Pujara, Harpreet do the star turn for IOC

MUMBAI: A partnership of 95 runs between Cheteshwar Pujara and Harpreet Singh for the fourth wicket helped Indian Oil overhaul India Cement's score of 125 with 14 balls to spare in a league match of the Rs 12 lakh 8th All-India DY Patil T20 Cricket Tournament at the DYP Stadium, Nerul on Thursday.
Chasing the modest target, IOC were in trouble at 35 for 3, before Pujara and Singh saw them home with some sensible and brisk batting.Pujara hit two sixes and four fours in his unbeaten 48, while Singh hit one six and five boundaries in his knock of 47 from 34 deliveries.
In another low scoring encounter, Air India bowled out MRF with six runs to spare to record their second win on the trot. Batting first, Air-India were restricted to 124 in 19.2 overs with Paul Valthaty and Avi Barot being the main scorer with 23 runs each. Southpaw Suresh Raina made on 12 while Manpreet Juneja claimed 4 wkts for 21 runs. In reply MRF could manage only 119 in 19.1 overs with Juneja making 50 runs.
There was cheer for the hosts as their 'B' team put it across State Bank of Hyderabad with leggie Pravin Tambe scalping 5 for 24 and pacer Kshemal Waingankar grabbing 3 for 20.
Bangalore star Manish Pandey cracked an unbeaten 81 (42b, 13x4, 2x6) to help BPCL score a n 8-wkt win over State Bank of Travancore.
Brief Scores: India Cement 125-9 in 20 overs (Hemang Badani 32 (26b, 3x4)) lost to IOC 130-3 in 17.4 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 48 n.o.(45b, 4x4, 2x6), Harpreet Singh 47 n.o. (34b, 5x4, 1x6). DYP 'B' 169-8 in 20 overs (P Singh 42 (28b, 5x4, 2x6), N Mandale 37 (26b, 4x4, 1x6)) bt State Bank of Hyderabad 116 in 18.1 overs (A Singh 43 (34b, 4x4, 2x6), D Manohar 25 (1x6), P Tambe 5 for 24, K Waingankar 3-20, M Shrinivas 2-9. Air India 124 in 19.2 overs (P Valthaty 23, M Juneja 4-21) bt MRF 119 all out in 19.1 overs (M.Juneja 50 (38b, 6x4, 1x6), A Khan 3-18). SBank of Travancore 147-7 in 20 overs (S Cheruvathur 31 (3x4, 1x6), Ramkrishnan 26 (5x4), A Nayar 3-27) lost to BPCL 148 for 2 in 15 overs (M Pandey 81 n.o.(42b, 13x4, 2x6), A Nayar 30 (17b, 2x4, 2x6).