Into the all-important quarter finals of the tournament, Bernard Ship Management opting to bat first at Oval Maidan in Mumbai made a total of 111/9 in 20 overs. Their Captain Dilip Jadhav with 51 runs was the highest scorer while rest of the batters found it difficult to get going. From the bowlers, Raj Joshi was the pick of the lot coming up with impressive bowling figures of 4/14 in 4 overs including key wickets of openers in the opening over of the match. Akshay Shirke with 4/15 in 4 overs also bowled well and his spell included key wicket of opposition Captain Dilip Jadhav.
NSE in reply chased down the score in 18.4 overs with Captain Shubham Gharate scoring 44 runs off 51 balls coming at no.3. The rest of the batters chipped in as NSE crossed the victory line and won the quarter-finals by 4 wkts.
NSE Team which is trained by Nirvana Sports Academy are into the semi-finals and Raj Joshi for his impressive spell was declared ‘man of the match”
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