MIG CC continues winning spree: Salvi continues belligerent batting with 20 ball 71* in the finals of Prabodhan T20 Tournament19

Shivaji Park Gymkhana after being put to bat first at Prabodhan Kridangan (Goregaon) took on the bowlers with great dominance posting a total of 234/7 in 20 overs.

Ninad Kadam who is known to be a clean hitter of the ball played an entertaining knock of 84* coming in just 32 balls. A knock which consisted 4 fours and 7 biggies which pushed SPG to a more than healthy total. The MIG bowlers were on the expensive side with Atish Gawand (2/43) and Nikhil Date (2/48) being the pick of the bowlers.

Chasing 235 runs that too in the finals of any T20 Tournament is very difficult but when you talk about MIG-a team which has won many titles this season ensured that they did not got deterred with such a massive total. After Swapnil Pradhan (37) and Arjun Tendulkar (28) providing a quick start, MIG did lost a few wickets in between.

However, Swapnil Salvi who has been dangerous with the bat in this tournament continued to impress one and all changing the course of the game with a pollard-esque knock of 71* in mere 20 balls. MIG who were needing an almost 100 runs in their last 7-8 overs thrashed the bowlers to every corner of the ground where in Swapnil smashed as many as 8 sixes and 4 boundaries while he also got support from skipper Kevin (30) and Gaurav Jathar who remained unbeaten on 28*off 18 balls.

MIG CC won the finals by 2 wkts and 10 balls to spare winning the T20 tournament in grand fashion. Swapnil was declared “man of the match” for his match winning 71*.

Salvi overall notched up 2 half centuries and 151 runs in the tournament while Shams Mulani from Shivaji Park Gymkhana was declared ‘man of the series” for his all-round performance scoring 108 runs and taking 4 wkts in 3 matches.

Brief Scores:

Shivaji Park Gymkhana 234/7 in 20 overs, Ninad Kadam 84* off 32 balls, Atish Gawand (2/43) and Nikhil Date (2/48)

MIG CC– 235/8 in 18.2 overs, Swapnil Salvi 71* off 20 balls, Siddarth Kotak-2/26 in 3 overs

Result– MIG CC won the match by 2 wkts

Snaps-from MIG Team after winning