Cognizant beat Tech Mahindra by 70 runs in the inter-IT cricket championship organised by the S1 at the Poona Club Ground on Sunday.
Cognizant won the toss and elected to bat first. They put up a total of 175 runs in their allotted 20 overs before being bowled out. Sagar Punjal top scored with 45 runs of 33 balls which included 5 fours and one six. Nitin More supported him well with 37 runs of 18 balls which also included 5 fours and a six.
The eighth wicket partnership of 49 runs in the 24 balls between Utkarsh Tiwari and Nitin More proved crucial. For Tech M Emanuel David did most of the damage picking up three wickets for just 26 runs. Sacheen Kulkarni gave him good support with 2 wickets of his own. In reply,Tech M were bowled out for just 105 runs in 14.1 overs.
Ritesh Joshi top scored with 27 runs which included three big sixes while Somdatta Banerjee chipped in with 21 runs of his own. However,both their efforts were not enough for victory.
Saurabh Guha and Gaurav Chutani picked up 4 wickets each. Cognizant won the match by 70 runs and Saurabh Guha was declared the man of the match.
Scores:
Cognizant: 175 all out in 20 overs,Sagar Punjal 45 (33 balls,5fours,1 six),Nitin more 37 (18 balls,5 fours & 1 six),Paresh Deshmukh 30 (19 balls,6 fours),Emanual David 3/26,Sacheen Kulkarni 2/39
Partnership: 8 th wicket partnership of 49 runs in 24 balls between Utkarsh Tiwari & Nitin More
Tech M: 105 all out in 14.1 overs,Ritesh Joshi 27 (13 balls,1 four,3 sixes),Somadatta Banerjee 21 (19 balls),Saurabh Guha 4/35,Gaurav Chutani 4/27 . Cognizant won by 70 runs
Man of the Match: Saurabh Guha (Cognizant)
Infosys: 198/7 in 20 overs,Sutirtha Bakchi 70 (48 balls,8 fours),Vaibhav Kumar 43(31 balls,4 fours & 3 six),Sandeep Abhyankar 32 (12 ball,4 four & 2 six),Anish Varma 2/33,Aniket Kashikar 2/46
Partnership: 3 rd wicket partnership for 75 runs in 45 balls between Sutirtha Bakchi & Vaibhav Kumar
Siemens: 83 all out 13.4 overs,Ravindra Dungavat 3/14,Sanket Karkare 2/10,Akshay Joshi 2/13. 1 st wicket partnership of 41 runs in 31 balls beteew Tushar Laungkar & Atul Pawar. Infosys won by 115 runs. Man of the match: Sutirtha Bakchi (Infosys)
Capgemini: 130/7 in 20 overs,Ajay Akut 45*(51 balls,3 fours),Anup Mohapatra 22 (14 balls,2 fours,1 six),Mahesh Bhosale 2/17,Rizwan Khan 2/19,Parag Dihawad 2/20,
Partnership: 3 rd wicket partnership of 40 runs in 33 balls between Anshul Aganihotri & Ajay Akut
HP: 131/3 in 16.2 overs,Vaibhav Rajurkar 64 (41 balls,6 fours & 3 sixes),Mahesh Bhosale 57*(52 balls,6 four,1 Six),Suraj Dariyangi 2/12,
Partnership: 3 rd wicket partnership of 127 runs in 91 balls between Vaibhav Rajurkar & Mahesh Bhosale. HP won the match by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Mahesh Bhosale (HP)
HSBC: 156/9 in 20 overs,Pravin Narsimhan 55 (36 balls,8 fours & 1 Six),Ketan Kaore 25 (21 balls,3 fours & 1 six),Nayan Kanekar 20 (19 balls,2 fours),Deepak Sharma 2/25,Ashutosh Rajput 2/26,
Partnershp: 1 st wicket partnership of 62 runs in 41 balls beteew Pravin Narsimhan & Ketan Kaore
IBM: 114 all out in 18 overs,Mahesh Mahale 22 (24 balls,2 fours),Navid Srinivas 4/25,Raghav Kolhatkar 2/26 HSBC won by 42 runs.