Top order batsman Akshat Jain’s ton and Pushkar’s half century deflates Matunga Gymkhana in the semis of U19 Manohar Sawant Trophy‘18

Played at the Karnatak Sporting Association, Cross Maidan, U/19 Dilip Vengsarkar Team and U19 Matunga Gymkhana took on each other where in Vengsarkar Mahul team won the toss and elected to bat first on a wicket which had assistance for both the bowlers as well as the batsman.

Vengsarkar Team who have a solid line up scored a very healthy total of 252 for the loss of just 3wkts in 45 overs. Left-handed opener Pushkar Sharma gave a solid start smashing a sublime 61 off 70balls while he also stitched an 110run stand with Akshat Jain who came at no.3. Right handed Akshat who came at no.3 scored a match-defying 101* off 123balls anchoring the knock till the end. Akshat toiled hard between the wickets taking ones and two’s while he also hit 8fours and a six. Hitesh Chauhan (48) and Dev Aditya (32*) also gave crucial contributions.

Chasing 253, U19 Matunga Gymkhana were all out for 215runs on the back of collectively good bowling by Vengsarkar bowlers. Swapnil Sawant opening the innings fought single handedly scoring an elegant 96 off 123balls as the rest of batsman from the other hand failed to give him support. From the bowlers, spinners, Rajesh Sardar (3/44) and Vaibhav Kamble (3/52) were the pick of the bowlers as U19 Dilip Vengsarkar Mahul team won the semis by 37runs with Akshat’s ton being the standout perfomance in the match.

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