Opener Pushkar Sharma looks promising with 3back to back fifties in the ongoing MCA Tournaments‘18

A solid left hander opening the innings, Pushkar has been a consistent batsman and a positive to come out from the Naren Tamhane and Manohar Sawant Tournaments. While many batsmen have come to the notice with their tons, Pushkar on the other hand has been silently giving good starts and scoring solid half centuries at the top of the order.

He came into notice from the Naren Tamhane Tournament where he scored a blazing 36ball 67 laced with 8fours and 4sixes. In that match he showed that he can give explosive starts. While the team total was 182/8 in 31.1overs, Pushkar scored more than 30% of the runs in that innings for the U19 Dilip Vengsarkar Mahul team. Then started the Manohar Sawant Tournament where Pushkar fresh from a fifty in Naren Tamhane tournament continued his good form scoring 69 off 89balls (7fours). It was on the back of his fifty, his team U19 Vengarkar Mahul reached 192/10 which they successfully defended against U19 Ordinance factory Ambernath by 25runs.

After that followed his 3^rd back to back fifty and this time it was in the semi finals of the Manohar Sawant Tournament where Mahul electing to bat first declared at 252/2 with Pushkar Sharma scoring a sublime 61 off 70balls while also stitching a 110run stand with Akshat Jain. On the back of good batting by the Mahul boys, his team won the semis against Matunga Gymkhana by 37runs.

Even in the recent match on 29t May vs MIG when his whole team collapsed for 135runs, Opener Pushkar looked solid for his 34 top scoring the innings. All in all, looking at his recent perfomances, this player looks really promising and lends stability at the top order making him a player to lookout for in the coming season in future.

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