Naraval guides ONGC into semis

MUMBAI: Sumeet Naraval slammed seven sixes while scoring 52 runs from just 17 deliveries to help ONGC beat Air India, Delhi, by 77 runs to enter the semifinals of the Rs 12 lakh prize money Dr DY Patil T20 Cricket Tournament at the D Y Patil Stadium, Nerul on Friday.
ONGC will take on defending champions Indian Oil, who rode on Ajinkaya Rahane's (60) and skipper Wasim Jaffer's unbeaten 59 to outplay Western Railway by 83 runs.
The other semifinal will pit DY Patil 'A' against BPCL.
Brief scores: ONGC 176-7 in 20 overs (Ajay Ratra 45, Sumeet Naraval 52; Pradeep Sangwan 2-42, Ajit Chandela 2-38, Yajurvendra Chahal 2-30) bt Air India (Blue), Delhi 109 in 15 overs (Ajit Chandela 25, Mohd. Kaif 21; Sumeet Naraval 2-19, Turuwar Kohli 4-23) by 67 runs. Canara Bank 111 in 20 overs (Raajoo Bhatkal 58; Vineet Sinha 4-13, Iqbal Abdulla 3-21, Amardeep Sonkar 2-15) lost to Dr DY Patil Group 'A' 117-5 in 14.4 overs (Amardeep Sonkar 30, Shoaib Shaikh 28, Yogesh Takawale 20*; Sunil Joshi 2-18, Anirudh Joshi 2-26) by 5 wickets. Indian Oil 198-5 in 20 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 60, Wasim Jaffer 59*, Abbas Ali 35*; Shreyas Khanolkar 3-32) bt Western Railway 115 in 18 overs (Parag Madkaikar 52; Anand Rajan 2-24, Rajesh Pawar 3-11) by 83 runs.
BPCL 164-9 in 20 overs (Abhishek Nayar 50, Anup Revendkar 32; Anand Singh 2-24, Prashant Bhoir 2-25, Vishwajit Solanki 2-31, Pravin Tambe 3-25) bt Dr DY Patil Group 'B' 130 in 18.2 overs (Yogesh Pawar 31, Vishwajit Solanki 27; Aavishkar Salvi 3-28, Abhishek Nayar 2-13, Bhavin Thakkar 2-31) by 34 runs.