DPC Sports Club wins on the back of Pranav Kela’s match-winning 119 in the Young Comrade Shield Tournament ‘18

Played at the Worli Sports Club, it was the all important match between Worli SC and DPC sports club on their home ground where in Worli SC won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of making a big total on their home ground.

Batting first, Worli SC did face some early jitters when they were struggling at 15/3 at one stage but Sachin Keny (57) at no..3 and Sumedh Tare (92) at no.5 stitched an 118run stand between themselves to resurrect the innings back. Sumedh played some really good cricketing shots where in he faced 174deliveries smashing 8fours while also doing a lot of good running between the wickets. Manoj Yadav and Rehman Shaikh also chipped at the middle order also chipped in with 40’s which propelled their team total to a respectable 296 in 69.1 overs. Fast bowler Siddarth and spinner Ashutosh Gharghe chipped in with 3wkts each while medium pacer Mukund Sardar took 2/49.

Chasing 297 is not the easiest of tasks and especially when your team is struggling at 55/4 at one stage. However, Pranav Kela who batted at no.4 anchored the chase with a thumping 119 off 177balls (16fours) which helped DPC to come back into the game. By the time Pranav Kela was out, he had already completed more than half of the job for his team while Ashutosh Gharghe who came at no.8 scored a crucial 58* off 60balls to seal the chase for DPC. DPC sports club won the match by 3wkts and 5.1 overs to spare on the back of great team perfomance and especially Pranav’s anchoring ton and Ashutosh Gharghe’s all round heroics.

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