Mohit Tanwar(142) & Raj Desmukh (50) star in the finals as U14 SRT Kandivali win the U14 Summer Vacation Tournament’18

It was the all important finals at the united cricketers, Cross Maidan where in two really strong teams full of talented youngsters took on each other namely U14 SRT and U14 Kalyan+Bhiwandi where in both the teams have consistently played well throughout the season.

SRT team winning the toss batted first notching up 233/10 in 72.1overs. Skipper Raj desmukh opening the innings once again scored a classy 50 off mere 44balls giving a positive start to the team while also engaged in a good stand with Mohit Tanwar who came at no.3. It was basically a batting collapse as apart from Raj and Mohit, only 41runs were accounted between 9players. Mohit who came at no.3 once again played a dazzling innings smashing a superlative 142 off 151balls laced with 14fours and 2sixes. Mohit as usual kept on playing his natural game and kept the scoreboard ticking despite wickets being lost from the other end. Left-arm spinner Anurag Singh who has been excellent this season and has been amongst the genuine wicket takers was the pick of the bowlers taking 4/55 while Parth Darange taking 3wkts.

Defending a moderate total of 234, SRT boys did a fantastic job of restricting Kalyan+Bhiwandi team to just 169runs all out with their opener Manav being their only top scorer with 46runs. Zenith Sachdev-a bowler who has been a great asset for SRT team this season continued to impress taking 3/38 while Mohit Tanwar also bagging 2wkts with his off-spin making it an all-round show.

U14 SRT team win the finals and win the MCA U14 Summer Vacation Tournament and it was definitely because of great co-ordination amongst the boys with consistent good cricket being played. Mohit Tanwar stole the show in the finals while has a great run scorer in whichever tournaments he has played so far.

Also credit must be given to the coach Sumeet Khanna too who works hard behind the scenes to extract the best out of the boys while they are competing.

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