Dubai: Yogi Group beat Sharjah by two wickets in the first Dubai Sports City Ramadan T-20 tournament on Monday. They are set to take on Phoenix Medicines in the semi-finals late Tuesday night. The other semifinal sees ECB Blues take on Interface Transworld.
Shiva Pagrani got three wickets for 26 runs, the pinnacle of a fine collective bowling spell for Yogi, who bowled Sharjah out for a modest 122 in 17.2 overs. Yogi then achieved the target with five balls to spare with Zulfiqar Ali making 25 off 37 balls after Yogi were reduced to six for 67 to set up a narrow win.
Meanwhile, Seven Seas Strikers salvaged some pride with a four wicket win over Pack 2 Go in an inconsequential affair, as both sides had already failed to qualify from their group.
Batting first Pack 2 Go made 142 for seven with Prashanth Braggs (39) and Amjad Javed (38) the main scorers. Freddy Sidhwa and Mohammad Kashif took two wickets each.
Seven Seas built their innings around opener Asif Eqbal in reply, who made 63 off 44 balls with five fours and three sixes to help his team seal the victory with balls to spare.
Faisal Amin's three wickets helped Emirates NBD beat Standard Chartered Bank by 34 runs to earn their second victory in the ninth Dulsco T-20 Ramadan cricket tournament at Zabeel Park.
NBD put on 189 runs for the loss of eight wickets, the total boosted by 26 extras.
Brief scores
Sharjah Club 122 all out in 17.2 overs (Zaheer Khan 28, Abdullah Azhar 37, Usman 29; Shiva Pagrani 3-26, Mohammed Rameez 2-16, Salman Faris 2-29)
Yogi Group 124 for eight in 19.1 overs (Zulfiqar Ali 25, Prabodhan Kanse 16, Mohammed Rameez 13 not out; Usman 3-28, Moiz Shahid 2-29).
Man of the match:Shiva Pagrani of Yogi Group.
Pack 2 Go 142 for seven (Amjad Javed 38, Prashanth Braggs 39, Mashood CTK 18; Freddy Sidhwa 2-27, Mohammed Kashhif 2-16)
Seven Seas Strikers 144 for six in 19.1 overs (Asif Iqbal 63, Mohammed Boota 19, Qadir Nawaz 17; Amjad Javed 2-15, Mashood CTK 2-24).
Man of the match: Asif Iqbal of Seven Seas.
Emirates NBD 189 for 8 (Abdul Hamshed 45, Faizan 35, Kamal 25, Faisal 14, Shadan 13; Hitesh 3/34, Shamrez 2/30).
SB 165 for 8 (Shamrez 28, Tahir 27, Usman 22, Waqas 19, Hatish 14, Fardan 11, Fahad 10; Faisal 3/18, Ranjeet 2/24, Faizan 2/33).
Man of the match: Faisal Amin of Emirates NBD.
