CHANDIGARH: Indian Oil Corportion of Mumbai began their campaign with victory as they beat All India Associate Banks Bangalore by two wickets in a pool A opening match of the 13th prize money  All India J.P. Atray Cricket Tournament  at DAV School in Sector 8 here Sunday.

Winning the toss Associate Bank's skipper Ravikant Shukla opted to bat. They lost opener Daniel Manohar  cheaply as he was trapped in front by medium pacer Murtaza Hussein for 4.  Hussein went on to return impressive figures of  4 for 42 of 10 overs with his incisive right arm medium pace bowling. He was ably supported by Anand Rajan (2 for 32). Vijay Kumar (24), B. Akhil (22), Jatin Saxena (26), Rajiv Sirhandi (27) Anand Katti (22) were the main scorers for the bankmen. The seventh wicket stand of 46 runs  between Jatin Saxena and Rajiv Sarhandi was the most productive stand of the bankmen's innings. Associate Banks finally folded up for 193 runs in 43.5 overs.

Indian Oil Corporation started their reply with Mithun Beerala and Ravi Teja who put on 46 runs for the opening wicket before the former was caught by wicketkeeper Pankaj Dharmani of left arm spinner Anand Katti for 13.  However, Ravi Teja went on to pile up 75 runs with the help of nine four in  112 balls.

The other notable contributors for Indian Oil were Pinal Shah (21) and Nikhil Patil (27). The Indian Oil overhauled the bankmen's total in 47.4 overs for the loss of 8 wickets and romping home victors by two wickets, the final score being 197 for 8.  For the loser's left arm spinner Anand Katti returned the most impressive figures (10-2-17-2).

The victory game Indian Oil four points while Associate Banks received one point for denying bonus to Indian Oil. Earlier, Punjab Additional Director General of Police Chandersekhar inaugurated the tournament.

Lalit Sharma Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator, gave away the man of the match award to Ravi Teja of Indian Oil for his brilliant batting performance. Brief Scores : All India Associate Banks  193 all out in 43.5 overs (Vijay Kumar 24, B. Akhil 22, Jatin Saxena 26, Anand Katti 22,Rajeev Sarhandi 27, Anand Rajan 2-32, Murtaza Hussein 4-42, Amit 2 for 49, Rajesh 1 for 35, Abbas Ali 1 for 31).

Indian Oil Corporation: 197 for 8 in 47.4 overs (Ravi Teja 75, Nikhil Patil 27, Pinal Shah 21,  Ravi Kant Shukla 17, B.Akhil  2-47, Anand Katti  2-17, Rajeev Sarhandi 2-49.
Tomorrow's fixtures: Minerva C.A. vs  Indian Oil Corporation at DAV Sector 8, Chandigarh and Air India vs MPCA at Sector 3, Panchkula.