Vaibhav, Ayaan and Rajesh shine in Muscat CT’s win over Assarain

MUSCAT: Captain Vaibhav Wategaonkar led from the front with a vital 77, his second successive half century, Ayaan Khan slammed an entertaining 64 and Rajesh Ranpura took four wickets, as Muscat CT registered another thrilling win, this time against defending champion Assarain, in a Premier Division game at Ministry of Sports Ground I in Al Amerat on Friday.

After bowling Assarain out for 257 in 50 overs, Muscat suffered two early setback before a 73run partnership between opener Swapnil Khadye (42) and Vaibhav (77) put their run chase back on track. Rookie Ayaan Khan led the rest of the chase with aplomb as Vaibhav had to retire hurt at 168 for four in 37.4 overs.

Brief scores: Assarain 257 all out in 50 overs (Shahan Akram 77, Naseem Khushi 50, Gustav Burger 37, Ramkumar Pandarathil 36, Zeeshan Maqsood 27; Rajesh Ranpura 4/55, Jatinder Singh 2/21, Munis Ansari 2/50) lost to Muscat CT 261 for 5 in 48.2 overs (Vaibhav Wategaonkar 77, Ayaan Khan 64, Swapnil Khadye 42, Sandeep Goud 28; Zeshan Maqsood 2/57).

Sarco sink White Lotus

All-rounders Rakesh Patel and Ajay Menon played key roles in Sarco’s 37-run victory against White Lotus in a B Division match.

Brief scores: Sarco 246 for 9 in 30 overs (Ajay Menon 54, Tosim Khan 52 , Rakesh Patel 43; Davinder Kumar 4/37, Nazish Mohammed 2/62) bt White Lotus 209 all out in 28.2 overs (Tushar Verma 46, Homeshwar Ratre 39, Shuaib Ismael 35; Rakesh Patel 3/42, Jeethesha Sridhara 2/29, Pradeep Kumar 2/32, Zahid Hafiz 2/40).

PSD too good for MCCC New

Platinum Services Diamond (PSD) thrashed MCCC New by seven wickets in another B Division game.

Brief scores: MCCC New 80 all out in 20.1 overs (Saifullah 22; Chadith Lakmal 2/5, Masud Pervez 2/6, Aftab Ahmed 2/27) lost to Platinum Services Diamond 81 for 3 in 9 overs (Mahbub Alam 26).

Ismael, Suhaib inspire

A superb 102 by Ismael Ghulam, who was involved in a 162-run partnership with fellow opener Waleed Rahim, helped OCT Al Hail A register an 88-run victory against OCT Amerat in a C Division game at Muscat Municipality Ground I.

Brief scores: OCT Al Hail A 214 for 4 in 20 overs (Ismael Ghulam 102, Waleed Rahim 62; Nathar Al Balushi 2/38) bt OCT Amerat 126 for 8 in 20 overs (Samir Al Balushi 54, Nathar Al Balushi 20; Suhaib Al Balushi 5/22).

Douglas OHI win

Douglas OHI team were too strong for MCCC A, winning their E Division match easily by nine wickets at Muscat Municipality Ground III.

Brief scores: MCCC A 96 all out in 19.5 overs (Ashik Sony 25; Viplav Kumar Palai 2/15) lost to Douglas OHI 100 for 1 in 7.5 overs (Santosh Vishwakarma 46, Ramsheela Prasad 20). Full story @ timesofoman.com/sports