LIC Opener Sandeep Desai scores a match winning ton against BLOOMBERG QUINT in MILAN CORPORATE LEAGUE 2019
MILAN CORPORATE LEAGUE T20/20 : LIC vs BLOOMBERG QUINT, LIC won the toss and elected to bat first. The match was played at Cross maidan on 14th December. Milan cricket club were the organisers of the match. The Pitch exhibited dampness as usual in the first hour or so, therefore batting first took some toll but later the conditions improved along with time.
Opening for LIC, Sandeep Desai played stupendously scoring a well deserved century off 79 balls. He steered the innings in the initial period very cautiously but maintained the flow of boundaries.Throughout the whole inning he took most of the strike and dealt only with fours, singles and doubles. His innings comprised of 15 classy fours and no frivolous shots. Sandeep carried his bat through the innings and took the team to a fighting score of 159 runs in 20 overs. For Bloomberg quint, Darshan Nakhwa and Ritesh Pillai were the only bowlers who picked up a wicket each.
Chasing a decent target, the Bloomberg quint had a disappointing start and at one stage they were 2-6, Vishal Agarwal and kundan Bhat tried to build the path but despite their efforts the whole team crumbled at a score of 116 runs. They lacked consistent or big partnerships in the middle which let them down. LIC experimented with 9 different bowlers because of the abundance of all round players as well as the cushion of runs and in the process also conceded 29 extras. Sachit Bhosle, the part timer took a hattrick straigh out of the blue and fathomed a shining figure of 3 for 7. Despite all the variations in the bowling department, they still produced a good show with the ball.
RESULT – LIC won the match by 43 runs.
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