<p>A brilliant bowling effort by pacemen set up Canara Bank’s facile eight-wicket win over MRF in their final league match as the Bangalore side progressed to the semifinals of the BCCI Corporate Trophy in Indore on Monday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Opting to bowl first, Canara Bank made early inroads with former Karnataka paceman Mansur Ali Khan striking twice in quick succession, including that of dangerman Venugopala Rao.<br /><br />Part-timer Bharath Chipli and all-rounder Raju Bhatkal then got into act picking two wickets each to push the Chennai outfit into further trouble. Their in-form skipper NC Aiyyappa (3-25) then wiped off the tail to leave his batsmen with the simple task of chasing MRF’s modest total of 124 all out in 41 overs. <br /><br />Chipli set the tone for a successful chase with a blistering 72 (49b, 13x4, 1x6) while the centurion in the previous match KL Rahul scored a brisk 37 not out (29b, 4x4, 1x6) to power Canara Bank to 126/2 in 16.1 overs.<br /><br />The bankmen will now take on another Chennai-based side India Cements in their last-four tie in Raipur on Wednesday while Chemplast meet CAG in the other semifinal at Indore.<br /><br />State Bank of Mysore, meanwhile, slumped to their third consecutive loss to bow out of the tournament. SBM sufferred a narrow one-wicket defeat at the hands of BSNL in Nagpur.<br /><br />Brief scores: MRF: 124 all out in 41 overs (S Sriram 49; NC Aiyappa 3-25, Mansur Ali Khan 2-14, Bharath Chipli 2-27, Raju Bhatkal 2-13) lt to Canara Bank: 126/2 in 16.1 overs (Bharath Chipli 72, KL Rahul 37 n.o.).</p>
<p>A brilliant bowling effort by pacemen set up Canara Bank’s facile eight-wicket win over MRF in their final league match as the Bangalore side progressed to the semifinals of the BCCI Corporate Trophy in Indore on Monday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Opting to bowl first, Canara Bank made early inroads with former Karnataka paceman Mansur Ali Khan striking twice in quick succession, including that of dangerman Venugopala Rao.<br /><br />Part-timer Bharath Chipli and all-rounder Raju Bhatkal then got into act picking two wickets each to push the Chennai outfit into further trouble. Their in-form skipper NC Aiyyappa (3-25) then wiped off the tail to leave his batsmen with the simple task of chasing MRF’s modest total of 124 all out in 41 overs. <br /><br />Chipli set the tone for a successful chase with a blistering 72 (49b, 13x4, 1x6) while the centurion in the previous match KL Rahul scored a brisk 37 not out (29b, 4x4, 1x6) to power Canara Bank to 126/2 in 16.1 overs.<br /><br />The bankmen will now take on another Chennai-based side India Cements in their last-four tie in Raipur on Wednesday while Chemplast meet CAG in the other semifinal at Indore.<br /><br />State Bank of Mysore, meanwhile, slumped to their third consecutive loss to bow out of the tournament. SBM sufferred a narrow one-wicket defeat at the hands of BSNL in Nagpur.<br /><br />Brief scores: MRF: 124 all out in 41 overs (S Sriram 49; NC Aiyappa 3-25, Mansur Ali Khan 2-14, Bharath Chipli 2-27, Raju Bhatkal 2-13) lt to Canara Bank: 126/2 in 16.1 overs (Bharath Chipli 72, KL Rahul 37 n.o.).</p>
