State Bank of India secured third place in the All India Public Sector T20 cricket tournament in Mumbai, winning three league matches before losing the semifinal, with the play-off decided by a coin toss after rain washed out the match
Updated On – 20 March 2026, 10:56 PM
Hyderabad: State Bank of India settled for third place in the All India Public Sector T-20 cricket tournament in Mumbai.
SBI won three league matches to make it to the semifinal, which it lost.
In the play-off match for third place against CAG, SBI emerged winners by spin of coin after the match was washed out due to heavy rain.
Captain Akash Bhandari, who scored a fine unbeaten 110 against FCI in the semifinal in vain, Danny Derek Prince, B Sumanth, M Ravi Kiran and S Anoop Pai were the key performers in the tournament.
KSK Chaitanya, Vishal Sharma and Alfred also put up a fine show for SBI.
The scores: League: EPFO 112 in 20 overs lost to SBI 114/3
Union Bank of India 140/9 in 20 overs lost to SBI 143/3 in 17.3 overs
MECON 171/4 in 20 overs lost to SBI 175/3 in 18.3 overs.
Semifinal: FCI 259/5 bt SBI 204/5 (Akash Bhandari 110 n.o.).
