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Tejas Salian, Mayank Ranjan, & Niraj Dazzle in A1 Cricket Club’s win

By Juili Ballal

On January 14, A1 Cricket Club handed a crushing 96-run defeat to RCC Avengers during the Champions League 2023. A1 Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat at the Roadpali Sports Complex in Panvel.

Riding on captain Niraj J’s and Mayank Ranjan’s stellar half-centuries, A1 Cricket Club piled up a mammoth 186/3 in 20 overs. While Neeraj muscled an unbeaten 73 off 62, Mayank blasted 78 off 46. The duo hit as many as 21 boundaries and one six between them. For RCC Avengers, Gorakhnath Hipparakar was the lone wicket-taker with 20/3 in four overs.

In response, RCC Avengers were skittled for a paltry score of 90 in 13.2 overs to lose the match by 96 runs. Kartik Chikhale top-scored with a 16-ball 18, including four boundaries. For A1 Cricket Club, Tejas Salian wreaked havoc with the ball as he scalped 2/5 in 2.2 overs.

 

Juili Ballal

Cricket is a sport that Juili picked up right from her childhood days. Her journey from playing with the boys in the compound walls to practising under the able aegis of Jonty Rhodes has been a spectacular one.
She was a part of Mumbai Women’s U-19 and U-23 probables during her four-year stint at the MCA. As a middle order bat and a part time medium pace bowler, she also represented Mumbai University at All-India University Women’s Cricket for two years.

In the quest of further education, she discontinued with the sport. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D in Finance from IIT Bombay’s School of Management.

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