Chasing proved to be the winning formula on the second week of the Advanced Offshore JCA League as WISCI and NTT Cricket Club (NTT CC) chased down their targets to get their seasons going.

NTT CC chose to have Rawamangun CC (RCC) bat first in its first Division 2 game of the season and, almost immediately, RCC were in trouble, losing two wickets in quick time. Rohan Shirodkar started rebuilding the innings and things were looking up for RCC when Ajay Kurtkoti struck thrice to spoil RCC’s party.

It was then Aditya Gustama’s turn for a brief fightback but Vishal Hirgude and Abbas Khan ensured that the RCC’s tail did not wag for long, with RCC bowled out for just 142 with 2 overs to spare.

NTT CC managed the chase very comfortably with Gufran and Kapil Dingra setting up a good start and Vishal Hirgude then exploding to take his side home with 7 wickets and 17 overs in hand.

While NTT CC won fairly comfortably, WISCI had to show a lot of fight toward the end of their innings in order to prevail versus TKCC Royals in their 40-over game on Sunday. TKCC Royals had a disastrous start to this season with Poonam Bumb falling to just the second ball of the game. Mukesh Khetan led TKCC’s fightback but he kept losing partners at the other end to some good bowling by Danilson Hawoe, Suhail Modak and William Noronha. Vishal Garg also contributed but TKCC Royals were bowled out for 146.

The WISCI reply mirrored the TKCC start as Mukesh Khetan accounted for the WISCI openers cheaply. Ashish Gupta and William Noronha then combined for a crucial 69-run partnership and they were cruising toward the target until the chase was rudely interrupted by crucial wickets to Gorav Pathak and Swaroop Chavan as WISCI collapsed from 99 for 3 to 118 for 7. Veterans Suhail Modak and Wilfred Schultz held their nerves to take WISCI home with 2 wickets in hand.

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