MIG Cricket Club Clinch 72nd Police Shield Cricket Tournament’19

By Cricketgraph Reporter Last updated Dec 17, 2019

Mumbai, 16th December 2019 : MIG Cricket Club emerge champions winning the the Eagle Thane Strikers sponsored 72^nd Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2019.

The final played between MIG Cricket Club and defending champions Parkophene Cricketers finished in a draw at the end of the third day of their 3-day final at the Police Gymkhana ground, Marine Drive on Monday. MIG Cricketer were declared winners on the basis of their slender 17-runs first innings lead. However, the match witnessed some stunning performances especially from Jay Bista who once again showed his class scoring a supremely sublime knock of 196 runs in 243 balls.

Batting first Parkophene Cricketers scored 358 for 8 wickets in the stipulated 90 overs of the first innings. MIG Cricket Club rode on Gaurav Jathar’s unbeaten century knock of 153* to amass a total of 375 for 6 wickets in 90 overs and grab a 17-run first innings lead. Gaurav in his previous outing also scored a fantastic hundred in Times Shield signalling a return of his ominous form.

Parkophene in the second innings scored 173 for 8 wickets before declaring their innings and setting MIG CC a target of 156 in 40 overs in their second essay. MIG managed to score only 141 runs for the loss 7 wickets in 31 overs when play was called off for the day.

Brief Scores: Parkophene Cricketers – 1^st innings: 358 for 8 wickets, in 90 overs (Jay Bista 196 (243 balls, 21×4, 3×6), Anshul Gupta 69, Sagar Mishra 37; Ankush Jaiswal 2 for 66, Nikhil Date-2 for 112, Vinit Dhulap 2 for 115) & 2^nd innings: 173 for 8 wickets declared, in 32 overs (Anshul Gupta 55, Prayag Bhatti 45; Nikhil Date 3 for 81, Vinit Dhulap 3 for 41, Harsh Tanna 2 for 51) Vs

MIG Cricket Club – 1^st innings: 375 for 6 wickets, in 90 overs (Gaurav Jathar 153 not out (228 balls, 19×4), Kevin D’Almeida 71, Swapnil Salvi 48, Sheesh Shetty 37; Pardeep Sahu 2 for 90, Deepak Shetty 2 for 64) & 2^nd innings: 141 for 7 wickets, 31 overs (Sumit Ghadigaonkar 39, Kevin D’Almeida 28; Pradeep Sahu 3 for 67, Sagar Mishra 3 for 49).

Result: Match draw. MIG Cricket Club declared winners on basis of first innings lead.