Parth smashes a crucial 78 while consistent Aryan Dalal scalps another 5wkt haul troubling Hiranandani School in the U/16 Bhandari Trophy ‘18

Played at the Raymond Cricket Ground, it was the all important quarter finals match between Hiranandani and Singhania School where in Singhania boys won the toss and elected to bat first on the back of their strong batting line up.

Singhania School did a fairly good job with the bat as they notched up a very healthy total of 281/9 in 44 overs. Even though the openers failed to provide a flying start, Tejas Chavan(42) who came at no.3, Om Keshkamat at no.5(41) and Parth ingale(78) at no.5 ressurected the Singhania innings. Parth remained the highest scorer smashing an impressive 78 off mere 49balls laced with 6fours and 4sixes. Parth looked really confident and aggressive while Rohit Tambe at no.7 also gave a handy contribution with 36runs. From the bowlers, Siddarth Kalde was the pick of the bowlers with 3/83.

Singhania school has won most of the matches successfully while defending and the major reason for that has been Singhania’s wild card Aryan Dalal. Aryan who has been piling wickets in large numbers this season and has taken 5wkt hauls in almost every 3^rd match he plays. As usual, Aryan again came to the rescue coming up with match winning bowling figures of 5/32 in 9overs grinding hard for almost 9hrs on the field. Aryan gave crucial breakthroughs and did not allow the opposition to settle as Hiranandani School was all out for 119runs in 30.2 overs.

It was a yet another commendable win for Singhania School where in Parth impressed one and all with the bat while all-rounder Aryan continues to generate consistency with the ball.

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