Opener Suved once again shines with a hard fought 87 while Shams does the job with the ball in the Young Comrade Shield Tournament ‘18
Held at the PJ Hindu Gymkhana, two of most promising teams at present Parkophene Cricketers and PJ Hindu Gymkhana took on each other where in Parkophene Cricketers who have a strong batting line up elected to bat first.
Despite having a strong batting line up, Parkophene Cricketers made a moderate total of 209runs all out in 54.5 overs. Right-handed opener Suved Parkar who has been consistent this season continued his solid batting top scoring with an anchoring knock of 87runs in 132balls smashing 12fours in it. Apart from the 2nd highest score in the team was 26 as none of the batsman fired against the tight bowling of PJ Hindu Gymkhana bowlers. Dhruv Vaghasiya, Sahcin Katkar and Pratik Desai chipped in with 2wkts each while off-spinner Pawan Kumar was the pick of the bowler taking 3/41 in 15.5 overs.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana were off to a shaky start struggling at 5/56 but Sachin Katkar top scored with 54runs at the lower middle order. However, that hard fought innings was not enough as they were all out for 137runs. The bowlers did an extremely good job of defending such a low total as left-arm spinner Shams Mulani took a match winning spell of 4/40 in 14overs while Harmeetsingh Badhan also bowled really well taking 3/18 with his left arm spin. Both the spinners attacked in tandem as Parkophene Cricketers won the match by 72runs.
It was a match where Parkophene boys gave a nice fight where in Suved once again impressed everyone with the bat while Shams and Harmeet doing their job with the ball.
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