Ishaque Shaikh (100) and Arjun Thapa (92) stitch a 196* run stand for JSW Energy in the T20 Masters Cup’19

By CricketGraph Editor On Mar 30, 2019

Ishaque Shaikh who has played some splendid knocks in T20 format and has been one of the dependable openers of JSW continues to impress with his swashbuckling batting. JSW opting to bat first at Vengsarkar Academy Mahul notched up a massive total of 240/1 in 20 overs. Opener Ishaque batted till the very end scoring a handsome 100* off just 59 balls which had 15 fours in it. What’s more he got excellent support from no.3 bat Arjun Thapa as both the batters stitched a record breaking 196* run stand for the 2^nd wicket in just 92 balls. Arjun scored an unbeaten 92* off 49 balls which had 6fours and 6 sixes as JSW were off to unbeatable total.

Star India in reply were bundled out for 139 runs with Vikas Kumar at the middle order fighting it out with 71 runs. Ishaque Shaikh who scored a ton also bagged 2 wkts making it an all round show as JSW won the match by 101 runs.

Ishaque Shaikh for his thumping all-round display was declared ‘man of the match’