Indian Cricket Club (ICC) comprehensively outplayed Pakistan Cricket Club Taiwan (PCCT) in Saturday night’s final group match of the Northern Taiwan Cricket League in Taipei.
After scoring only 78 in each of their previous two innings, sensible batting saw ICC post 145-6 in their 20 overs.
Alok Gupta played a solid opener’s role, scoring 25 and seeing off the bowling of the dangerous Shezhad Khan (1-15). That set the platform for the lower order to hit strongly against a weakened PCCT bowling lineup. Sandeep Patel capitalized with 40 runs in quick time.
The PCCT reply started in the worst possible fashion when ICC’s Sachin Bhimani (2-19) bowled Amjad Zafar with the first ball of the innings.
Khan continued his fine form with both bat and ball hitting his second half-century of the tournament, including two glorious straight sixes, but he lost batting partners at regular intervals during the innings.
By drinks, the innings was teetering at 63-4.
Anant Patel struck the decisive blow soon after drinks, having Khan caught at mid-on by Gupta for 53. The PCCT lower order managed to strike a few extra boundaries, but they were bowled out 35 runs short in the 17th over.
The semi-finals are next weekend, with fourth placed Formosa Cricket Club taking on Taipei Cricket Association and a rematch between ICC and PCCT.
Details of the semi-finals and the upcoming Sixes Tournament in Chiayi on Nov. 6 and Nov. 7 can be found on the “Taiwan Cricket” Facebook page.
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