Karan Shah (65) and Parikshit Valsangkar (4 wkts) shine in New Hind SC’s Semi-Final win in the Purshottam Shield ‘18

New Hind SC after electing to bat first at Dadkar Maidan were not able to post a threatening total. They were all out for 234 runs with attacking opener Karan Shah scoring a 63 ball 65 at the top of the order. The hard-hitting Karan smashed 10 fours and a six while Avdhoot and Akshay chipped in with 40’s.

Parkophene Cricketers in reply received a tought fight with the ball as New Hind bowlers did not allow them to win by bowling tightly. Parkophene fell short of just 3 runs in a thriller of a match where in all-rounder Sagar Mishra scored a valiant 54 at the middle order. Parikshit Valsangkar was the pick of the bowlers taking 4/77 with his leg breaks while the rest of the bowlers also did a good job.

New Hind SC qualify for the finals and now they have a big task in hand to face the powerful DY Patil team in the all important clash next weekend.