JOIN USJawahar Sports Club and Vultures Sports Club posted convincing victories to set up a final against each other in the KSCA T20 tournament here on Sunday.
While Jawahar defeated Social Cricketers by 42 runs in the day’s opening semifinal, Vultures crushed Bangalore Occasionals by seven wickets in the second semifinal at the M Chinnaswamy stadium.
The final will be played at the same venue under floodlights on Monday.Jawahar did their job of posting a challenging total to a nicety, romping to 190/6 from their allotted 20 overs. They rode on handy contributions from Shishir Bhavane (30), Mir Kaunain Abbas (41) and KC Avinash (30).
Chasing at 9.55 runs per over was always going to be a daunting task and Social Cricketers failed to cross the line, folding up for 148 with four balls left. The wrecker-in-chief was Suchith J, who took 4/16.
In the other match, Vultures set themselves on course for a big win after restricting Occasionals to 128/8 in 20 overs.
S Arvind (2-18), Anirudha Joshi (2-29) and Pavan Deshpande (2-33) grabbed two wickets apiece in Vultures’ good bowling display.
Vultures then chased down the target without much fuss, galloping home in 18.4 overs. Anirudha shone with the bat too, hitting an unbeaten 44.
Brief scores: Jawahar Sports Club: 190/6 in 20 overs (Shishir Bhavane 30, Mir Kaunain Abbas 41, KC Avinash 30, Gautham K 33; KP Appanna 2-10) bt Social Cricketers: 148 all out in 19.2 overs (Pawan KB 42, Deepak Chougule 36; KP Rohan 3-30, Suchith J 4-16, K Gautham 2-36).Bangalore Occasionals: 128/8 in 20 overs (Abhishek Reddy 42; S Arvind 2-18, Anirudha Joshi 2-29, Pavan Deshpande 2-33) lt to Vultures Cricket Club: 133/4 in 18.4 overs (Anirudha Joshi 44 n.o., BN Bhareth 29 n.o.).