Quick fire 144 runs off 88 balls by Mahesh Hirpara ensures a smooth victory for Gay Cavelliers in Kanga League

Tournament :- Kanga League Knock Outs | Venue :- Azad Maidan | Date :- 15 March

Union CC won the toss and let Gay Cavelliers club to bat first. It seemed like any other match of Kanga League. Union CC didn’t know what had struck them and the entire team stood as mere spectators in awe of massive stroke play by fearless Mahesh Hirpara who

scored 144 runs off just 88 balls. He hit 21 rocket fours and one massive six. He was brilliantly supported at the other end by Tushar Koli.  Tushar k scored 88* runs off 112 balls with help of 7 fours.  Mahesh innings overshadowed the unbeaten knock of Tushar. However Tushar seemed pleased with his performance and unselfishly enjoyed Mahesh’s glory. In the end,

Gay Cavelliers club scored an imposing total of 315 in 45 overs.

All the bowlers of Union CC appeared mediocre and all of them

were hit for runs by Gay Cavelliers club.

Union CC batters succumbed at regular intervals. They could only manage 139 runs in 29 overs. Yash Jadhav 31r(42b)and Makrand Pandhe48r(44b) looked strong with a good partnership of 78 however the run out of Mankrand turned the game around.

Machindra Arote the quicky from Gay Cavelliers club bowled his heart out bowling 9 overs 24 runs and scalped 4 wickets.

However the day belonged to Mahesh H who lived up to his reputation of hard hitter. In the end Gay Cavelliers won by 176 runs.