19th DY Patil T20 Cup: Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Star As DY Patil Red Enter Final

DY Patil Red captain Krunal Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar starred as they beat CAG by four wickets in the first semi-final of the 19th DY Patil T20 Cup at the DY Patil Stadium in Nerul on Wednesday.

In the other semi-final Income Tax beat Route Mobile by 25 runs at the University Ground to make it to the final.

At the Stadium, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-20) and Pandya (1-20) starred as DY Patil Red shot down CAG for 90. In the chase Pandya played a captain’s knock as he made an unbeaten 35 and in the company of Abdul Samad (33) led Red to a four-wicket win over CAG.

In the other game Income Tax made 205 for six in their 20 overs against Route Mobile. In their response Route Mobile, despite valiant knocks by Mayank Agarwal (57) and skipper Shams Mulani (40) fell short of the target.

The final will now be played between DY Patil Red and Income Tax at the DY Patil Stadium later on Wednesday evening.

BRIEF SCORES

At DY Patil Stadium, Nerul

Semi-Final 1: CAG 90 in 18.1 overs (Vishvaraj Jadeja 27; Puneet Datey 3-12, Pradyumn Sanan 3-18, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 2-20) lost to DY Patil Red 94-6 in 11.5 overs (Krunal Pandya 35 n.o., Abdul Samad 33; Mukesh Kumar 2-17, Writik Chatterjee 2-11)-by 4 wickets

At DY Patil University Ground, Nerul

Semi-Final 2: Income Tax 205-6 in 20 overs (Pramod Chandila 73, Mahipal Lomror 43, Urvil Patel 32; Anunay Singh 2-33, Shafeequddin 2-41) bt Route Mobile 180-8 in 20 overs (Mayank Agarwal 57, Shams Mulani 40; Pankaj Jaiswal 3-24, Atharva Ankolekar 2-37)-by 25 runs