da imperador bet： A fine all round performance by Rizwan Shamshad (84 and 3 for 24)enabled Oil and Natural Gas Corporation to beat Bishnol Club by 38runs in the 7th JP Atray Memorial tournament at the PCA stadium
Rakesh Sanghi28-Sep-2000A fine all round performance by Rizwan Shamshad (84 and 3 for 24)enabled Oil and Natural Gas Corporation to beat Bishnol Club by 38runs in the 7th JP Atray Memorial tournament at the PCA stadium.ONGC XI, making first use of the strip, lost the wicket of SandeepSharma cheaply as he was caught behind of the bowling off Laxmi RathanShukla. Gagan Khoda and Radhey Sham repaired the damage with a standof 37 runs before Shukla had Radhey Sham caught in the slips by J ArunKumar. Left arm spinner Tejinder Singh, introduced into the attack,clean bowled Khoda by a ball which came in with the arm. At the otherend former Test player Ashish Nehra removed the dangerous VarinderShewag with an outswinger which took the outside edge and landedsafely in the hands of J Arun Kumar.Tejinder Singh, who was giving nothing away, consumed Gautam Wadheraas the batsman was beaten in flight. ONGC XI had lost four wickets for74 runs. A lot of hope now rested on skipper Rizwan Shamshad to keephis wicket intact and the scoreboard moving. He kept his cool andcompleted his 50 off 71 balls which included five fours. Mithun Minhasgave him good company as the pair scored 107 runs in 128 balls.Rizwan scored a polished 84 off 98 balls which included eight hits tothe fence. ONGC XI managed a healthy total of 267 runs in 50 overs.Bishnoi CC got off to a flying start as J Arun Kumar and NikhilHaldipur were in fine nick. Haldipur was unlucky to be run out by adirect hit from V Sehwag. SS Das joined Arun Kumar and they took thescore from 20 to 76 beofre Das was caught at short fine leg by SandeepSharma of the bowling off Mohammad Saif. Das contributed 31 off 29balls. Gautam Gambhir held the fort with Munish Arora and the pairtook the score from 99 to 196 at the end of 38 overs.When the target was looking achievable both Gambhir and Munish Arorafell to indiscreet shots. Gambhir made 68 (79b, 3×4, 1×6) while MunishArora made a well compiled 45 with two hits to the fence.In the last 10 overs Bishnoi CC required just 51 runs with fivewickets in hand. Three of the batsmen were run out for non-existentruns as the entire team folded up for 229 runs.Rizwam Shamshad was declared the man of the match.In the semifinals, Punjab CC will take on Bishnoi CC on Sept 29, whileONGC will play Air India on Sept 30. The final is scheduled forOctober 1. All the matches will be played at the PCA Stadium, Mohali.