A team of lawyers defeated a team of bankers in the sixth edition of the Capital Markets Cup hosted by Duane Morris & Selvam LLP. With this win, the lawyers have a 4-2 lead in the annual charity cricket match.

The lawyers’ team comprised representatives from Duane Morris & Selvam, Khaitan & Co, AZB & Partners, J. Sagar Associates, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Trilegal, Desai & Diwanji and Crawford Bailey.

The charity match raised more than 2 lakh rupees for Bal Asha Trust, which works towards giving quality care to children who are found abandoned at various public places around Mumbai every year. Khaitan & Co donated Rs. 75,000, while Duane Morris & Selvam donated Rs. 68,000.

Jamie Benson, Partner at Duane Morris was quoted as saying,

“Although I am happy the lawyers won the match, the main thing was bringing lawyers and bankers together for a fun time to raise money for a very good cause. I am already looking forward to next year’s match.”

Batting first, the lawyers made 213 for the loss of 8 wickets in 30 overs. Trilegal’s Sohrab Khushrushahi and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ Vijay Parthasarthi scored half centuries, while CAM’s Nikhil Naredi was awarded Man of the Match.

Desai & Diwanji’s Sanjay Israni picked up 3 wickets for 25 runs, while Jamie Benson pitched in with 2 wickets for 22. The other members of the lawyers’ team included Khaitan’s Rabindra Jhunjhunwala and Nikhilesh Panchal, JSA’s Swapneil Akut and Siddhartha Desai, CAM’s Laban Das, and AZB’s Lionel Almeida.

In response, the bankers could only muster 172, before being bowled out in 27.3 overs.

The lawyers had won last year’s edition, while the bankers had come out on top the year before that.