After being put into batting first, BPCL posted 151/8 in their 20 overs. Tripathi top-scored with 48 off 37 balls with four boundaries and two sixes. He also shared a 62 run fifth wicket stand with left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Anukul Roy. The other big contributor with the bat for BPCL was their skipper Shreyas Iyer (32).

For Income Tax, the best bowlers were Saurabh Dubey (4-26) and Pankaj Jaiswal (2-28). In reply, Income Tax were taken to victory by wicketkeeper-batters Anuj Rawat and Harvik Desai, as they put on a partnership of 55 runs for the second wicket.

India’s left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed played a vital hand of 24 runs, as Income Tax overhauled the target with two wickets to spare. Anukul chipped in with 2-19 for BPCL while Akhil Herwadkar ended up with figures of 2-31.

At the DY Patil University ground, thanks to Kunal Singh Rathore’s 93 not out, Nirlon upstaged the Indian Navy by a massive 105 runs. The tournament will now be on a break on the weekend, with the final round of Group matches slated to be staged on Monday.

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At the DY Patil University ground, thanks to Kunal Singh Rathore’s 93 not out, Nirlon upstaged the Indian Navy by a massive 105 runs. The tournament will now be on a break on the weekend, with the final round of Group matches slated to be staged on Monday.

At DY Patil University - Group C: Nirlon 227-6 in 20 overs (Kunal Singh Rathore 93 not out, Amogh Bhatkal 44) beat Indian Navy 122 in 14.5 overs (Nakul Sharma 40 not out, Shubham Rohilla 29; Varun Rao 4-22, Dhrumil Matkar 2-18) by 105 runs