Ankit Shah the out swing bowler from Mulund Knockers ensures a win in a low scoring match of Friendship Trophy 2019
Ankit Shah (Left)
After winning the toss and electing to bat, Mulund Knockers, led by Vikrams’s gritty 32 runs, were dismissed for paltry 124 as the Rangers C.C bowlers shared the wickets around.Five Mulund players reached double-figures, but unfortunately, in T20 formats this score isn’t big enough. Apart from Vikrant, the other knockers batsman failed to put up a fight against a seemingly average Rangers bowling attack.
Given the low score, everyone had written off Knockers however Rangers had a surprise waiting for them. The tall, consistently accurate pace bowler, Ankit Shah provided the first breakthrough in his first over itself and that set the stage for the rest of the match. Skipper Tausif Khan marshaled his troops well and maintained pressure on the Rangers batting line up. Veteran spinner Prasad & leggie Dilip Shenoy too chipped in with wickets without giving away much runs.
Despite spending considerable time in the middle, Opening batsman Abhishek from Rangers failed to provide Rangers the platform they needed, and they kept bleeding wickets. Having been 52 for 3 in the middle of the 12th over, they ended up being all out in the 19th, with 96 runs on the board. Ankit Shah buttressed his reputation as the best bowler with 2 for 11 in a T20 game.
“The wicket was good, it was hard. So, we were very disappointed with the score that we had on board. It was a low score as compared to the wicket. And we had a good start, run rate was around 7.54 rpo. After 13 overs, we started going for runs, and we also started losing wickets. We were very clear, it couldn’t be possible to contain runs, for which wickets were important. So, we had placed an attacking field right on the start. All the catches were taken comfortably, and overall performance was good. That’s how it went.” – Ankit Shah said to Cricketgraph.
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