(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Half-centuries from skipper Vaibhav Wategaonkar (77) and Ayaan Khan (64) and a four-wicket haul by medium-pacer Rajesh Ranpura steered Muscat CT to a five-wicket win over defending champion Assarain CT, in an Oman Cricket Premier Division game in Al Amerat on Friday.
After bowling Assarain out for 257 in 50 overs, Muscat suffered two early setbacks before a 73-run partnership between opener Swapnil Khadye (42) and Wategaonkar put its run chase back on track. Khan led the rest of the chase after Wategaonkar retired hurt at 168 for four in 37.4 overs. Khan shared a 43-run fifth-wicket partnership with Sandeep Goud (28) to lead his team to victory in the 49th over.
Earlier, Assarain looked set for an imposing total thanks to Shahan Akram's 77 and an explosive 50 off 22 balls by Naseem Khushi before Ranpura's quick three wickets, including that of Khushi, halted the charge. Gustav Burger (37), Ramkumar Pandarathil (36) and Zeeshan Maqsood (27) were the other notable scorers.
Brief scores: Assarain 257 all out in 50 overs (Akram 77, Khushi 50, Burger 37, Pandarathil 36; Ranpura 4-55, Jatinder 2-21, Munis Ansari 2-50) lost to Muscat CT 261-5 in 48.2 overs (Wategaonkar 77, Khan 64, Khadye 42; Zeeshan Maqsood 2-57).
Other results: B Division: SARCO 246-9 in 30 overs (Ajay Menon 54, Tosim Khan 52, Rakesh Patel 43; Davinder Kumar 4-37, Nazish Mohammed 2-62) beat White Lotus 209 all out in 28.2 overs (Tushar Verma 46, Homeshwar Ratre 39, Shuaib Ismael 35; Rakesh Patel 3-42, Jeethesha Sridhara 2-29, Pradeep Kumar 2-32, Zahid Hafiz 2-40).
MCCC New 80 all out in 20.1 overs (Saifullah 22; Chadith Lakmal 2-5, Masud Pervez 2-6, Aftab Ahmed 2-27) lost to Platinum Services Diamond 81-3 in nine overs (Mahbub Alam 26).
C Division: OCT Al Hail A 214-4 in 20 overs (Ismael Ghulam 102, Waleed Rahim 62; Nathar al Balushi 2-38) defeated OCT Amerat 126-8 in 20 overs (Samir al Balushi 54; Shuaib al Balushi 5-22).
E Division: MCCC A 96 all out in 19.5 overs (Ashik Sony 25; Viplav Kumar Palai 2-15) lost to Douglas OHI 100-1 in 7.5 overs (Santosh Vishwakarma 46).
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