Ishan Kishan shines in ONGC's massive win

Jharkhand wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan today slammed a 24-ball 59 to star in ONGC's 67-run win over Mumbai Police in the 13th DY Patil T20 Cup in neighbouring Navi Mumbai.

Kishan has been named in the India A squad to play England in a one-day warm-up match at Brabourne Stadium. Opening the batting, he slammed three boundaries and hit six sixes. Thereafter, it was Nitish Rana who stroked a 35-ball 75 with five boundaries and six sixes as ONGC piled up this season's highest total of 213-7.

Mumbai Police never got going and were restricted to 146-9, a media release issued here said.
 

The morning matches in the tournament saw a couple of close finishes with Canara Bank registering a one run win over Tata Sports Club, while Western Railways beat BPCL by four runs at the DY Patil Stadium.

DY Patil 'A' registered an impressive eight-wicket win over Mumbai Customs, it added.

BRIEF SCORES:

At University Ground: Group B: Canara Bank 189-7 in 20 overs (Suneel Raju 44, Bharath Chipli 37, KB Pawan 32; Abul Kalam 3-31) beat Tata Sports Club 188-8 in 20 overs (Kaustubh Pawar 71, Sujit Nayak 43; Zahoor Farooqui 3-26)-by one run.

At DY Patil Stadium: Group A: Western Railways 164-4 in 20 overs (Asad Pathan 45, Prerak Mankad 41; Prathamesh Dake 2-31) beat BPCL 160-6 in 20 overs (Bhavin Thakkar 52, Akash Parkar 44 n.O.; Hitesh Kadam 2-17)-by four runs.

At University Ground: Group C: ONGC 213-7 in 20 overs (Nitish Rana 75, Ishan Kishan 59, Shubham Khujeria 43; Amit Kadam 2-32, Harsh Tank 2-39, Yogesh Jagtap 2-40) bt Mumbai Police 146-9 in 18.1 overs (Kuldeep Rawat 52, Shrikant Limbole 43; Sanjay Pahal 5-29)-by 67 runs.

At DY Patil Stadium: Group D: Mumbai Customs 178-8 in 20 overs (Parag Khanapurkar 60, Arun Karthick 39; Aniket Chaudhary 3-31, Shivam Dube 3-29) lost to DY Patil 'A' 179-2 in 16.4 overs (Vikrant Auti 56, Abhimanyu Easwaran 46 n.O., Prashant Chopra 43)-by eight wickets.