Harshit Janwadkar (119*) and Utkarsh Raut (85*) shine with the bat while Parth Rao and Suraj Singh bag fifers in the Madhav Mantri Tournament”19

Nalasopara Center after electing to bat first at PDTSA Boisar were bundled out for mere 67 runs in their 1^st innings. Apart from Satyalaksh scoring 26, none of the batsman managed to score in double digits. Fast bowler Parth Rao was the pick of the bowlers coming up with a crucial spell of 5/25 in 11 overs with 4 maidens.  PDTSA Boisar team in reply scored 197 runs in their 1^st innings with Santosh Naikude (49) and Utkarsh Raut (46) top scoring for their team. Leg-break bowlers Suraj Singh came up with a stunner of a spell bagging 7/58 in 20.5 overs. Suraj managed to trouble the batsman to the hilt as he single handedly gave breakthroughs at crucial junctures.

In a game full of ups and downs, Nalasopara Center gave a stunning comeback in the 2^nd innings putting up 346 runs on the board. Jigar Rana played a fabulous knock of 140 runs while Arsalan Shaikh came good with 82 runs in what was a great comeback post 1^st innings collapse. Parth Rao bagged another 4wkts in the 2nd innings taking his tally of wickets to 9 in the match.

Chasing a lead target of 218 runs, opener Harshit Janwadkar and Utkarsh Raut took the onus on their shoulders  stitching an unbeaten 214* run stand for the 2^nd wicket. Harshit Janwadkar went on to score a classy 4^th innings century hitting 119* while Utkarsh remained unbeaten on 86* as both the boys ensured their team won the match in style by 9 wkts.