Prashant Suryavanshi’s blazing all round heroics takes Thane Police to a knockout win in the Thane Vaibhav Tournament

It was the nerve wracking knockout match between Thane Police and Hafele India at Central Maidan in Thane. It was a good batting pitch and Thane Police elected to bat first after winning the toss.

It was a confusing start for Thane as one of their openers followed by the next  five batsman did not even cross 20’s but another opener Saidesh Bhagat scored a gutsy 72 off just 67 balls. It was some down the order slogging and match saving knocks by Abhijit More (61) and Prashant Suryavanshi (60) which changed the match big time. Left-handed Prashant smashed his 60 off just 40 balls and smashed 4 big sixes in it too. Prashant was outright aggressive and played with confidence. His partnership with Abhijit who played equally well took their team total to 292/7 in 35 overs.

Chasing 293 at 8.35 runs per over is always a tough chase & Hafele were all out for a paltry 109 in 18.3 overs. Prashant Suryavanshi was the pick of the bowlers taking 5/33 in his 6.3 overs. Namdev Shinde also bowled well for his 3/32 in 5 overs.

Thane Poilce won the match by a huge margin of 183 runs and all-rounder Prashant Suryavanshi was adjudged man of the match for his heroics, Looking at the form he is in, Prashant will surely be a player which future opponents needs to be afraid of.