MiD DAY feast: Cricket, Bollywood and masti!

PANTALOONS Retail were crowned champions of the MiD DAY Corporate Cricket League yesterday after beating TCS in the final at the Central Railway's Ground in Parel. Put in to bat first, Pantaloons notched up 121 for three in their ten overs. TCS never looked in reckoning and only managed 76, giving Pantaloons a 45-run win. Nitin Palande led the way and took Pantaloons Retail to their massive total. Palande's 84 not out came off 34 balls and included three 4's and six 6's. Ajay Kadam provided stability at the other end with 22 runs.u00a0TCS disappointed in the chase as they fell well short. Preetam topscored with 22 runs while Prasad scored 18.Palande's day was complete as he picked up two wickets. The all-round feat earned him the Man of the Match award. Man of the Series: Nitin Palande. Overall run tally of 169 runs with a strike rate of 238.03 and five wickets. Man of the Series, Pantaloons Retail's Nitin Palande drives during his match-winning 84 in the final of the MiD Day Corporate Cricket League yesterday (L to R) V Swaminathan, executive vice president, corporate relationship management Kotak Mahindra Bank, MiD day CEO Manajit Ghoshal, S Ramadorai, CEO and MD TCS Limited watch the proceedings (L to R)u00a0Manajit Ghoshal, CEO MiD day, KVS Manian, group head, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bollywood actor Arbaaz Khan, V Swaminathan, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Cyriac Mathew, COO, MiD day on the presentation dais during the Mid-Day Corporate Cricket League final held at Central Railway's Ground in Parel Neville Bastawalla, head marketing MiD DAY Infomedia Limited, and Manpreet Singh Kochar, vice president marketing-retail liabilities and branch banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank watch the final Sunil Biyani, director Pantaloons Retail celebrates after taking a wicket during the MiD DAY Corporate Cricket League final yesterday. PICS/Suresh KK, Shadab Khan Chief guest, Bollywood actor, Arbaaz Khan, plays in an exhibition game