Khush Jain scores a match winning 113 in the Poisar U16 Tournament’19

In the match which took place between SVIS Borivali and Gokuldham High School, SVIS Borivali opting to bat first gave a target of 200 runs in 30 overs. From SVIS, opener Atharva Deshpade (49) and middle order batsman Angkrish Raghivanshi (65) were the highest scorers.

Chasing 200 in 30 overs, Gokuldhan School opener Khush Jain anchored the chase for his team hitting a fluent 113 off 93 balls laced with 14 boundaries and a six. Khush lacked support from the other end but he kept on playing his natural game.

Despite the lack of support from the other end, his ton was enough to save the game as Gokuldham School reached 167/7  + they got 50 penalty runs as SVIS were 3 overs late eventually surpassing the target of SVIS and reaching 220 runs on paper.

Gokuldham School won the match while it was some impressive display of batting by Atharva, Angkrish and especially Khush who single handedly pushed his team towards a win.