Karan Nandey & Farhan Kazi steer Fort Vijay Club to a Victory in the Young Comrade Shield Tournament
Knock-outs are always exciting & so was the 2nd round knock-out match between P.J Hindu Gymkhana & Fort Vijay Cricket Club at Fort Vijay Cricket Ground Azad Maidan, Mumbai. Both the teams are strong & Fort Vijay elected to bat first after winning the toss and make a big 1st innings score.
Batting first, Fort Vijay were not off to the best starts as they were struggling at one point with 102-4 on the board. However, Skipper Karan Nandey was the saving grace and played the captain’s knock to perfection. The right-handed skipper went on to score a fighting century and also stitched a good partnership with Divyansh Saxena who also scored a fantastic 71. Karan scored 102 off just 112 balls and smashed 12 fours and a big six to bring his team out of the trouble. More than that, the skipper kept the scorecard ticking & also helped his team reach a respectable total of 330/10 in 67.1 overs. Divyansh who scored a fluent 71 also got some support by Gandhar Bhatawadekar who chipped in with an important half century.
In reply, the opposition team P.J Hindu Gymkhana succumbed to some great bowling by Fort Vijay bowlers and were all out for 220 runs. Farhan Kazi was the primary destroyer with the ball as he took 4/54 with his left arm spin. Kazi gave important breakthroughs and also got able support from Kunal Gawand with bowling figures of 3/73. Nishadh Gabhawala was the leading scorer with 66 followed by 38 & 31 by Kunal Pal & Parth Shah.
It was a great Knock-out win for Fort Vijay & skipper Karan Nandey was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his brilliant performance. Farhan Kazi’s contribution was also appreciation worthy as he took 4 wkts in the match. Seems like Farhan is continuing his good form from Purshottam Shield as he had taken 15 wickets in that tournament & is doing a great job in the Comrade shield too.
Looking at the form the whole team and these 2 players are in, they will be a tough competition in the further rounds of the tournament.