Openers Shrideep Mangela & Jiniv Joshi seal the chase for National CC in the Purshottam Shield ‘18

Palghar Dahanu TSA after being made to bat first at National CC, Cross Maidan were all out for a total of 259/10 with their middle order batsman Harshit Janwadkar scoring a very important 95 to push his team towards a respectable total. From the bowlers, medium pacer Chinmay Patil bowled well taking 4/40 being the pick of the bowlers.

Chasing 260, National CC openers Shrideep and Jiniv gave a flying start with Shrideep playing the anchors role scoring 94 off 98 balls (10 fours, 3sixes) falling just 6 short of a deserving ton while Jiniv on the other hand was in the mood to finish of things quickly as he scored a quick 38 ball 71 (9 fours, 3 sixes). The start given by the openers was enough to win the match with ease as National CC chased down the score in 38.4 overs winning the match on 1^st innings lead by 6 wkts.