A semis win ensures Thane Gramin police enter the finals of the Thane Police Shield Tournament‘18

Another semi-final took place at the central maidan and this time it was between Thane Gramin Police and Ordinance Factory where in Thane Gramin Police won the toss and elected to bat first on the back of their good batting line up.

However, the pitch showed that it was more favorable for the bowlers and a big total on this ground is difficult with Thane Gramin Police all out for 149runs in 18.1 overs. Opener Hitesh Mhatre looked really confident taking on the bowlers with his 30ball 40. Apart from him, players failed to convert their 10’s and 20’s which resulted in a low total. From the bowlers, Nishant Mane (2/7) and Yash Singh (2/16) were the pick of the bowlers.

Thane Gramin Police however defended a moderately low total successfully as Ordnance Factory only managed to score 125/8 in 20overs despite opener Parag Patil’s hard fought 51 off 39balls (4fours). The bowlers did a collectively good job with Anil Shirsat being the pick of the bowlers taking 3/28 in 4overs. Sandesh Dharne with 2/23 and Ankit Vishwakarma with 2/19 also bowled really well as Thane Gramin Police won the semi-finals by 24runs.

It will be a interesting encounter tomorrow as Thane Gramin Police and Thane City Police take on each other for the title match.

CRICKETGRAPH