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CURCHOREM:Dazzling Boys and Raunak Cricketers of Mapusa booked their place in the quarter-finals of the 9th Babu Brothers leather ball cricket tournament in memory of Ranji cricketer Rajesh Ghodge and played at SAG Sports Complex ground, Curchorem on Monday.
In the first match, Raunak Cricketers defeated Mangalmurti by 90 runs while in the second match, Dazzling Boys of Mapusa easily outwitted SK Warriors by 95 runs.
Score in brief: Dazzling Boys, 177 for 5 in 18 overs (Aniket Desai 68, Rupesh Sarvankar 45, Rajendra Dabholkar 30* runs. Hrishikesh Gaonkar 4-27, Nagesh Rekdo 1-33) beat SK Warriors, 82 for 7 in 18 overs (Hrishikesh Gaonkar 28, Nagesh Rekdo 19, Nitin Kalekar 15 runs. Mahesh Bhaidkar 4-5, Rajendra Dabholkar 2-7, Shivam Mhapsenkar 1-12). Man of the match- Mahesh Bhaidkar (Dazzling Boys).
Raunak Cricketers, 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Utkarsh Pokle 63, Rajshekhar Harikant & Gaurang Dhuri 47 runs each. Saish Kamat 1-24, Nikhil Naik 1-34, Kalpesh Naik 1-38) beat Mangalmurti, 112 all out in 17.4 overs (Rajdeep Fatarpekar 21, Shreyash Bhandari 19, Rohit Kalmankar 18 runs. Ravindra Barve 3-25, Amrut Verlekar 2-6, Sahil Dhuri 2-13, Amulya Pandrekar 2-25). Man of the match : Utkarsh Pokle (Raunak Cricketers).
