IndianOil make it three in a row
Mumbai   28-Feb-2009
IndianOil retained their hold on the K C Mahindra Memorial Shield, by completing a hat trick of wins, as they defeated Air-India by 14 runs in the 50-overs final at the MCA's BKC ground, Bandra on Friday. After being put into bat, IndianOil suffered an early set back, before one-drop Ravikant Shukla (50) and veteran left-hander Manoj Joglckar (39) helped their team achieve a respectable total of 223 for 9 in their stipulated overs. Medium-pacers Siddharth Trivedi and Umesh - Yadav shared the spoils for the airmen by taking three wickets each. Air-India got a solid start as their openers Paul Valthaty and Naman Ojha put on 60 runs, with the latter contributing a well-made 30. Valthaty was then joined by Robin Uthappa, and the duo added another 67 runs to take the total to 127, before Air India collapsed for 209. Valthaty's knock of 78 was studded with fours sixes and eight fours after facing 65 balls. Brief scores: IndianOil 223 for 9 in 50 overs (Ravikant Shukla 50, Wasim affer 24, Mandar Phadke 39, Aditya Tare 26; Siddharth Trivedi 3-30, Umesh Yadav 3-45) bt Air-India 209 for 9 in 47 overs (Paul Valthaty 78, Naman. Ojha 30, Prashant Naik 27, Vikrarrt Yellegetti 5-27; and Rajesh Pawar3-50) by 14 runs.