Massive comeback by New Hind in 2nd innings as they clinch the prestigious Purshottam Shield Title
New Hind SC who were 99/5 at one stage in the 1s t innings came back into the match thanks to Parikshit’s and Nehal’s crucial half centuries down the order. Parikshit whose performances often gets dwarfed with the other players hitting centuries has been consistently scoring those crucial 40’s and 50’s this season without getting too much noticed. He has batted well across all the tournaments while young all-rounder Nehal with 51 runs at no.9 and Ravindra Jadhav with 48* changed the script.
DY Patil dominated with the bat in 1st innings with hard hitter Aman scoring 80 runs while the experienced Subramaniam smashing 111 at no.6. Parikshit owned the match with the ball too taking 5/94 in 22.3 overs being the pick of the bowlers while Nehal taking 3 wkts.
New Hind were not in the mood to give up easily as openers Karan and Bhavin gave a flying start of 134 runs. Karan Shah stayed true to his reputation of being a destructive opener batting without taking any pressure hammering the bowlers with a 43 ball 85 which had 5 fours and 7 sixes. Bhavin on the other hand smashed a regal 136* (107 balls, 15 fours 1 six) making it back to back hundreds in two matches and that too in two crucial matches. Bhavin did a lot of hard work running between the wickets and stayed unbeaten till the end while Siddhant smashing a 39 ball 59 at no.5 as New Hind reached a commanding total of 378/6d in 40 overs.
The famed batting line up of DY Patil collapsed like a pack of cards as Parikshit took yet another 6 wkt with his leg breakers. Parikshit simply dazzled in the match coming up with 6/69 in the 2nd innings while Nehal taking 4/69 taking his tally of wickets to 7 in the finals. DY Patil were all out for 149 runs as New Hind became the winners of the Purshottam Shield Tournament’18
Highest Run Getter in the Tournament-
Bhavin Thakkar(New Hind SC)-297 runs in 4 innings at an average of 99.00 and SR of 94.29
Top Wicket Taker in the Tournament
Parikshit Valsangkar(New Hind SC)-18 wkts in 5 innings at an average of 21.00 and econ of 4.80
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Crucial Contributions from New Hind SC-
Siddhant Adhatrao– 276 runs in 5 innings at an average of 55.20 and SR of 82.88
Karan Shah (LHB)– 193 runs in 5 innings at an average of 38.60 and strike rate of 121.38
Nehal Katakdhond-13 wkts in 5 innings with a half century in finals
Akshay Jambhekar-11 wkts in 4 innings
Bhavin Thakkar(New Hind SC)-297 runs in 4 innings at an average of 99.00 and SR of 94.29
Parikshit Valsangkar(New Hind SC Captain)-18 wkts in 5 innings at an average of 21.00 and econ of 4.80
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