Akshay Powale(82) and Ankur Kunder’s(51) and Anirudha’s 4wkts help Khar Gymkhana win in the T20 Inter Club Tournament ‘18

Played between two really promising teams namely Khar Gymkhana and Ghatkopar Jolly Gymkhana at the Ghatkopar Gymkhana Ground. Ghatkopar boys won the toss and elected to field first with an aim of restricting Khar Gymkhana to a low total and put them under pressure.

However, things turned out to be quite different as Khar Gymkhana boys pounced on the opportunity to bat first as they started attacking from the word Go. Experienced and dependable Akshay Powale who opened the innings smashed an entertaining 82 off mere 35deliveries which included 7 fours and 7sixes. Akshay did not spare a single bowler as he smashed boundaries in all the parts of the ground. Akshay also got good support from Gaurav Suryavanshi who chipped in with 44 while Ankur Kunder who came at no.5 smashed a 21ball 51 to take the team total to 242/7 in 20 overs. Ankur did some tremendous hitting smashing 3fours and 5sixes to pump up the last leg of their innings. Both Akshay and Ankur were a treat to watch.

Chasing 243 at more than 12runs per over, Jolly Gymkhana must have felt the pressure of chasing as they were skittled out for 124runs in 16.5 overs by the quality bowling attack of Khar Gymkhana. Though all the batsman struggled but Pranav Makwana was the shining spot in the dark smashing a fighting knock of 68(39balls). Talented left-arm spinner Anirudha Mainkar was once again impressive with the ball bagging 4wkts to trouble the batsman. Anirudha not only bowled in the right areas but kept giving breakthroughs at regular intervals while Lal Vishwakarma also took 3wkts. Khar Gymkhana won the match by a big margin of 118 runs on the back of collective team perfomance and especially Akshay, Anirudha and Ankur who stood out with their individual perfomances.

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