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Prateet Gotsurve steers Merck to the Semi-Finals of Times Shield ‘C’ Division

By Juili Ballal

In a lopsided affair, Merck beat Navi Mumbai Police by 71 runs during the Times Shield ‘C’ Division match. Merck batted first in the quart-final game at Khar Gymkhana, Mumbai.

Riding on Prateet Gotsurve’s power-packed 85 off 78, Merck posted a respectable score of 232/8 in 40 overs. The wicket-keeper-batter muscled 10 boundaries and a six during his entertaining innings. Gotsurve has been a prolific batter in the middle order and has played many match-winning knocks for his team.

In reply, Navi Mumbai Police were skittled for 161 and lost the match by 71 runs. Merck’s Shreyas Keskar and Aniket Khadpe rattled the opposition with their disciplined bowling effort. While Keskar claimed 31/5, Khadpe accounted for 29/3.

Juili Ballal

Cricket is a sport that Juili picked up right from her childhood days. Her journey from playing with the boys in the compound walls to practising under the able aegis of Jonty Rhodes has been a spectacular one.
She was a part of Mumbai Women’s U-19 and U-23 probables during her four-year stint at the MCA. As a middle order bat and a part time medium pace bowler, she also represented Mumbai University at All-India University Women’s Cricket for two years.

In the quest of further education, she discontinued with the sport. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D in Finance from IIT Bombay’s School of Management.

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