Updated On: 20 October, 2021 08:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
Batting first, Siddharth Chitnis made a 39-ball 45 as MIG CC posted 152-7. For Payyade, left-arm pacer Atif Attarwala and Sahoo claimed three and two wickets respectively

Parsee Gym pacer Tushar Deshpande celebrates after dismissing Police Gym’s Anup Fulper at MIG, Bandra, yesterday. Pic/Sameer Marakande
Riding on some extraordinary batting performances and some equally good bowling, Parsee Gymkhana beat Police Gymkhana by 14 runs in the first semi-final of the Padmakar Talim Shield (T20) tournament at MIG Cricket Club in Bandra on Tuesday.
After being put in to bat, Parsee Gym posted a mammoth 208-5 in their 20 overs thanks mainly to Vikrant Auti (35-ball 49) and Parag Khanapurkar’s 23-ball 47 (5x6, 2x4). Left-arm pacer Yogesh Jagtap and left-arm spinner Pushkaraj Chavan claimed two wickets each for the cops. In reply, opener Kaustubh Pawar gave the policemen a good start, scoring a 38-ball 62, but that was not enough as the team finished on 194-7. Parsee Gym pacer Tushar Deshpande (4-0-16-1) bowled a fiery spell and was ably assisted by pacers Anjadeep Lad (3-50), Siddharth Raut (2-42) and left-arm spinner Shams Mulani (1-42). Deshpande, who was a net bowler for IPL-14 champions Chennai Super Kings in the UAE, credited his good show to CSK skipper MS Dhoni’s guidance.