PANCHKULA: Propped up by an unbeaten knock of 65 by captain Vaneet Chawla, Godrej & Boyce XI defeated Innovative Consultants Ltd.  By 12 runs and entered the semi-finals of the IVth Mg Cup League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club at the Tau Devi lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 3 here.

In semi-finals,  Godrej & Boyce XI  will meet Sigma XI  (8:15 a.m) and Indian Railways (DMW) face HDFC Bank XI (12:15 p.m) on November 15.

Openers Vinod Sharma (23) and skipper Vaneet Chawla  gave Godrej & Boyce XI in fine start as they put together 53 runs in nine overs. Rajiv Sidana (1 for 26) broke this partnership by dismissing Vinod on the very first ball of his spell.
 Vaneet continued to score at will at the other end. He hit 5 boundaries and a six off Rajiv. Jai Kapil played a cameo inning of 28 runs but was retired hurt in the penultimate over. Godrej scored 131 for 1 in allotted 20 overs.  

The Innovative batsmen replied with 119 for 6 in stipulated 20 overs. After losing two wickets for nine runs in three overs, Innovative’s  Manjit Singh played a patient knock of  51 in  41 balls. Even a late charge by Amandeep (21 not out)  proved futile as Innovative fell short of the target by 12 runs. Inderjeet scalped two wickets for 19 runs. Naresh Dhingra bagged 2 for 11. 

Brief scores: Godrej & Boyce XI: 131 for 1 in 20 overs ( Vaneet Chawla 65 n.o, Jai Kapil 28, Vinod Sharma 23, Rajiv Sidana 1 for 26).

Innovative Consultants: 119 for 6 in 20 overs (Manjit Singh 51, Amandeep 21 n.o, Inderjit 2 for 19, Naresh Dhingra 2 for 11, Kapil Puri 1 for 14).

Indian Railways (DMW) routed  Airtel XI  by seven wickets in the second match of the day. . Batting first after winning the toss, Airtel XI posted 72 in 21.4 overs. Kiran Kumar was the wrecker-in-chief as he bagged  3 for 14.  Sanjay cleaned up the tail with his 2 for 15. Raj Bhardwaj was the top scorer for Airtel with unbeaten 26.

 In reply, the DMW batsmen had a jittery start with the first wicket falling in the first over. However, Shiv Shanker played sensibly adjusting to the conditions and sneaking runs from the oppositions. He top scored with 29. Indian Railways achieved by scoring 73 for 3 in 12.3 overs.

Brief scores: Airtel XI : 72 all out in 21.4 overs (Raj Bhardwaj 26 n.o, Amitesh 17, Kiran Kumar 3 for 14, Roshan 2 for 12, Sanjay 2 for 15).

Indian Railways (DMW): 73 for 3 in 12.3 overs (Shiv Shanker 29, R.K. Kaul 15, Mandeep 1 for 17).