Scads Sports Club (DPC) 148/7 in 20 overs (Sagar Bhutani 56*, Azam Khan 38, Deepak 2/16) beat Uttarakhand Gharwal XI 90 in 16.4 overs (Pradeep Bora 38, Vikash Bhatt 3/19, Azam Khan 2/3) by 58 runs.
Gharwal had to chase down 149 runs to gain two points. Target was gettable but they needed a good start to achieve it. On the contrary, things went opposite for the batting side as they lost three of their batsmen inside three overs itself. Skipper, Pradeep Bora tried his best to rebuild the innings but he had no support from the other end. He batted almost throughout the innings and scored 38 runs off 51 deliveries. With some excellent performance from the bowling side, Gharwal were bowled out for mere 90. Vikash Bhatt scalped three wickets while Ankush and Azam Khan picked up two wickets each by giving away almost nothing.
Scads Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat first. Their innings started with a very slow run-rate. After five overs they could manage just 16 runs. Rony couldn't capitalize on the balls he faces as he went into pavillion after scoring 10 runs off 26 deliveries. It was the innings of Azam Khan(38) and Sagar Bhutani(56) which took them to a decent total of 148 runs. Though there were not many contributions towards the end of the innings, but they set a total of 148 which was also a not-bad score. Deepak and Mishra took a couple of wickets each.
With this emphatic win, Scads Sports Club earn their first points in their pool. On the other hand, Uttarakhand Gharwal have played two games and still haven't opened their account. Let's wait and see how things unfold in the upcoming weeks.