Amey Adkar’s 64* and Ranjeet Patki’s three-for blow Cricket Club of Dombivli, in Friendship Trophy 2019
3rd place Winner Team FCC Smashers - Captain Hiren Lakhmani
Amey Adkar, opener batsman of FCC Smashers, provided the steady start, and built an outstanding platform. A target of 133 always seemed easy for Smashers. Amey’s 64* off 43 powered them to a nine wicket respective victory against Cricket Club Of Dombivli in a 3rd place match of the Friendship Trophy 2019, organized by FCC and played at the Asahi Glass Cricket Ground Taloja, Navi Mumbai on 28th April.
Cricket Club of Dombivli won the toss and elected to bat first. They had made decent 132 for 8 in 20 overs. They face difficulty in negotiating the rival bowling attack and scored runs hardly and they amassed a low total. While, they were keep losing the wickets without any favorable partnership. Aniket and Yogesh produced a 39 run partnership for the eight wicket.
While chasing, Smashers lost the first wicket in sixth over. They lost the first wicket after a decent partnership of 45 runs. Amey Adkar made the most significant contribution, scoring the half-century of his career. Then Amey and Ranjeet responded with a 88-run match winning stand to put Smashers in the 3rd position. Ranjeet claimed 3 for 20 from his four overs and he also scored unbeaten 40. Ranjeet got Man of the series award in this tournament.
Amey Adkar of FCC Smashers won the ‘Man-of-the-Match’ title. He scored unbeaten 64 off 43, including nine fours and a single six. Terrific performance!
Brief Stats:-
Cricket Club of Dombivli vs FCC Smashers Match Full Scorecard ….
Best Batting Figures from Cricket Club of Dombivli – Aniket Desai (26*)
Best Batting Figures from Smashers – Amey Adkar(64*) and Ranjeet Patki (40*)
Best Bowling Figures from Cricket Club of Dombivli – Shrikant Balwan 1-32
Best Bowling Figures from FCC Smashers – Ranjeet Patki 3-20 and Sonu Jaiswal 2-26
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