Chaturanga stars for Jumeirah

dubai — Janaka Chaturanga was instrumental in giving Jumeirah Mammoths a comfortable win over Shindagha Mammoths in the League of Mammoths cricket tournament.

Shindagha won the toss and received decent contributions from Prashant Shetty (35), Ashish Bhandari (33) and Qais Farooq (31) in their total of 186. CTK Mashood (3-34), Shiva Pagarani (2-15) and Janaka (2-28) did well with the ball for Jumeirah. During their chase Jumeirah lost two early wickets but a partnership of 119 runs between Sujit Salian and Janaka took the match away from NAS.

Sujit top scored with 65 from 47 balls (9x4) and Janaka remained unbeaten on 53 from 15 balls. He hit six sixes and three boundaries to take his team home in 22.3 overs and also walk away with the man of the match award.

MAMMOTH win

> Nad Al Sheba beat Zabeel Mammoths by 11 runs

NAS 188 for 8 in 25 overs (Prajakat Chohan 48, Jawed Siddiqui 47; Bobby Suri 2-31, Darshan Pagarani 3-33) > Zabeel 177 all out in 24.2 overs (Kapil Gandhi 44, Ranjeet Chavan 39, Ratan Choubisa 24, Bobby Suri 23, Pranav Kumar 20; Lucky Abbas 4-26, Prajakat Chohan 2-30, Devendra Taneja 2-34). Man of the match: Lucky Abbas.

> Jumeirah Mammoths beat Shindagha Mammoths by 5 wickets

> Shindagha 186 all out in 25 overs (Prashant Shetty 35, Ashok Bhandari 33, Qais Farooq 31; CTK Mashood 3-34, Shiva Pagarani 2-15, Janaka Chaturanga 2-28) > Jumeirah 189 for 5 in 22.3 overs (Sujit Salian 65, Janaka Chaturanga 53 n.o., Sandeep Raina 36; Yuvraj Kurup 2-40). Man of the match: Janaka Chaturanga.