakari Bank: 182 all out(Rahul Kanade 55, Ramesh Tikone 36, Avinash Jadhav 30; Yogesh Shirsagar 4/22, Rahul Jori 2/46) . Man of the match: Avinash Jadhav. For SSB Avinash Jadhav took four valuable wickets to prevent the rivals pile up a huge score.
In reply SSB were unable to reach their target with the middle order collapsing briefly. Yogesh Shirsagar (4/22) and Rahul Jori (2/46) displayed fine bowling to bundle out the side for 182 runs.
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