All-Rounders Akash Parkar and Aditya Dhumal rescue Mumbai North East Triump Knights in a thriller of a win in the Mumbai Premier League ‘18

An exciting competition took place at Wankhede between Sobo Supersonics and Mumbai North East where in Mumbai North East who won the coin toss elected to bowl first with an aim of restricting the opposition to a low total.

Sobo Supersonics however batted really well notching up 184/7 in 20 overs which is always a good total to defend.  Abhishek Nayar (30 off 20balls) who opened the innings with Jay Bista gave a good start where in dangerous Jay Bista top scored with 52 off 38balls while the rest of the batsman also chipped in with 20’s and 30’s. Right arm fast bowler Akash Parkar was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/30 in 4overs. Akash was really impressive with the ball while Prateek Dabholkar also took 2wkts.

Chasing 185 in a T20 match against a quality bowling attack is always difficult and Mumbai North East were struggling at one point on 4/33 and 5/44. It was almost a game over situation for Mumbai North East until Akash Parkar arrived at no.7. The dangerous big hitting all-rounder literally changed the whole script of the game from nowhere with Aditya Dhumal who has now become a crisis man for any team he plays for. Both the talented all-rounders stitched a 130run stand in mere 65deliveries making it one of the thrilling and game turning chases you will ever see in a T20 game. Akash scored a brutal 82* off 37balls laced with 5fours and 6biggies while Aditya smashed a 34ball 50* which had 4sixes in it. Both the players took on the bowlers in a almost shock defeat for Sobo Supersonics who were looking really strong at one stage for a big win.

Mumbai North East won the match by 4wkts and it was certainly Akash Parkar who was the man of the moment with his fantastic all-round perfomance while Aditya keeps on proving that he is the real crisis man to depend on in any stage and any format!

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