PANAJI: A chanceless unbeaten knock of 97 by Suraj Dongre helped Sarvodaya Sporting Club beat Salgaocar SC by 7 wickets to book their place in the finals of Bandodkar League cricket tournament, organised by Panjim Gymkhana at Bandodkar grounds, Panaji.

Batting first, Salgaocar were all out for 227 in 44.5 overs with Vishal Singh top scoring with 79 runs. In reply, Sarvodaya Sporting achieved the target with 7 wickets in hand. In the second semi-final to be played on Wednesday, Dempo CC take on Al-Fatah.

Brief score: Salgaocar SC, 227 all out in 44.5 overs (Vishal Singh 79, Sagun Kamat 36, Ninad Pawaskar 25, Dhanraj Singh 24, Vidhyadhar Kamat 20, Sherbahadur Yadav 13 runs. Darshan Misal 3-58, Ganeshraj Narvekar 2-35, Robin D’Souza 2-33, Vivian Castalino, Aniket Desai and Rupesh Sarvankar 1 wicket each) lost to Sarvodaya Sporting, 228 for 3 in 40 overs (Suraj Dongre not out 97, Shawaz Khan 36, Rupesh Sarvankar not out 31, Advait Katkar
21 runs. Dhanraj Singh 2-33, Sagun Kamat 1-42).