Mumbai Cricket ‘18 Updates: Sandeep Naik & Shoeb Sayyed steer their teams to perfect quarter-finals win

Kanga Knockout and Summer Shield are at the finishing stages of the tournament and so far the tournaments have managed to be quite a success with many talents emerging out while also some really close matches under challenging conditions. Here are some of the latest updates from the two matches which were played last weekend:

Young Men CC vs Sporting Union Club, Kanga Knockout Quarter-finals

Toss Won By- Sporting Union CC (Bat First)

Ground- LIC, Cross Maidan

Batting first Sporting Union CC were all out for 210runs in 42 overs with middle order bats Rohit Rajbhor (36), Hitesh Satardekar (32) and Vishal Gupta (28) chipping in with starts. From the bowlers, Shoeb Sayyed was the most impressive with the ball taking 3/29 in 9overs while Siddhesh Jadhav also taking 3/39. Both the bowlers looked really impressive bowling in the right areas. Chasing 211, Young Men CC were stuggling at 144/7 but it was all-rounder Shoeb Sayyed at no.9 who scored a match winning 42* off 38balls (5fours, 1 six) to steer Young Men CC win by 1wkt in a thriller of a chase.

KRP XI vs Taki Team Sports Club, Summer Shield Quarter Finals

Toss Won by- KRP XI (Bat first)

Ground- Western Railways, Cross Maidan

After choosing to bat first, KRP XI were struggling at one point on 52/5 but it was Harshal with a handy 37 at no.7 and Sandeep Naik at no.9 who scored a match winning 58* off 78balls(5fours, 1six) rescuing KRP XI from nowhere and helping their team reach a respectable 189/9 in 45overs. Sandeep’s half century was literally match saving as KRP XI defended their total successfully by restricting Taki Team SC to just 120all out in 35.4 overs on the back of terrific bowling by Vishal Kavaiya (4/11) and Musheer Khan(3/23). Sandeep Naik made it an all round show just like his brother Rakesh bagging two wickets too as KRP XI won the match by 69runs.

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