26th All India Postal Cricket Tournament : Match summary of two Semifinal matches played on 17th February, 2013

Odisha Circle lost to West Bengal Circle in the 1^st Semifinal match played at Railway Stadium, Bhubaneswar. Defending champion Gujarat Circle beat last time runners up Rajasthan Circle in the second semifinal match played at IDCO Ground, Bhubaneswar and enters to final. Semifinal match between Rajasthan Circle and Gujarat Circle was reduced from 40 overs to 22 overs due to wet condition of the pitch which was affected by rain.

            The final match between defending champion Gujarat Circle and West Bengal Circle will be held at Barbati Stadium, Cuttack on 18.02.2013. It will be a day & night match and will start at 01:30 PM.

Odisha Circle will take on Rajasthan Circle at Railway Ground, Bhubaneswar on 18.2.2013 at 9:00AM for the third position. 

  

Match:-Semifinal-1

Date:   17.02.2013      venue: Railway Ground, Bhubaneswar

Match   :Odisha Postal Circle VSWest Bengal Postal Circle

Toss:-West Bengal Circle won the toss and elected to field first

Brief Scores (1^st Batting) Odisha 44/10 (21overs)

Batsman	Runs scored	Balls faced	Fours	Sixes
Deepak Rout	10	4	1	1

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Wkts	Runs
SayakGhose	6	0	4	23
S Ansari	2	1	3	1

Brief Scores (2^nd Batting)           West Bengal 45/0 (3.2 overs)

Batsman	Runs scored	Balls faced	Fours	Sixes
JayojitBasu	37*	13	4	3
Subhojit Paul	7*	4	1	0

Match Result:-West Bengal Circle beat Odisha Circle by 10 wickets and enters to final.

Umpires:Asit Pattnaik& A.B. Mishra

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Match:-Semifinal-2

Date:   17.02.2013      venue: IDCO Ground, Bhubaneswar

Match   :Rajasthan Postal Circle vsGujaratPostal Circle

Toss:    Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat first. Match was reduced from 40 overs to 22 overs due to wet condition of the pitch affected by rain.

Brief Scores (1^st Batting)Rajasthan 144/6 (22 overs)

Batsman	Runs scored	Balls faced	Fours	Sixes
NareshGahlot	61	66	7	0
VivekYadav	43	39	5	2

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Wkts	Runs
U B Patel	4	0	2	32
PravinJankat	3	0	2	27

Brief Scores (2^nd Batting)           Gujarat 145/6 (20.1 overs)

Batsman	Runs scored	Balls faced	Fours	Sixes
AbhayaKunchala	63	49	4	4
U B Patel	31	27	2	1

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Wkts	Runs
NareshGahlot	4	0	2	19

Match Result:-Gujarat Circlebeat Rajsthan Circle by 4 wkts and enters to final.

Umpires:PabitraPradhan& S.S. Sarangi