Maruthi Ragav’s 83 (66b, 6x4, 2x6) and Kaushik Gandhi’s 69 (105b, 5x4) along with three-wicket hauls from M. Raja and Ashik Srinivas helped India Cements, Chennai, defeat Thiruvananthapuram’s AG’s by 53 runs and win the 64th Pooja all-India cricket title at the Tripunithura Palace Oval on Sunday.
Put in to bat, India Cements was struggling at 45 for three after the ninth over but a 141-run fourth-wicket stand between Kaushik and Maruthi helped the side post a strong total.
Vysakh Chandran, who took the first two wickets, finished with a haul of four.
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In reply, AG’s had a decent start, progressing to 62 for two by the 16th over but three quick wickets fell after that, with Ashik Srinivas taking two of them. The Thiruvananthapuram side never recovered from that setback.
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