AL-Barkat in a commanding position at Day 2 after Anas Scalping 7 wickets in the Giles Shield Tournament
Anas Malik (Al Barkat Kurla School Team) 7 wkts
An intense final of the Elite Group of Giles Shield Tournament is underway between IES VN Sule vs Al-Barkaat school(Kurla). IES won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of making a big score and put IES under pressure. IES this time were without their regular run machine Vedprakash and that must have dented their confidence a little.
IES VN Sule were bundled out on 86 by AL-barkaat on Day 1, thanks to some magical bowling by Anas Malik who scalped 7 wickets to dismantle the entire batting line up of IES VN Sule. The right handed pace bowler took wickets in regular succession and hardly allowed any batsman to settle. Yash Rajan was the only bright spot for IES who scored a valiant 35 out of the 87 runs which his team made. Anas bowled with a lot of discipline and aggression & he troubled almost all the batsman of IES.
Trailing just 87, Al-Barkat showed their batting prowess as they managed to score 276/10 in 80.3 overs. Ankit Yadav & Himanshu Singh were the pick of the batsman scoring 88 & 79 respectively. Both the batsman played some fantastic shots and looked confident against most of the bowlers. Atharva Bhosle bowled a marathon spell and was equally noticeworthy and spellbinding taking 7/96 in 51.4 overs with 18 maidens.
IES on day 2 are again struggling at 5 down with just 32 runs on the board. In the 2nd Innings, Anurag Singh was the pick of the bowlers who has already scalped 4/16 so far in his 16 overs(9 maidens) AL-Barkat are in a very strong position and they are looking favorites to win the game tomorrow. AL-Barkat coach Nafees Khan must be elated with his boys performance so far and he must be equally wishing for his boys to win the finals of the tournament.