Omtex Cup : Vardaan Warriors lose to Lohana holidays in a low scoring … Topsy turvey …Nail biter Finish.

Lohana holidays beats Vardaan Warriors by 2   wickets  in a Low Scoring ..Nail biter at N L COMPLEX ground Dahisar. Winning the toss and bowling first proved to be a master  stroke as none of the players of Vardaan Warriors could get going inspite of playing 38.3 overs and were bowled out for a score of  154 runs . Ravi Gwalani was the top scorer for Vardaan Warriors with a patient 48 runs of 85 balls along with  ’43 EXTRAS’ being the second highest score . Ravi played the perfect innings required on this type of wicket , against some accurate bowling of Mitul sheth and  Nikhil Dodhi who took 4 and 3 wickets respectively.

Chasing 157 runs to win Lohana holidays where 57 for 6 in 17.3 overs due to some good spin bowling by Atul Joshi who took 3 wkts for 15 runs  and were  staring at a defeat , but a crucial brisk partnership between Man of the match ,Deep Thakkar and Sachin parekh of 56 runs in 38 balls took the score to 113 runs in 23.5 overs & took the momentum away from Vardaan warriors. Few hiccups towards the end of the innings as Lohana Holidays lost 4  wickets  within a span of 40 runs .However the tail managed to wag and sealed victory by 2 wickets and reached the target of 157 runs in 32.4 overs …to register the first win in their opening match.