da betobet： Shrugging off a poor start, Chemplast, Chennai completed a five wicketvictory over Roofit XI, Mumbai to win the Coromandel Cement Cup in theKSCA Diamond Jubilee invitation tournament at the MaharajaJayachamdaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore
Staff Reporter15-Aug-2001Shrugging off a poor start, Chemplast, Chennai completed a five wicketvictory over Roofit XI, Mumbai to win the Coromandel Cement Cup in theKSCA Diamond Jubilee invitation tournament at the MaharajaJayachamdaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore on Wednesday.Roofit XI, who were 143 for eight in their second innings at close ofplay on the second day after gaining a first innings lead of 13 runswere all out without adding any run. Left arm spinner R Ramkumar tookboth wickets to finish with three for 24 off 6.4 overs.This left Chemplast a target of 157 in the allotted 40 overs. But theymade a a shocking start. Sujith Somasundar (2), S Badrinath (3) andAditya Srikkanth (0) were out with only 27 runs on the board. Howeverthe other opener Jinju Joseph and skipper Ajay Kudua put the inningsback on the rails with a fourth wicket stand of 91 runs off 19.3overs. By the time Joseph was out for 61 off 84 balls with seven hitsto the ropes, Chemplast were well on the road to victory. Kudua and JHariesh (29 not out) then virtually finished the job but with thescores level, Kudua was out for 54. He faced 74 balls and hit sixfours. Off the next ball, Hariesh got the winning boundary.