Indian cricketers playing for English county sides had a fruitful day with all of them, except Sourav Ganguly, playing key roles in their respective team's victories in the Twenty20 Cup tournament.
Dinesh Mongia claimed a wicket, giving away just 19 runs from four overs, before blasting a 28-ball 39 to guide Leicestershire to a five-wicket victory over Notthinghampshire at Grace Road.
Nottinghamshire, electing to bat, scored 143 for eight. The total was overhauled by the defending champions with four balls and five wickets to spare.
At Rose Bowl, Irfan Pathan wrecked Hampshire's middle-order with three wickets for 16 runs off four overs as Middlesex, scored 210 for 6 batting first, and restricted their opponents to 192 for seven to win the match by 18 runs.
Harbhajan Singh went wicketless in Surrey's match against Kent at Beckenham, but the off-spinner's miserly spell of 4-0-22-0 troubled the batsmen as they scored just 140 for 8 in 20 overs.
Surrey reached the target in just 16 overs, losing three wickets, with the Indian not required to bat at all.
Ganguly's Glamorgan beat Somerset at Sophia Gardens in dramatic fashion, with the Indian skipper scoring 10 with the bat as opener after giving away 30 runs for one wicket from three overs of his gentle medium pace.
Somerset were 183 all out in 18.4 overs and though Glamorgan also posted 183 for eight, they were declared winners by virtue of losing lesser wickets.
