Left arm pacer Arun Gupta scalps an impressive fifer in the U/16 Santosh Kumar Ghosh Trophy ‘18

Played at the Navroz CC, Stylo Cricketers & Payyade SC took on each other where in Stylo Cricketers won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of making a decent total and put the opposition under pressure.

Stylo Cricketers batting first made 178/10 in 58 overs which is definitely not the best of the totals to defend. From Stylo hardly anyone managed to much of an impact apart from their middle order bat Aamir Shaikh who scored 56 off 123balls (7fours). Off-spinner Jugraj Mehta bowled really well and continues to impress taking 4wkts while Aman Tiwari also bowled well taking 3wkts.

Defending a low total of 179, the pressure was more on Stylo Cricketers than Payyade SC. However, Stylo Cricketers gave a fantastic tough fight on the back of left-arm medium pacer Arun Gupta’s 5/46 in 15overs with 1 maiden. Arun Gupta bowled in the right areas with nice discipline giving timely breakthroughs while the rest of the bowlers also bowled well with almost everyone chipping in with wickets which eventually restricted Payyade SC to 138/all out.

Stylo Cricketers won the match by 41runs as Arun Gupta engaged in a match-winning bowling spell taking the game away from the opposition.

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