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.
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.
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).
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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