Aakash Patil’s stunning 72 helps Rika Global clinch a victory in the finals of Masters Cup Edition 1

It was the all important finals of the Masters Cup which all the teams of the tournament were waiting for at Elf Vengsarkar Academy, Oval, Mumbai. RIKA GLOBAL & RAVE technology, both the teams had fought hard to reach at this juncture & it was a do or die finals for both the teams. Rave Technology won the toss & elected to bat first & put RIKA under pressure by restricting them to a low score.

Batting first, Prakash Patil & Aakash Patil gave a decent start to the innings. Prakash was out for 22 off just 11 balls but the other Patil remained solid at the other end and went on to score a 57 ball 72 for his team. Right-handed opener Aakash Patil came up with a perfect knock when it was needed from him at the right time as he scored his 72 runs at a strike rate of 126. Aakash smashed 9 glorious boundaries and a big six and kept the scorecard ticking. The rest of the batsman could not convert their 10’s & 20”s like Aakash & eventually Rika managed to reach a respectable & competitive score of 170/7 in 20 overs. Mihir was the pick of the bowlers with bowling figures of 3/37 in 4 overs followed by a wicket each for Paras, Anoop, R Jain & R Priyank.

Chasing 174 at almost 8 runs per over, Rave Technologies succumbed to the good bowling and pressure of chasing in the finals as they were all out for 123/10 in 19.2 overs. R Aaraf was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/8 in his 3 overs and get best bowler of the tournament followed by 3/31 by T Shubham. Aakash Patil who scored 72 also took a wicket to make it a complete all-round performance.

RIKA GLOBAL won the finals by 47 runs & Aakash Patil was rightly adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his 57 ball 72 & a wicket. Cricketgraph congratulates Aakash on his splendid performance & also wishes RIKA Global all the luck for a great future ahead.