Hashir Dafedar shines with a brilliant 139 while Irfan bags 6 wkts in the Purshottam Shield’19
Islam Gymkhana opting to bat first at on their homeground notched up a more than decent total of 314/10 in 67.4 overs. Despite some early setbacks with 2 quick wickets, it was Hashir Dafedar at no.4 scoring a brilliant 139 off 186 balls. An innings where he displayed a lot of composure, hashir smashed 15 fours and 2 sixes while also stitched a crucial 112 run stand for the 4th wicket Mihir Agarwal who scored 68 off 79 balls. Fast bowler Harshal Soni was bang on taking 5/75 in 16.4 overs coupled with 2 maidens. Krutik Hanagawadi with 4/93 was also impressive.
CCI (Cricket Club of India) on the other hand despite two solid half centuries by Nishad Gabhawala (73) and Ajinkya Patil (83) lacked support from the other end with as many as players getting out in single digits. From the bowlers, it was their left arm quickster Irfan Mallick cleaning up the middle to order with a fiery spell of 6/67 in 13 overs. While Javed and Harsh Mishra bagged some important top order wickets, it was Irfan doing the job perfectly in removing the middle and lower order of CCI team restricting them to 244/10 in 46.3 overs.
Result-Islam Gymkhana won by 70 runs
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