Kanga News: Dharmesh Patel & Bharat Major scalp 5wkt hauls to steer their respective teams to a win!
The bowlers have dominated the entire season of this year’s Kanga and many impressive talents have come out from the tournament. Dharmesh and Bharat were amongst those two impressive bowlers who took 5wkt hauls in the Kanga for their respective teams which helped their team win the match.
In the match where Bharat played, it was played at Oval Maidan between Rizvi Sc and Young Stars Marine Drive where in Rizvi won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first, their decision to bat first wasn’t spot on. None of the batsman managed to make much of an impact as all of them got out in their 10’s and 20’s. Off-spinner Bharat Major who has been consistently bowling well in the Kanga was finally reaped with rewards as he took an impressive 5wkt haul taking 5/42 in 12 overs. With this Bharat took his tally of wickets to 12 in 5 kanga matches. Young Stars Marine Drive batted really as they scored 134/4 where in opener Nishant Kamble top scored with an aggressive 70. Young Stars won the match on 1st innings and it was certainy Bharat and Nishant who were the most impressive of the lot.
In the match where Dharmesh played, it was held on DOI, Oval maidan between New Amrit CC and Marwari CC where in Amrit CC won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first, Amrit CC declared their innings on 175/9 where in Akshay Biyani and Rahul Sagar top scored with 49 & 33 at no.3 and 4.The bowlers did a good job with almost everyone picking up a wicket or two. Marwari CC in reply were bundled out for just 80rus in 29overs and all credit must go to their medium pacer Dharmesh Patel as he scalped match winning bowling figures of 5/17 in 9overs(5maidens). Dharmesh bowled in the right areas with good line and length which troubled the batsman. Spinner Arun Shetty was equally impressive with his 4/19 and supported Dharmesh well. Marwari CC batted for 7 overs in the 2nd innings with the loss of a wicket until the end of the game’s play where they won the match on 1st innings.
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