PANJIM: Mapusa Dream Crushers and Knight Archers registered wins in the Alcon GSB Unity Cup cricket tournament organised by Goa GSB Sports and Charitable Trust in association with the Goa Saraswat Samaj, at the Panjim Gymkhana ground, Campal, here, on Saturday.
Mapusa Dream Crushers defeated Mathgram Warriors by 136 runs. Batting first, Dream Crushers ended Mathgram Warriors’ innings at 82 in 18 overs after scoring 218 for 6 in 20 overs. Siddhesh Prabhu Alvencar (39) was the top scorer for Mapusa. Chasing a huge target, only Ashay Ambe (26) provided some resistance for the Warriors. Mahesh Churi was the pick of the bowlers for Mapusa with four wickets for 17 runs. Siddhesh Prabhu Alvencar was adjudged man of the match.
In the second match, Knight Archers defeated CQS Scoring Willows by 26 runs. Knight Archers scored 153/7 in 20 overs. Man-of-the-match Nikit Naik Dalal (37) and Chaitanya Kamat (31) gave the team a 61-run opening stand. In the run chase, CQS disappointed with the exception of opener and captain Deval Karmali (24) and Balkrishna Hodarkar (20). For Knight Archers, Vrushabh Cuncoliencar was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/19.
Brief scores: Mapusa Dream Crushers 218 for 6 in 20 overs (Pankaj Naik 36, Neil Netravalkar 38, Smit Dalvi 38, Siddhesh Alvencar 39, Srinivas Keni 25-1, Mayur Kamat 39-1) won. Mathgram Warriors 82 all out in 18 overs (Ashay Ambe 26, Sagar Kamat 12 not out, Mayur Kamat 12, Mahesh Churi 17-4, Vipul Deshprabhu 16-2, Siddhesh Alvencar 6-1, Somay Naik 11-1, Mihir Gaitonde 13-1)
Knight Archers: 153 for 7 in 20 overs (Nikit Naik Dalal 37, Chaitanya Kamat 31, Sudhir Kenkre 17, Balkrishna Hodarkar 15-1, Deval Karmali 22-1, Vikrant Prabhu 24-1, Nikhil Virjinkar 25-1) bt CQS Scoring Willows 127 all out in 17.5 overs (Deval Karmali 24, Balkrishna Hodarkar 20, Swapnil Kakodkar 14, Vrushabh Cuncoliencar 19-3, Krishnakant Hegde Desai 28-3, Nikit Naik Dalal 21-2, Ramnath Prabhu Bam 17-1, Kritin Bhangi 17-1)
Desserts and More Avengers and Antruz Strikers secured wins on the opening day.
Avengers defeated Madgaon Super Strikers, while Antruz Strikers got the better of Canacona Warriors.
Brief scorers: Madgaon Super Strikers: 125 all out in 18.4 overs (Shivam Amonkar 26, Achyut Naik Dalal 18, Sahil Mandrekar 16, Manish Kakode 23-4, Anish Kakode 19-2, Siddharth Ghanekar 15-1, Kapil Angle 13-1) lost to Desserts and More Avengers: 127 for 5 in 16.4 overs (Manish Kakode 35, Kapil Angle 36, Sachin Sardesai 9, Sridhar Keni 26-1, Durgesh Prabhugaonkar 33-1).
Antruz Strikers: 156 all out in 18.4 overs (Vaibhav Kamat 36, Gaurish Shenvi Lotlikar 23, Venkat Biche 20, Kaunteya Shenvi 16-4, Guru Bale 22-2, Pranav Kamat 24-2) bt Canacona Warriors: 125 all out in 17.3 overs (Saurabh Prabhu Desai 35, Kaunteya Shenvi 13, Shivam Warik 12, Vaibhav Kamat 17-4, Venkat Biche 21-3, Prasheel Kamat 15-1, Kapil Sinai Borkar 21-1).
