PANJIM: Dempo Challengers entered their third consecutive final of Panjim Gymkhana Members League (PGML) and the defending champions will clash with Manas Mavericks in the grand finale at Panjim Gymkhana ground, Campal, here, on Sunday.
Dempo Challengers, who were the runners-up of first edition of PGML, got the better of inaugural edition’s winners Prescon Panthers by 20 runs in the second Eliminator on Saturday.
Dempo Challengers scored 156/7 in the alloted 20 overs. Panthers managed to reach 136/9 at the end of 20 overs, largely due to Vardhan Haldankar’s unbeaten 20 runs. Neel Netravalkar contributed 17 runs.
Dempo Challengers bowlers once again put up an impressive show. Harsh Parekh, Dinesh Amrute and captain Kiran Shirwaikar took two wickets each.
Purple cap holder Shekhar Amonkar and Sudin Kamat picked up a wicket apiece. Dhilan Shah bowled economically with his three overs yielding just 12 runs.
Yatin Parekh was the chief guest and presented the man-of-the-match award to Dhilan, in the presence of Suresh Mahadevan and Manish Karapurkar.
