1000+ Run Fest: Triple Centuries From Lavande, Singh and Chhabria In Shalini Bhalekar Trophy

A high scoring game between Dilip Vengsarkar XI and Lalchand Rajput XI saw the the latter prevail comfortably. Vengsarkar XI elected to bowl first. Despite losing the toss, Lalchand Rajput XI made the best of the opportunity and scored a mammoth total of 672 in 113 overs. Varun Lavande high scored with a supreme 140 up the order. His innings paved the way for other batsmen. Coming in the middle order was another centurion, Siddhant Singh, contributing an unbeaten 130. Left Spinner Shreyas Gurav surprised with the bat by scoring 94 as Sheesh Shetty chipped in a handy 72. Their total was aided with 74 runs by the umpire as Vengsarkar XI were penalized for a slow over rate. 

In reply, Vengsarkar XI passed the 500 mark but were still short by more than 150 runs as they were bowled out in the 115th over. Sagar Chabbria hammered a fighting 113 as Akshat Jain and Sourabh Singh contributed 88 and 85 respectively. Aditya Srivastav and Dhanit Raut also passed the 75 run mark but in vain as the Rajput XI was too much for them. Sheesh  and Aryan Badhe claimed 3 wickets each to seal the game for their team by a first innings lead.

Toss: Dilip Vengsarkar XI won the toss and elected to field
Result: Match Drawn, Lalchand Rajput XI took 1st Innings lead
Lalchand Rajput XI
1st Innings- 672/9 (decl.) in 112.1 overs (including 74 penalty runs)
(Varun Lavande 140, Siddhant Singh 130*, Shreyas Gurav 94,
Sheesh Shetty 72, Athrav Chavan 44)
Dilip Vengsarkar XI
1st Innings- 512/10 in 115 overs
(Sagar Chhabria 113, Akshat Jain 88, Sourabh Singh 85,
Aditiya Srivastav 77, Dhanit Raut 75, Saksham Parashar 42,
Sheesh Shetty 3/29, Aryan Badhe 3/133)