ONGC to meet IOCL in PSPB Cricket final

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Press Trust of India Pune
Last Updated : Mar 19 2015 | 7:22 PM IST
ONGC and IOCL entered the final of 35th Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) Inter Unit T20 Cricket Tournament by getting past HPCL and hosts BPCL respectively in today's semi finals.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation thumped Hindustan Petroleum by nine wickets while Indian Oil prevailed over Bharat Petroleum by 30 runs to enter the title contest.
HPCL scored 165 for 6 in 20 overs with Adeeb Usmani (37 off 23 balls) and Onkar Jadhav (30 off 17) being the major contributors. Tarwar Kohli and Suhail Sharma took two wickets each for ONGC.
Powered by Praveen Kumar's blistering, unbeaten 102 off just 39 balls, inclusive of nine sixes and ten fours, ONGC easily chased down the target by making 167 for 1.
In the other semi final, India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara scored an excellent 90 in 57 balls in Indian Oil's 193 for 3.
He was given good support by wicket keeper batsman and Mumbai Ranji captain Aditya Tare, who remained 52 not out off 29 balls.
In reply, BPCL were shot out for 163 in 19.2 overs. Mumbai Ranji players Abhishek Nayar (67 off 33) and Suryakumar Yadav (45 off 33) kept the hosts in the hunt for a while.
Rohan Raje and Rajesh Pawar took 2 wickets each for IOCL.
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First Published: Mar 19 2015 | 7:22 PM IST

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