Vultures Cricket Club rode on contributions from Nischit and Karun Nair to post a seven-wicket win over Jawans Cricket Club to enter the quarterfinals of the KSCA T20 tournament here.
Batting first, Jawans posted a modest 110 for eight in 20 overs with Manish Pandey leading the way with his unbeaten 40. In reply, Nischit (41 n.o.) and Karun (40) helped the Vultures overhaul the target with seven wickets to spare in the 13th over.
Brief scores: Jawans CC: 110/8 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 40 n.o.; BN Bhareth 3-16, Vamshidhar 3-21) lt to Vultures Cricket Club: 112/3 in 12.5 overs (Nischit 41 n.o., Karun Nair 40).
Swastic Union CC (1): 157/7 in 20 overs (Shreyas Gopal 43, Abrar Kazi 43, Udit Patel 45; Vyshak Vijaykumar 4-26, KC Cariappa 2-38) bt Socials Cricketers: 152/9 in 20 overs (KB Pawan 40, Bharath Chipli 37, Deepak Chogule 27 n.o.; Shreyas Gopal 2-28).
Modern CC: 107 all out in 20 overs (Kuldeep 51; Naveen B 2-15, Prasanna 4-8) lt to Friends Union CC (1): 108/2 in 11 overs (Stallin Hoover 27, Vinod M 36).
Swastic Union CC (2): 131/6 in 20 overs (Karthik CA 60, Nishanth Singh 39; Niaz 2-18, Pavan Deshpande 2-21) lt to Vultures Cricket Club: 136/2 in 16.5 overs (Nischit 55, KL Rahul 52 n.o.).
