SALALAH: Danube beat Al Ameen Ayurvedic Clinic-Sweets of Oman by 32 runs to emerge champions in the Salalah Cricket League knockout champion of champions tournament on last Friday.
In the semifinals, Danube beat Ahbar trading by 17 runs and Al Ameen Ayurvedic Clinic-Sweets of Oman defeated First Technology by 4 wickets.
The tournament was sponsored by Al Razi Group of Hospital, Al Safwah juices, Dhofar beverages, Sweets of Oman, Al Bayan water and Pocari Sweat. All the trophies and awards will be given at the award ceremony after the first knockout tournament to be held from 23rd March.
As many as 26 teams have confirmed participation in first ever knockout tournament in Salalah from Oman Cricket Club-Salalah.Tournament will be played in two divisions Intermediate and Junior. A and B divisions from League registered teams will play in intermediate and C and D division will play in junior division.
Brief scores: Semifinal 1
Danube 175-6 in 20 overs (Taha Rana 53, Syed Qalab Shah 43, Abdul Gani 45; Abhishek Choudankar 4-30-2) beat Ahbar Trading 158 all out in 19.3 overs (Imran 52, Antony 28; Abdul Gani 4-26-2, Manu 2-20-2, Osama 2-15-2); Man of the match: Taha Rana; Umpires: Sojan Devassi, Jamshad Ali.
Semifinal 2
First technology 161-8 in 20 overs (Ijaz 51, Sihwanath 29; Murugan 4-17-3, Nadeer 4-23-2) lost to Al Ameen Ayurvedic Clinic-Sweets of Oman 162-6 in 18.2 overs (Shamsheer Ahamed 46, Shankar Lal 23; Vishwanath took 4-30-2, Sajan 2-33); Man of the match: Shamsheer; Umpires: Ujwal Agarwal, Biji
Final
Danube 173-7 in 20 overs (Abdul Gani 47, Shailesh 44; Asif Ali 4-23-4, Asif Chora 4-36-2) beat Al Ameen Ayurvedic Clinic-Sweets of Oman 141-8 in 20 overs (Rajeesh 29, Shankar Lal 15, Dencin 33 n.o.; Abdul Gani 4-26-2 from 4 overs, Abhilash 2-21 from 2 overs); Man of the Match: Abdul Gani; Umpires: Nazeer Basit, Parwinder Singh.
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