Mapusa Dream Crushers and Knight Archers registered victories on Saturday in the Alcon GSB Unity Cup cricket tournament organized by Goa GSB Sports and Charitable Trust in association with the Goa Saraswat Samaj. The matches were played at the Panaji Gymkhana ground.
Mapusa Dream Crushers defeated Mathgram Warriors by 136 runs in the third match of the tournament held in the morning session. 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 of the day, 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 Scorecard
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)