Bhubaneswar: The Delhi-based teams secured dominating victories on Wednesday in the Tillo T20 Cup 2026 at the Hanuman Jew Stadium. Notably, Asian Games silver medalist Dutee Chand served as the guest for today’s double-header.
In the first game, SPJ Cargo Delhi locked horns against MHKL Banaras. After being put to bat first, SPJ got a fine start from their openers, Vishal Kashyap (26) and Kunal Singh (17). The middle-order rose to the occasion and the team's score were lifted by the impressive knocks from Aryan Choudhury (59 off 30) and Vivek Kumar (51* off 23). In the end, Mohd Arbaaz hit 17* off 9 to propel SPJ to a big total of 196. Afnan Molla and B Arun scalped two wickets each for Banaras.
In response, Banaras crumbled under pressure and couldn't stitch a potent partnership to remain in the hunt for sealing the chase. B Arun (37) and Harsh Jajodia (19) were the only double-digit scorers, as they were bundled out for 89 and lost by 107 runs. Ramesh Prasad was the wrecker-in-chief for SPJ, with terrific figures of 4/21.
The second match saw CAG Delhi facing the challenge of NCC Odisha. Opting to bat first, CAG fared well in the powerplay, with a 43-run opening stand between Vedant Bhardwaj (33) and Kartik Biswal (32). Abhirath Reddy (27) and Sumit Mathur (44) continued the team's momentum, as they were cruising in the middle overs. Writtick Chatterjee (27) and captain Gurinder Singh (17) provided important contributions to take CAG to a strong total of 189. Milan Samal, Jamala Mohapatra and Pradeep Kumar Pradhan bagged two wickets each for Odisha.
Captain Aditya Raut (42 off 15) played a sublime knock to help Odisha have an upper hand in the powerplay. However, his partners failed to get going, and fell like nine pins. Swadhin K Patra (22* off 29) was the only survivor, as Odisha were all-out for 119 and faced a 70-run defeat. Mathur and Gurinder picked up three wickets apiece for CAG.
