Blistering knock of Akash Patil helps Omni Maries beat Cricket Addicts in Shiraz-e-Hind tournament match
Akash Patil’s heroics against Cricket Addicts helped Omni Marines put up a handsome total of 190-3 in 20 overs in Shiraz-e-Hind tournament match on 13th Feb. Not only in Mumbai, but also in the United Kingdom, Akash has made a mark in the cricketing circuit. The southpaw plays for Middlesex country team and is based out of UK for a good four months (May-September) in a year. He already has eight fifties to his name, all coming in the last season in the UK. Scoring big runs seems to be like a habit for Akash as he did that against Cricket Addicts as well. “I enjoyed batting against Cricket Addicts as the ball was coming nicely onto the bat. I played a lot of cover drives throughout my innings”, averred Patil. There was nothing to cheer about for Cricket Addicts’ bowlers as the Omni Marines batsmen smacked them all-round the park.
In reply, Cricket Addicts were restricted to 173-8 in 20 overs, falling short of 17 runs, courtesy some brilliant bowling from Omni Marines’ bowlers. Omkar was the pick of the bowlers as he finished off with 2-24 in his four overs. Top order bat Parag was the highest scorer with 33 runs, however he failed to make it big.
Akash Patil, who put his team ahead of his century, was declared as the Man of the Match for his outstanding innings of 96 runs which came off just 62 balls.