Fazlani United’s Abdul Latheef bats out BD Smashers to win by five wickets

The second match of the day witnessed Fazlani United and BD Smashers locking horns against each other at Air India Sports Club, Santacruz, Mumbai. Batting first, BD Smashers was bowled out for 129 in 19.2 overs, courtesy all-round bowling effort from Fazlani United. Mohammad Farhan Attarwala, Wajid Motorwala, and Shams Lakhani bowled well in tandem to bag couple of wickets apiece. Suchit Shah (42 off 40) of BD Smashers got off to a confident start but failed to find company at the other end. Apart from Ambish Shah (16) and Shamit Desai (18), none of the other batsmen looked in good shape.

Chasing 130, which is neither a small target nor a big score, could have been tricky but opening bat Abdul Latheef ensured that he set a strong foundation for the batsmen to follow. Latheef scored a delightful 40 off 39 balls that was laced with six boundaries and a six. Abdul stitched a solid partnership of 67 runs in 59 balls with Shams Lakhani (15) right at the top of the order. Fazlani United finished off the game in style winning by five wickets with two balls to spare. Shamit Desai and Suchit Shah were the pick of the bowlers for BD Smashers accounting for two wickets each. For his match winning knock, Abdul Latheef was bestowed with the Man of the Match.

Abdul elucidated, “Getting a chance to play cricket after a certain age seems almost impossible, but I am glad that Zooter has been thoughtful and come up with such a novel tournament for fathers. Winning the first match always gives a lot of confidence and I am happy that I could contribute for my team’s success. As a team we have been sincerely practising and we are hopeful that we will do well in the tournament”.   

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