GUWAHATI, Feb 18 � River Rine Club caused an upset over Pace Cricket Club to pave way for Nabajyoti Club to enter the final of the Bud T-20 Challenge Cricket Tournament for the Dhireswar Kalita Trophy. In a crucial Group B match of the championship at the Nehru Stadium here today, River Rine posted a 11-run victory against Pace, which was a must-win situation with better run-rate. But their lost took Nabajyoti, which topped the group with three wins, into the final. In the second match of the day, which was of academic interest only, City Cricket Club outplayed Santipur Athletic Club by seven wickets. The final is on Sunday.
Brief scores: River Rine 119/7 (Amit Boro 38, Nausad Ali 34, Mahmood Ali 2/11, Deepjyoti Debnath 2/22). Pace 108 (Anup Ghosh 21, Sajid Khan 19, Amit Boro 2/14, Montu Das 2/16, Mahmadul Hussain 2/16, Raj Hussain 2/11). Santipur AC 95 (RK Yadav 28, Manoj Maloo 24, Raj Baruah 2/21. City CC 96/3 (Rahul Hazarika 41, Nabajyoti Hazarika 18).
