Rai stars in Douglas OHI’s win
Abhishek Rai’s quickfire 35 off 17 balls led Douglas OHI to a 23-run win over Ideal International in an Oman Cricket D Division T20 game at Amerat recently.
OHI was bowled out for 152 in the 20th over. Waleed was the other scorer with run-a-ball 33.
In reply, Ideal was reduced to 52 for seven inside the first ten overs and could score only 129 for nine. Shadab Kazi (35) and Ali Akbar (24) were the notable scorers. Santosh Vishwakarma and Mohsin Ali bagged two wickets each.
Brief scores: Douglas OHI 152 all out in 19.2 overs (Rai 35, Waleed 33; Mamnani 2-8, Wasim 2-27, Uzair 2-26, Varsani 2-26) beat Ideal International 129-9 (Kazi 35, Akbar 24; Vishwakarma 2-28, Ali 2-19).
Other results: E Division (T20): Al Rehwan 136-8 (Raniz Mohammed 32, Sabeer Puthen 21; Mohammed Rizwan 3-20) lost to Al Jadidi Engineering 140-5 in 17.5 overs (Mohammed Rizwan 55; Mohammed Riyas 3-23).
E Division: Global Phone 161-9 (Ali Mohammed 65, Shanidh Koottara 26; Shareef al Balushi 2-30, Waseem al Balushi 2-23, Shabeeb al Balushi 2-14) lost to OCT Mabellah 162-4 in 19.2 overs (Shareef 59, Shabeeb 40; Raishad 2-35, Ali Mohammed 2-20).
G Division (T20): Sam Royals 158 all out in 18.5 overs (Sinu Thankachan 29, Danal Paul 28; Bilal Suleiman 3-33, Mohammed Sufyan 2-23, Arslan Mohammed 2-24, Zubair Ahmed 2-14) lost to Aflag Group 159-4 in 16.3 overs (Farrukh Jamal 52, Abbas Rizvi 41, Hassan Mohammed 37; Nandakumar Nair 2-28).
G Division: Nurson XI 183 all out (Irfan Mohammed 73, Beg 45; Shahzad 3-33, Mohammed Waqas Khalid 2-33) beat Abdul Aziz 164-8 (Amir Mushtaq 34; Mudassir Ghansar 2-29, Beg 2-27).
H Division (T20): Rimal & Rock 147-8 (Kirit Tandel 63, Arun Kumar 38; Rajesh Ravi 3-16, Mohammed Ehtisham 2-4) beat Chandni Chowk XI 137 all out in 17.3 overs (Faisal Babu 51; Venkataramana Kudipudi 2-35, Nimesh Gadha 2-28, Chetan Tavdi 2-15).