Prolific Divyansh Saxena smashes a brutal 77 to steer Dadar Union to a title win in the Prabodhan T20 Tournament ‘18

It was the all important finals of the 11^th edition of the Prabodhan MumbaI T20 tournament finals between Dadar Union and Payyade Sports Club where in Dadar Union won the toss and elected to bat first on the back of their strong batting line up to make a big total.

Their decision to bat first was spot on as Dadar Union made a handsome total of 217/7 in 20 overs on the back of Divyansh Saxena’s blistering knock. Divyansh smashed 77 off mere 39deliveries hitting 9 massive sixes at a strikerate of almost 200 to change the script of the game as well as momentum in his team’s favor. What’s more Divyansh also stitched a crucial 95run stand with veteran cricketer Dinesh Salunkhe which further boosted their team total. It was an enterprising knock where Divyansh displayed what he is capable of in every format of the game-be it T20, One Dayers or Tests. Sairaj Patil also played a crucial hand smashing a handy 36.

Defending a total of 218, Payyade SC gave a supreme tough fight as they attacked and gave their best till the very end. Gaurav Jathar(42) and Harsh Tank(39) looked threatening at one point but eventually the bowlers covered it up with their tight bowling restricting Payyade SC to 202/9 in 20 overs where in Khizer Dafedar was impressive with the ball this time taking 3wkts.

Dadar Union won the finals of the tournament and lift the prestigious Prabodhan title trophy while Divyansh Saxena was declared ‘man of the match’ for his blazing innings of 77.

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