Ajish Rehman from IndiaFirst Life Insurance ensures a win in the opening match of friendship trophy 2019

A five-wicket win chasing 148 might seem a comfortable victory but IndiaFirst made hard work of their success at the Asahi Glass Cricket Ground (Navi Mumbai), grinding out their first triumph of the Friendship Trophy 19 with less than one over to spare. Their youngest warrior Ajish Rehman put their batting on track, but it was left to Ramana and their wicket keeper Babli Sharma to complete the task.

After losing the toss and, Warriors C.C suffered a top-order slump as they lost three wickets for 44 runs. They were flying at 80 for 4 in the 8th over. Warriors C.C, led by Rohit’s 44, were dismissed for 147 as the IndiaFirst bowlers shared the wickets around.

IndiaFirst’s top-order batsmen gave them a immense start. Ajish Rehman scored 35 off 19 balls, but none of his team-mates could cross 30. Sanket Teli was the best of IndiaFirst’s bowlers, taking 2 for 15 from his four overs. Ajish Rehman was the next best, claiming 1 for 16.

“We won the toss and choose to field. It was a great Pitch to Bat on. We had a very good start and the ball was swinging a lot,so I planned to bowl with good Pace to curb the runs. I also took a wicket and I gave 16 runs in 4 overs. Sanket also gave 15 runs. It was a great wicket to bat on, but we were professional in getting the job done. We also have a good long batting line-up. While chasing we got good start,then it become easy for us to chase. It was a wonderful match for me.” – Ajish said to Cricketgraph.

“We’ve still got a long way to go. One match doesn’t make a summer.” – Ajish added.

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