Balwan Runs Through Mavericks With 7 As Cricket Club of Dombivali Dominate

In the ongoing Friendship Trophy 2023, FCC Mavericks faced the Cricket Club of Dombivli as the latter prevailed in a dominant fashion. Mavericks scored 155 in 20 overs for the loss of 9 wickets. Manoj scored a crucial 37 after losing 3 quick wickets. After him, it was skipper Hiren Lakhmani’s opportunity to contribute an unbeaten 59 of just 37 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes. The Mavericks batting was rattled by one man, Shrikant Balwan who claimed 7 wickets. In his 4 overs, he gave away just 24 runs.

With a competitive target onboard, CCD lost an initial wicket but what followed was an onslaught by the CCD. Deepak Acharya hammered 43 off just 23 with 7 fours and 1 six to his name. After his dismissal, Arvind Iyer and Aniket Desai finished off the innings quickly. Iyer scored 37 off just 16 as Desai amassed 47 in 20 balls chasing down the target in the 14th over itself with 7 wickets in hand.