In Group II, HSBC overcame Tata Capital by 54 runs, while in Group III Vodafone ‘A’ beat Deutsche Bank by 31 runs in another exciting tie.

Ernst & Young prevailed over Peninsula Land by 37 runs in a Group IV encounter.

Twenty-four corporate teams are in the fray. The four-day tournament is part of the Bombay Gymkhana’s year-long celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the first-ever cricket Test on India soil between the Col. CK Nayudu-led India and the Douglas Jardine-led England at the Bombay Gymkhana way back on 15th December, 1933.

The tournament is a seven-a-side league-cum-knock out tournament exclusively for corporates. Depending on performances in the league phase, the 24 teams will be placed in eight respective groups of three teams each for the knock out phase. The team topping the group will qualify for the Champions Cup, the second placed will qualify for the Plate category, while the team finishing third will be placed in the Bowl category.

Results:

Group I: IDFC Mutual Fund bt DBS Bank by 19 runs; Group II: HSBC bt Tata Capital by 54 runs; Group III: Vodafone ‘A’ bt Deutsche Bank by 31 runs; Group IV: Ernst & Young bt Peninsula Land by 37 runs.

Deutsche Bank to meet ICICI in final

Deutsche Bank and ICICI Bank scored comfortable semi-final victories to set up a title clash for the Champions Cup in the Corporate Cricket Leagueplayed at Western Railway Stadium, Mahalaxmi.

While Deutsche Bank defeated Standard Chartered Bank by seven wickets, ICICI Bank outplayed J P Morgan eight wickets.

Batting first, JP Morgan managed to score 151 for 9 in their 20 overs, Sameer Samant stroking a valuable 70. However, his knock was vain as useful contributions from Chandramohan Nair (33), Prashant Narvekar (28) and Avinash Mane (59) saw ICICI Bank reaching the target at 152 for 2.

The final will be played on January 10 at the Western Railway ground from 9.30am onwards.

Brief Scores:

Champions Cup (SF):

* Deutsche Bank 195 for 9 (Amit Narvekar 93, Ninad Borkar 53, Vinay Bapat 4-4-30) bt Standard Chartered Bank 189 for 3 (Deepak Malekar 64, Ahsanul Siddique 55, Mahesh Shelke 29) Tiger of the match: Amit Narvekar (Deutsche Bank).

* JP Morgan 151 for 9 (Deepankar Kirty 19, Sameer Samant 70, Arshad Qureshi 4-2-24, Gaurav Pradhan 3-2-32, Avinash Mane 1-2-7) lost to ICICI Bank 152 for 2 (Prashant Narvekar 28, Chandramohan Nair 33, Avinash Mane 59, Sudhir Ganiga 4-2-25) Tiger of the match: Avinash Mane (ICICI Bank).

Salver Cup (S/F):

* Rhodia Chemicals 125 all out (Deepak Mhatre 27, Satish Salian 24, Mahesh Reddy 4-3-23, Raviraj Kadam 4-3-20) lost to Tata AIG 126 for 8 (Vishal Parab 21, Nilesh Naik 25, Mahesh Reddy 46, Deepak Mhatre 4-3-14, Vikas Dhanuka 4-3-34, Amit Sadvilkar 4-2-27) Tiger of the match: Mahesh Reddy ( Tata AIG).