Left-arm spinner Omkar Karandikar bags a 6wkt haul vs Apollo CC in the CPCC Tournament ‘17
Played at the Venus, Malad, it was a match between two young and promising teams namely Kurla SC and Apollo CC where in Apollo CC won the toss and elected to bowl first in order to restrict the opposition to a low total.
Made to bat first, Kurla SC scored a healthy total of 248/all out in 83.2 overs where in the top order failed to contribute but the lower middle order did the job. Rohil Jadhav scored a 33 at no.7 but it was Viraj Kavle at no.8 who resurrected the innings back with a valiant 84 off 141balls. It was his useful contribution down the order which helped them cross the 200run mark. Off spinner Siddhant Valankar was the pick of the bowlers taking 4/31 while Nestor Naronha chipped in with 3wkts.
In reply, Apollo CC failed to make a big score as they were all out for just 122runs in 57.2 overs. The primary destroyer in chief was their left arm spinner Omkar Karandikar who bowled an excellent spell of 6/41 in 19.2 overs which completely changed the game in their favor. Omkar has been in a excellent form with the ball and certainly looks promising for the bigger things. Kurla SC won the match on 1st innings and it was certainly omkar’s bowling which remained the highlight perfomance of the match. Cricketgraph congratulates young omkar while wishes luck to all the players for their upcoming matches.
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