Kaustub Pawar (72*) and Siddarth Chitnis (54) ensure finals berth for DY Patil in the Purshottam Shield ‘18

Two big teams clashing for the finals place in the Purshottam Shield, yes it was Cricket Club of India and DY Patil team taking on each other on DY’s homeground at Nerul.

After being rightly made to bat first, CCI suffered a top order collapse as they were eventually all out for 180 runs in 51.1 overs. DY Patil bowlers did an amazing job with their 5 bowlers chipping in with 2 wkts each.

Chasing a total of 184 was a mere formality for the DY Patil batsman as Kaustub Pawar who ahd recently scored a hundred in Times Shield continued his sparkling touch scoring a sublime 72*opening the innings off 78 balls (10 fours). Siddarth Chitnis who came at no.4 finished off the things smashing a quick 54 along with a 96 run stand with KP as DY Patil won the semi-finals in style by 7 wkts chasing the total in mere 28 overs.