Nagawade steers Marthawada Mitra Mandal

Marthawada Mitra Mandal India secured their fifth successive win with a convincing 136-run victory against Zimbabwe in their seventh Red Bull Campus Cricket (RBCC) Twenty20 World Cup Cricket Tournament match played at the NCC Grounds in Maitland Place yesterday.

Skipper Shubham Nagawade slammed a quick-fire unbeaten 67-ball 133 that included four boundaries and 15 towering sixes whilst associating in two fruitful partnerships.

He first put on an opening stand of 103 runs with Murtaza Shabbir and a 129-run stand for the second-wicket with Rohan Damle as they posted the highest score of the tournament so far.

Later, Shubham Taiswal along with Yash Nahar combined to restrict their opponents for a score of 108 which helped them to advance into the final.

At NCC Grounds (Marthawada Mitra Mandal India won by 136 runs)

Marthawada Mitra Mandal India: 244/2 in 20 overs (Rohan Damle

50, Murtaza Shabbir 39, Shubham Nagawade 133 n.o,anele Ngwenya 2/38)

Zimbabwe: 108/9 in 20 overs (Chobeezi Findi 20, Shubham Taiswal

Skipper Shubham Nagawade slammed a quick-fire unbeaten 67-ball 133 that included four boundaries and 15 towering sixes

4/9, Yash Nahar 3/10).

At SSC Grounds (University of Karachi won by 62 runs)

University of Karachi Pakistan: 204/5 in 20 overs (Shahzar Hassan 76,Arsalan Fiarzand 56,Supeshala Jayatileke 2/34)

Business Management School Sri Lanka: 142 in 19.3 overs (Hashan Dumindu 76, Pasindu Lakshanka 24, Muhammad Asad 3/11, Hamza Qadir 2/20, Mahmood Ali 2/29).

At NCC Grounds (Bangladesh won by 26 runs)

Bangladesh: 129/8 in 20 overs (Anjum Ahmed 25, Shabab Jamil 25, Arifur Rahman 20, Ram Narayan 4/14, Rahul Bhatia 3/19)

United Arab Emirates: 103 in 16.3 overs (Mehdi Aasaria 21,Adithya Kothari 20, Mahbubur Rahman 5/18).