Billabong High School wins the finals of the U/11 Masters Cup 2018 on the back of collective team perfomance

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Played at the Santosh Sports Cricket Academy ground, it was the all important finale between Santosh Sports Cricket Academy and Billabong School where in Billabong won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of making a healthy total to defend.

Batting first, Billabong made a decent enough total of 131runs where in opener Arjun Bagaitkar once again top scored for his team scoring 41 off 38balls smashing 5fours to set the tone for the innings. Arjun has remained consistent throughout the tournament and has certainly gone on to become a dependable opener. Apart from him, Atharva Adhikari top scored with 32 off 18balls smashing 3big sixes and a four to lift the team total. From SPCC, Dinesh Singh was really impressive being the pick of the bowlers taking 3wkts in his 4overs while the rest of the bowlers also did a good job.

Chasing 132, Billabong bowled really well defending their total as they restricted SPCC to just 68runs all out. The bowlers really bowled tight not allowing the batsman to score runs freely while taking wickets at regular intervals. Soham Diwate with 2/8 was the pick of the bowler while all-rounder Arjun also chipped in with the ball taking 2/9. Talented spinner Aarush Patankar also took 2wkts making it a collectively good team perfomance.

Billabong High School won the finals of the tournament and lift the trophy while all-rounder Arjun Bagaitkar was declared ‘man of the match’ for his crucial 41 & 2wkts.

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