Sumit steers VMV to win over SECR in DRM Challenge Cup

NAGPUR: Sumit Kumar smashed an explosive half century (50; 27 balls, 4x4, 6x2) to guide VMV Club to an upset 41-run victory over formidable South East Central Railway in the Haier Twenty20 DRM Challenge Cup cricket tournament at the Central Railway Ajni ground here on Tuesday.
Put in to bat, VMV piled up a huge score of 173/9 in 18 overs. The experienced battling line-up of SEC Railway could not do much as they managed to reach only 132-8 in their stipulated overs.
In another match played in the afternoon session, Pacific Club, Hinganghat shocked Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) by 26 runs.
Brief Scores
VMV Club 173/9 in 18 overs (Harshad Chilwani 28, Sumit Kumar 50, Rushabh Rathod 26; Yogesh Chandurkar 3/44, Abhay Kale 2/23, Arnav Yadav 2/41) bt SEC Railway 132/8 in 18 overs (Radhe Shukla 40, Aniruddha Sarwate 25, Chandrashekhar Atram 19, Yogesh Chandurkar 18; Rushabh Rathod 4/6, Manish Mishra 2/25, Aditya Deo 2/23) by 41 runs.
Man-of-the-match: Sumit Kumar.
Pacific Club, Hinganghat 161/3 in 20 overs (Pravin Bodane 67, Gajendra Gaukar 43, Aitbar Ali 27; Imran Sheikh 1/24, Dilip Parteki 1/32) bt WCL 135 in 19.3 overs (Bhola Singh 29, Iliyas Ahmed 23, Saji Nair 19; Aitbar Ali 2/25, Sachin Mule 2/25, Prashant Mohta 2/34) by 26 runs.
Man-of-the-match: Pravin Bodane.