MCL’s Gemini team owner hits half century

Khaitan took time off his busy schedule shaping the Gemini team made up of star former Test players like Kumar Sangakkara, Virender Sehwag, Muttiah Muralitharan and Saqlain Mushtaq.

In the eighth Al Dhaid Gold Cup 40-over tournament, organised by Sharjah Cricket Council at the Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Multiplex defeated Alubond Tigers by 22 runs to reach the final.

Brief scores:

Umm Al Quwain Premier League: Chargers CC bt Rostack Activate Cricket Club by 47 runs. Chargers CC: 198 for 5 in 20 overs (Nalin Khaitan 64, Farhan Babar 49, Nadir Husain 33; M Ibrar 2 for 25) Rostock Activate: 154 for 6 in 20 overs (Shoeb Ahmad 30, Parikshit Balochi 50, Nandakumar Ganesh 28; Imran 2 for 29, Ibtisham 2 for 23). Man of the match: Nalin Khaitan.

Welkin Group bt Perfect Engineering FZE by 70 runs. Welkin Group: 158 in 20 overs (Manal Siddique 45, Waheed Sajjad 23, Babar Ghazanfar 45; Ramesh Nateshan 4 for 20, Lal Bahadur 2 for 29, Pramod Bantu 2 for 15) Perfect Engineering: 89 in 20 overs (Qamar Javed 3 for 17, Babar Ghazanfar 3 for 2). Man of the match: Babar Ghazanfar

Al Dhaid Gold Cup: Multiplex bt Alubond Tigers by 22 runs. Multiplex: 177 for 7 in 20 overs (Ali Zeeshan 35, S. Balweder 21, Mohammad Yasir 67, Abdul Shukun 24; Mohammad Azhar 3 for 40, A Sajjad 2 for 20). Alubond Tigers: 155 in 17.5 overs (Umar Ali 26, S. Ghulam 39, Hassan Raja 27, K. Raziq 2 for 20, Tahir Numan 2 for 15). Man of the match: Mohammad Yasir.