Pankaj jaiswal

DY Patil T20 Cup: India batters Rahul Tripathi and Shreyas Iyer’s efforts went in vain as they could not prevent BPCL from suffering a narrow two-wicket defeat at the hands of Income Tax in the DY Patil T20 Cup at DY Patil Stadium in Nerul on Friday.

After being put into batting first, BPCL posted 151/8 in their 20 overs. Tripathi top-scored with 48 off 37 balls with four boundaries and two sixes. He also shared a 62 run fifth wicket stand with left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Anukul Roy. The other big contributor with the bat for BPCL was their skipper Shreyas Iyer (32).

For Income Tax, the best bowlers were Saurabh Dubey (4-26) and Pankaj Jaiswal (2-28). In reply, Income Tax were taken to victory by wicketkeeper-batters Anuj Rawat and Harvik Desai, as they put on a partnership of 55 runs for the second wicket.