Middle order bat Lokesh Patney smashes a brutal 100* while Mihir takes a fifer in the ongoing Kanga League ‘17
Played between SKP Atheletics and Canara Vijay at Goregaon Sports Club, Canara Vijay won the toss and elected to bat first expecting the pitch to have some support for the batsman since the rains are over.
Canara’s decision to bowl first was definitely spot on at one point of time as they restricted SKP boys to just 78/5 at one stage. But soon things changed as the aggressive Lokesh Patney at no.6 turned the script of the game to his team’s favor again. Left-handed Lokesh went on to score an unbeaten 100* off mere 74balls making it the 2nd fastest ton of Kanga this season. Lokesh literally counter attacked the bowlers as he smashed 8fours and 5sixes at a strike rate of 135+. Kunal also gave a handy contribution along with Lokesh as he scored 39 at no.7 taking their team total to 240/8 declare. Left arm spinner Ajay Mishra was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/86 while Sarvesh and Virag took 2wkts each.
Canara Vijay in reply were all out for just 146runs despite a good start from the top 3 batsman. Opener Vishal Jain top scored with a 50 while the rest of the batsman failed to make much of an impact. Left-arm spinner Mihirkumar Shah was terrific with the ball as he came up with impressive bowling figures of 5/32. Mihir bowled really tight in the right areas which reaped dividends for him as well as for his team. SKP batted for just 3overs in their 2nd innings before the end of the game’s play where the match was declared drawn. SKP athletics won the match on 1st innings but it was definitely these two players who played a big role in it. Cricketgraph congratulates the winning team while wishes luck to all the players for a great season ahead.
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