- Tata Consultancy's fourth win in a row, KPIT's win too
- Vikrant Bangar's stormy innings, while Sudhir Kale's penetrating strike
- ARAI and Barclays teams lose
Pune/ Cricket News: Verok Vengsarkar from Thergaon Cricket The Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) team maintained their blistering form and recorded their fourth straight win in the first round of the ongoing 'Pune's Corporate Clash Cricket League 2026' tournament at the ground. In the second match, KPIT team defeated Barclays team by 8 wickets to achieve their second win in the tournament.
In the first match of the league round, after winning the toss and batting first, the Tata Consultancy Services team scored 222 for 8 in 20 overs. The team's opener Vikrant Bangar made an aggressive knock of 83 runs in just 44 balls with 9 fours and 5 sixes. He was ably supported by Vishal Pawar (42 runs, 15 balls, 3 fours, 4 sixes) and Uday Galande (41 not out, 22 balls, 2 fours, 3 sixes). Shoaib Mirza contributed 19 runs. Nikhil Mandke took 3 wickets for 37 runs while Vikas Sathe took 2 wickets for 36 runs for ARAI team.
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Kunal's storming innings
Chasing the challenge of 223 runs, the ARAI team could only reach 107 for 3 in 20 overs. Kunal P. He scored a 50-run half-century in 40 balls with 8 fours and a six, while Prateek Shelar scored 24 runs. But due to increasing run rate, TCS pocketed this match by a huge margin of 115 runs. Sunil Babar took 2 wickets for 38 runs from TCS. All-rounder Vikrant Bangar was honored with the 'Man of the Match' award.
Aggressive bowling by Sudhir Kale
In the second match, the innings of the Barclays team collapsed like a house of cards before the penetrating bowling of Sudhir Kale. Barclays scored 103 for 9 in 20 overs. Barring Irshad Baig (33 runs) and Rahul Agarwal (28 runs), the other batsmen failed. KPIT's Sudhir Kale showed the way to the tent for 5 batsmen in just 20 runs, while Alok Nagaraj took 1 wicket in 14 runs. Mangesh Patil made a storming 51 not out with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes in just 24 balls to facilitate the team's victory. Shubham Zapdekar contributed 28 runs and Alok Nagaraj contributed 12 runs. Piyush Kamble took 1 wicket for 14 runs from Barclays. Sudhir Kale, who picked up 5 wickets, was awarded as 'Man of the Match'.
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