Naushad Shaikh smashes the fastest Times double ton while Ruturaj impresses with a 150 steering DY Patil to a semis win in Times Shield ‘18
You got to be a special talent if you can deliver in any sport under crunch and pressure situations. Today these two names just showed how special they are single handedly clinching the game away in the all important semi finals between DY Patil A and Bharat Petroleum Sports Association.
Played at the DY Patil Ground at Nerul, the strong DY Patil team who are known to have the best of the batting line ups rightly elected to bat first. Their decision to bat first was spot on as they amassed a gigantic total of 666/10 in 79.4 overs. Opening the innings Ruturaj Gaikwad simply counter attacked the bowlers smashing an entertaining 150 off mere 102balls which had 15fours and as many as 8sixes. Ruturaj also got able support from the experienced Shoaib Shaikh who scored a solid 73 while also stitching a 128run stand. Shubham also looked really good as always chipping in with 51(30b) but that was just the beginning of storm which was about to hit the BPSA team as the talented Naushad Shaikh who came at no.5 just did the unthinkable. Coming in at no.5, Naushad pounced on the positive momentum left behind by the top 4 as he went on to score a blistering double hundred. Naushad went on to score a ravishing 201 off just 129deliveries which had as many as 35fours and 2sixes in his marathon knock. It was on the back of Naushad’s scintillating 201, DY Patil reached such a big total. It is also the fastest double hundred in the Times Shield Tournament as he inks his name into the record list in style. Iqbal Abdullah as always proved handy with the bat scoring a quick 55* off 39balls.
Bharat Petroleum Sports Association in reply were 135/7 in 41.3 overs with their experienced veteran Vinit Indulkar fighting like a lone warrior scoring 83* off 111balls before DY Patil A won the match on 1st innings. Prashant Bhoir and Swapnil Singh were the pick of the bowlers taking 3 & 2wkts each.
BPSA also played with commendable spirit as they played the entire match with just 8players on the field as many of their players are in IPL and in Junior India camps.
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