Abu Dhabi: Rehman Gul smashed a blazing century as Thrifty Car Rental defeated Ferco by 52 runs in the opening round of the Midcom President’s Cup Division 2 Twenty20 Cup at the Abu Dhabi Cricket Council grounds last week.
The opener carted the Ferco bowlers all around the park to score an impressive 136. His knock was studded with eight sixes and 15 boundaries at came from just 52 balls.
Riding on that knock from Gul, Thrifty Car Rental went on to post a mammoth 237 for seven. Ferco tried to put up a fight with Tousif Shah scoring 46 and Mushtaq Ahmad making 33. However, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were eventually bowled out for 185.
There were three other centuries in the opening round from Lions’ opener Ruwan Chandrakumar, Health Authority Abu Dhabi’s Mohammad Zaman and Royal’s Mohammad Irfan. Ruwan Chandrakumar smashed an unbeaten 100 from 67 balls with six sixes and five boundaries.
He put on 85 runs for the first wicket in under 10 overs with Chathura Deshapriya (51) and then starred in an unfinished 131 for the second wicket with the captain Arunalu de Silva (40 not out).
In another encounter, Mohammad Zaman made an unbeaten 110 and also shared an unbroken 188-run stand with Suhail Chatta (94 not out) for the fourth wicket as Health Authority Abu Dhabi clinched a seven-wicket win over Royal.
Zaman hit a dozen fours and four sixes and Chatta struck eight fours and six sixes as the pair came together to knock off the winning runs with an over to spare. Mohammad Irfan had earlier smashed 106 not out in just 38 balls for Royal to put up a challenging 245 for seven.
Brief scores: Thrifty Car Rental 237 for 7 in 20 overs (Rehman Gul 136) beat Ferco 185 in19.5 overs (Tousif Shah 46, Mushtaq Ahmed 33); Lions 216 for 1 in 20 overs (Ruwan Chandrakumar 100 not out, Chathura Deshapriya 51, Arunalu de Silva 40 not out) beat Lifeline Hospital 161 all out in 20 overs (Mithun Sudhakar 36, Pabalu Silva 4-17); Health Authority Abu Dhabi 247 for 3 in 19 overs (Mohammad Zaman 110 not out, Suhail Chatta 94 not out) beat Royal 245 for 7 in 20 overs (Mohammad Irfan 106, Sheraz Khan 76); Adnoc Distribution 100 for 2 in 7.5 overs (Jamshaid Butt 35 not out) beat Bankers XI 99 for 9 in 20 overs (Asad Baig 30, Shanaka Perera 3-5); Rising Stars 106 for 4 in 14.3 overs beat MCC-Zayed Cricket Academy 101 for 9 in 20 overs (Justin D’Souza 32, Mohammad Jabir 3-13); Yadgar 170 for 5 in 20 overs beat Petrofac 153 for 7 in 20 overs (Hafiz Maqbool 83, Asif Ali 3-11); Takreer 177 for 8 in 20 overs (Shadab Akhtar 58, Shaheed Iqbal 36) beat Adma-Opco 141 all out in 17.5 overs (Majid Sardar 42 not out, Malik Atif 34, Shadab Akhtar 3-17, Hafeez Irfan 3-25); MMS Rentals 153 for 6 in 20 overs (Zain Butt 53) beat Al Fahim 140 for 7 in 20 overs (Akila Jayarathne 67); Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank 140 for 4 in 15 overs (Kifayat Khan 39, Rizwan Amanat 33) beat Schlumberger 134 for 9 in 20 overs; Emistate 217 for 7 in 20 overs (Sajid Muthukumaran 89, TK Faisal 39, Mohsin Imran 3-43) beat Knorr 118 all out in 18 overs.
