Pune: Nair Eagles scored back to back wins over their respective opponents in the ‘Lions Premier League’ Twenty-20 Cricket Championship organised by Lions Club district 323 D-2 and played at the Deccan Gymkhana ground.
On Wednesday, Nair Eagles registered 6 wickets victory over Naik Paltan to record their second win and secured the place in the knock out stage, Chasing 140 for a win, Abhishek Mohite scored a quickfire 51 off 30 balls, to play the anchor role. He was ably supported by 24 each by Nitesh Gundecha and Faiyaz Landge. Earlier, Naik Paltan put up 139/7 on board in 20 overs.
Brief Scores:
Naik Paltan: 139 for 7 in 20 overs (Pushkaraj Joshi 67, Nilesh Natu 27, Raju Kotwal 2/26); lost to Nair Eagles: 140 for 4 in 16.5 overs (Abhishek Mohite 51, Nitesh Gundecha 24, Faiyaz Landge 24; Piyush Gundencha 2/19);
Result: Nair Eagles won by six wickets.
MoM: Abhishek Mohite
Dhomse Tigers: 118 all out in 19.1 Overs (Santosh Shah 55, Mahesh Divte 27; Datta Shrungare 3/22) lost to Kalate Warriors: 120/3 in 17.3 overs (Sourabh Ravalia not out 58, Amit Jain 39; Shekhar Dalmiya 2/18)
Results: Kalate Warriors won by 7 wickets;
Man of the Match: Sourabh Ravalia