Badree Alam’s fifer & Akhil’s 92 help Parkophene Team Win the Quarter-Finals of the Young Comrade Shield Tournament

It was the all important Quarter Finals between Parkophene Cricket club & Karnataka Sporting Association & a good competition was on the cards since both the teams were powerful at Karnataka Sporting Association Cricket Ground, Cross Maidan, Mumbai. Winning the toss, Parkophene Cricket club elected to bat first and make the most of the batting conditions to post a healthy total on the board.

Batting first reaped good dividends as they managed to score 284/6 in 70 overs which is a competitive total to defend. Left-handed opening batsman Akhil Rajput made his presence felt at the top of the order scoring a well-crafted 92 off just 157 balls. Akhil was calm & composed and hardly looked affected by any bowlers during his stay at the crease which yielded 14 boundaries from his willow. Right handed Adeeb Usmani also played a solid knock of 59 followed by 33 by Onkar Khanvilkar which helped their team to reach a total of 284/6 in 70 overs. Vineet Sinha was the pick of the bowlers for KSA with bowling figures of 3/45.

Chasing 287, Karnatak Sporting Association managed to score only 189 in 46.4 overs. They were all out with almost 100 runs short due to some good bowling by the Parkophene Cricket club. Opening right arm fast bowler Badre Alam wrecked havoc on the batsman as he dismantled the entire KSA batting unit with amazing bowling figures of 5/20. It was a spell of genuine fast bowling & it helped his team win the match by 95 runs. Vidyadhar Kamat & Harshad Rawale scored 42 & 41 while Kaustub Pawar could not convert his good 37 to steer his team to a victory.

It was a great display of performance by Parkophene Cricket club & especially Akhil, Adeeb & Badre. Cricketgraph congratulates them for their quarter finals win & also wishes them to keep continuing their good form in the coming matches of the tournament.