Skipper Shahid Iqbal and Ifzal of Qalco receive the winners trophy from Chief Guest Fawad Rana, Managing Director of Qalco.
Doha: Qalco held their nerves to score a narrow three-wicket win over M Pallonji by two wickets to win the 2nd Qalco floodlit tournament 2015.
After winning the toss, Qalco elected to field. Captain Shahid Iqbal had the wicket of opener Faraz on the very first ball caught by Buddika. Thereafter Pallonji never recovered and lost wickets at regular intervals and could manage 73 runs in the allotted 12 overs.
Dixit was the top scorer with 21 runs, which included 2 boundaries.
Razik was the only other batsman to reach double figures scoring 17 runs with a six and a boundary. Suminda claimed 3 wickets, giving away only 2 runs, which earned him the Man of the Finals award. Shahid, Buddika, Tharraka and Jonty took a wicket each.
In reply Qalco started strongly and were 43 runs for the loss of two wickets in the first six overs. Thereafter excellent bowling and fielding by Pallonji saw Qalco struggle and they needed 14 runs of the last three overs. Neeraj bowled well the 10th over giving away only 4 runs.
Fawaz in the 11th over claimed a wicket giving away 6 runs. Chidananda bowling the last over had the wicket of captain Shahid on the very first ball caught by Dixit. However, Hilmi hit the fourth ball for a six as Qalco chased down the target. For the losing team, Prashant, Ibrahim, Razik, Dixit, Imran, Faraz and Chidananda took a wicket each.
For the final, Fawad Rana, Managing Director of Qatar Lubricants Co. (Qalco) was the Chief Guest and Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary, Operations Manager of Qalco was also present.
Awards
Man Of The Finals: Suminda Of Qalco; Best Batsman: Iqbal of Qalco; Best Bowler: Shahid Iqbal of Qalco; Best All Rounder: Dikshit of Pallonji; Best Wicket Keeper: Neeraj of Pallonji
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