Rahul Sawant’s twin fifers and Sahil’s 8 wkts put Nanavati in command in the Times Cricket Shield ‘18
Played between Teleperformance and Nanavati at the New Hind Matunga, Teleperformances who had put up a strong show in their last match with the bat opted to bat first scoring 274 runs in their 1st innings with opener Jiniv Joshi top scoring with a classy 79 and Neil Narvekar at the middle order scoring 50 runs.
Left arm spinner Rahul Sawant who was amongst the top wicket takers in Kanga continued his form in Times too coming up with an impressive spell of 5/86 in 34.1 overs with 8 maidens. Skipper Sahil also chipped in with 3 wkts. Nanavati in reply scored 347 runs with their no.3 batsman Pranav Kela top scoring with 111 runs while Bhushan Shinde and Kushal Shah chipping in with half centuries. Teleperformances collapsed in the 2nd innings getting all out for just 121 runs as Rahul Sawant came up with another 5 wkts while Sahil this time came up with a fifer as both the bowlers came up with same bowling figures of 5/52.
Nanavati chased down the lead of 51 runs with ease as they won the match by 8 wkts.
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