Patil Academy storm into cricket final

Dr. D.Y. Patil Academy from Mumbai eased into the final of the KSCA All-India cricket tournament by defeating Haryana CA by six wickets here on Monday.

Haryana, who had gained a first innings lead of 22 runs, fared poorly in their second essay and were all out for 138 while Patil Academy easily overhauled the target for the loss of four wickets to make the final.

Dr Patil Academy await the winners of the other semi-final between Vidarbha CA and KSCA XI who, after taking a first innings lead of 66 runs, were in sight of victory as the visitors were struggling at 102 for six.

Brief scores:

Vidarbha CA: 352 and 102 for 6 in 32 overs (Shalab Shrivastava 48, Abhimanyu Mithun 3-29) vs KSCA XI: 418 all out in 122.3 overs (Abhishek Reddy 167, Pavan Deshpande 104, CM Gautam 37, S Arvind 46, Swapnil Bandiwar 3-51, Ravi Jangid 3-89, Aditya Sarvate 3-89).

Haryana CA: 221 and 138 all out in 59.1 overs (Iqbal Abdullah 4-51, Swapnil Singh 4-40) lost to Dr DY Patil: 199 all out and 165 for 4 in 52.5 overs (Shoaib Shaikh 41, Gaurav Jathar 40, Jayant Yadav 2-64) by 6 wickets.