Arnav Gupta, Varun Doshi &Soham Salvi help Don Bosco School secure a win in Harris Shield’22

On 25th February 2022, The Harris Shield Tournaments match was played at the Parsi Gymkhana, Marine Lines. It was played between Don Bosco High School, Matunga and Swami Vivekananda International, Kandivali.

Winning the toss, the Don Bosco elected to bat first. Openers Varun Doshi and Soham Salvi gave a good start to their team. Varun Doshi, scored 62 runs off 86 balls and Soham Salvi scored, 61 off 97 balls. Also, Shravan Mhatre’s quickfire knock of 46 runs off 26 balls, helped Don Bosco School reach a total of 247 in 45 overs losing 3 wickets. Kartik Patankar of the Swami Vivekananda International bowled 9 overs, giving away 49 runs and bagging 2 wickets.

Having a target score of 248 runs, the Swami Vivekananda International came in to bat. The openers came in to bat, but were unable to give their team a good start and as a result, the Swami Vivekananda International team were restricted on a score of 206 runs losing all their wickets.  The left arm slow bowler Arnav Gupta of Don Bosco bagged 4 wickets in 9 overs, giving away just 26 runs. Arya Gandhi and Sai Nayak also bagged 2-2 Wickets. As a result, the Don Bosco School won the match by 41 runs.