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Batting first, CWC did well to score 196 in the allotted 40 overs with opener Lalit Yadav (48) and Karan Negi (56) being their principal run-getters. In reply, HAL were in precarious situation as they lost half of their side for 84 runs on the board with medium pacer Ritesh Sinha causing the major damage. However, Mahesh Kumar and B. Sathish batted doggedly to take the score to 144 before Satish was bowled by leftarm spinner Arun Sethi as the batsman tried to cut. Thereafter the run-rate required was almost run-a-ball. HAL needed 52 runs in 54 balls. But then CWC skipper Rajeev Vinaik brought back his medium pacer Vikrant Yadav as their spinners failed to make much of an impact and the move brought immediate gains.
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