Amarchand Mangaldas, KJSV and Saikrishna Associates from pool B and C defeated Karanjawala & Co, Suri & Co and Khaitan & Co respectively in a set of matches played for the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) Cup in the TURF Twenty20 tournament during this weekend.

On Saturday only a single match took place that ended with KJSV (Khaitan, Jayakar, Sud & Vohra) scoring a strong total of 144 against Suri & Co which went all out for 114 in 17.1 overs. KJSV strategy of first electing to bat proved successful and the firm won by 30 runs and a bonus point.

KJSV batsman Amrinder Singh who made a total of 41 runs with four fours was declared the man of the match.

The first match held on Sunday between Amarchand and Karanjawala & Co resulted in an easy victory for Amarchand’s team that matched the 106 total set up by its opponent, scoring 109 runs in just 14 overs for a loss of two wickets.

Karanjawala despite winning the toss lost against Amarchand which had a bonus point win of 8 wickets. Amarchand batsman Prashant Mehta won the man of the match title with 44 runs in 38 balls, including eight fours. Karanjawala batsman Murli Kaushik was not out over 65 balls with 56 runs.

Khaitan & Co’s decision to field first after winning the toss did not prove lucky as Saikrishna Associates won by 41 runs with a bonus point in the second match of pool B played on Sunday. Saikrishna’s daunting total of 180 runs was the highest total of this weekend’s matches and led to their victory after team Khaitan & Co exhausted all 20 overs to score only 139 runs for a loss of 7 wickets.

Saikrishna bowler Shashikant for his contribution picked up the man of the match title for felling four wickets and conceding 19 runs in four overs.

The fourth match between Kochhar & Co and Anand & Anand has now been rescheduled for next week.

Except for Khaitan & Co from pool B and Suri & Co from pool C, six other teams in both pools now have five points in the overall points tally.

Luthra & Luthra and Titus & Co respectively lead Pools A and D with 10 points, with Dua Associates on 9 points in Pool D, following the previous week’s matches.

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