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Tanmay dazzles

NEW DELHI: Tanmay Srivastava slammed 155 and paved the way for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's 83-run victory over R.P. Cricket Academy in the semifinals of the Om Nath Sood memorial cricket tournament at the Roshanara Club ground here on Thursday.

ONGC was put in and Tanmay, who walked in at 36 for two, lost partners quickly and saw the team struggling at 88 for four. But he and Mohammad Saif (46 not out, 57 balls, 3x4) and put on 166 runs for the fifth wicket.

The left-handed Tanmay, who plays first-class cricket for Uttar Pradesh, produced an outstanding show of strokes. His 120-ball knock contained 16 fours and six sixes and ensured ONGC's third successive appearance in the final.

R.P. Cricket Academy got off to a flying start through Surinder Dayma (54, 50b, 4x4, 4x6) and Manik Tandon (44, 69b, 4x4) but failed to maintain the momentum. Left-arm spinner Praveen Gupta (three for 38) bowled well for ONGC.

The scores: ONGC 277 for five in 40 overs (Tanmay Srivastava 155, Mohammad Saif 46 not out) bt RPCA 194 in 37.3 overs (Surinder Dayma 54, Manik Tandon 44, Rohit Dubey 35, Praveen Gupta three for 38) .

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