Opener Omkar Patankar’s unbeaten 82* steers Titans Cricket Academy to a quarters win in the U/12 Later Shailendra Trophy ‘18
Played at the Santosh Sports Academy Ground in Kalyan, it was the all important quarter-finals between Mulund Gymkhana and Titans Cricket Academy where in Mulund Gymkhana won the toss and elected to field first.
Made to bat first, Titans C.A were off to a flying start once again on the back of their successful pair of Arjun Bagaitkar and Omkar Patankar where in Arjun fell for 31 while Omkar anchored the innings till the very end facing from 1st to the last ball. Omkar scored 82* off 67deliveries which included 13fours at a healthy strike rate of 122.40 which propelled his team’s total to a respectable 154/1 in 20overs which is surely defendable. From the bowling side, only Chirag Modak was the one who took a wicket.
Defending a total of 155, Titans C.A successfully restricted Mulund Gymkhana to just 97/8 in 20 overs where in Varun Doshi at the middle order top scored with 30* off 31balls. Pranav Prabhu with 2/16 in 3overs and Arjun Bagaitkar with 2/4 in 2 overs were the pick of the bowlers helping their team win the quarter finals by 57runs. It was a match dominated by Titans C.A right from the start where in Omkar Patankar was declared ‘man of the match’ while Arjun’s all-round contribution was equally commendable.
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