Agni continues his fine form with a sublime 127 while Ashay(122), Vaibhav (84) & Omkar (117) impress in the U/23 Madhav Mantri Tournament ‘18

 

Played at the Western Railway Ground, Mahalaxmi, U/23 Ravi Shastri XI and U/23 Sunil Gavaskar XI took on each other where in Gavaskar XI skipper won the toss and elected to bowl first as the wicket looked really good more for the bowlers.

Karsh Kothari who took 4wkts and scored 41

U/23 Ravi Shastri XI batting first were all out for 246runs in 70.3 overs. They were 76/5 at one point but the lower middle order consisting of Chinmay Sutar (39), Parag Jadhav (58) and Risabh (27) and Karsh Kothari (41) gave crucial contributions saving their team from a low total. From the bowlers, spinners Shubham Pandey with 3/30 and Samarth Kokate with 3/56 were pick of the bowlers.

Vaibhav Patil who scored 84

U/23 Sunil Gavaskar XI showed their batting might with opener Omkar Jadhav scoring a solid 117 off 252balls at the top of the order while also stitched a 203run stand with Agni Chopra who continued his form scoring a regal 127 off 171balls. Just fresh from a 96 in his last outing, Agni looks really good and is in fine nick as he smashed 20fours and 2sixes en-route his 127. Vaibhav Patil who had a great run in Times Shield continued to impress with an elegant 84 at the middle order eventually pushing the team total to 393/6 in 118 overs. From the bowlers, Karsh Kothari was the pick of the bowlers with 4/97 in 36overs (7maidens).

Ashay who scored a 78ball 122 in the 4th innings

Ravi Shastri XI were 221/8 in the 2nd innings with Ashay Sardesai scoring a hard fought 4th innings ton which is very difficult. Ashay scored 122 off mere 78balls with 20fours and 2sixes showing his immense abilities with the bat. The match ended with U/23 Sunil Gavaskar XI winning the match on 1st innings lead and it was a definitely a dominating perfomance from the Gavaskar boys.

 

 

 

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