VIDARBHA batter Atharva Taide and Luvnith Sisodia shared a 122-run opening stand as Canara Bank beat Reliance by six wickets to reach semi-finals of the 20th DY Patil T20 Cup underway in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. Reliance, put in to bat at the DY Patil Stadium, made 151-9 with Mayank Rawat top-scoring via 54 off 41 balls, laced with five fours and two sixes. He also got decent support from seam-bowling all-rounder Raj Angad Bawa, who made 30 not out.

 

In the chase, Vidarbha batter Taide replied with a blistering 76 off 37 deliveries, with 12 boundaries and two sixes, while Karnataka wicketkeeper-batter Sisodia finished unbeaten on 53 off 41 balls, laced with eight boundaries. Skipper KV Siddharth added 21 not out to see Canara Bank home after a brief wobble happened post the Taide-Sisodia stand. Rawat also impressed with the ball, taking 4-23, though it ended in vain. Brief Scores: Reliance 151-9 in 20 overs (Mayank Rawat 54, Raj Angad Bawa 30 not out; Shrestha Achar 3-16, Lavish Kaushal 3-30) lost to Canara Bank 155-4 in 17 overs (Atharva Taide 76, L Sisodia 53 not out; M Rawat 4-23) by six wickets.