D Y Patil ''B'' knock out Reliance One

Mumbai, Jan 12 (PTI) The ''B'' team of hosts D Y Patilsurprised fancied Reliance One by six wickets with an allround display in the Group A league match of the Rs 12-lakhprize money D Y Patil T20 cricket tournament today.

The hosts second string team chased their rivals'' totalof 168 for nine successfully with the help of a half centuryfrom Bravish Shetty who struck 56 in 34 balls with three sixesand five fours.

The defeat was the second for Reliance One and knockedthem out of contention for the quarter-final slot.

In another match, Kerala Cricket Association lost to AirIndia, Delhi in a close match with just a ball to spare.

Brief Scores: Reliance One 168 for 9 in 20 Overs (YogeshNagar 52; Prashant Bhoir 4 for 40, Anand Singh 3 for 28) lostto Dr D Y Patil ''B'' 171 for 4 in 19.1 Overs (Bravish Shetty56, Satyajit Satbhai 40, Yogesh Pawar 34; Pawan Suyal 2 for20) by six wickets.

Kerala Cricket Association 115 for 7 in 20 Overs (SachinBaby 48 not out, Raiphi Vincent Gomes 31; Pradeep Sangwan 2for 22, Joginder Sharma 2 for 27) lost to Air India (Blue),Delhi 116 for 6 in 19.5 Overs (Manvinder Bisla 33, Shafiq Khan38; P Prashanth 2 for 23, Niyaz 2 for 22) by 4 wickets. PTISSR VKV SHN