Batting first, Reliance 1 lost the key wickets of Virender Sehwag (7) and skipper Parthiv Patel (13), both bowled inside the power play by N C Aiyappa and C Raghu respectively, with only 33 runs on the board.
Dhawan, who made 62 in 44 balls, and Jalaj Saxena (44 from 22 balls) helped Relaince 1 muster up a challenging 158 for eight to which Canara Bank replied with 143 for eight at the D Y Patil Stadium.
In other matches, hosts Dr D Y Patil Group B and Jain Irrigation scored comprehensive victories over their rivals, State Bank of Travancore and ONGC, respectively, and kept their hopes alive for a place in the quarterfinals from Group B and Group C.
Brief scores:
Reliance 1: 158/8 in 20 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 62, Jalaj Saxena 44; NC Aiyappa 2-18, Raju Bhatkal 2-42, Abrar Kazi 2-22) bt Canara Bank 143/8 (Bharat Chipli 36, Amit Verma 47; Rishi Dhawan 3-29, Yuzvender Chahal 2-24) by 15 runs.
State Bank of Hyderabad 187/5 in 20 overs (S Anoop Pai 81 not out, B Sumanth 63; Jaskaran Singh 2-32) lost to State Bank of Patiala 191/4 in 19.1 Overs (Ravi Inder Singh 88, Himanshu Chawla 56 not out) by 6 wickets.
Dr D Y Patil Group 'B' 198/3 in 20 overs (Subramaniam D 54, Vidyut S 33, Manpreet Juneja 63 not out; B Akhil 43, K Chandrashekara 2-26)) bt State Bank Of Travancore 128/8 in 20 Overs (V A Jagadesh 63 not out K J Rakesh 32) by 70 runs.
Jain Irrigation 197/7 in 20 overs (Amey Shrikahnde 39, Bravish Shetty 62, Shashank Singh 42; Vikramjit Malik 2-49, Dhruv Singh 3-31) bt ONGC 107 all out in 17.1 overs (Dhruv Singh 33; Amol Jungade 3-23, G Chaudhary 2-10, Anant Tamvekar 2-13) by 90 runs.
