Oriental Insurance defeated HPCL, Mumbai by 2 wickets in a crucial league encounter of the Plate Group in the All-India PSU T20 Cricket Tournament here today.
But the effort may go in vain because three teams - HPCL, Oriental Insurance and New India Assurance - have finished with two wins each, forcing a tie-break by the net run rate method.
Put in to bat, HPCL scored 111 for 9 in 20 overs. Oriental Insurance chased the score losing 8 wickets in 19.2 overs.
Brief scores: HPCL 111 for 9 (Prasad Pawar 34; Sanjay Jain 3-20) lost to Oriental Insurance 112 for 8 in 19.2 overs (R Kaushal 35; Hemant Tipnis 3-13).
