Rahul Desai of Rajawadi Cricket Club bowls out Swastik Cricket Club in Summer Vacation Cricket Shield match
Riding on Ritesh Patil’s (52) and Dipesh Hemdev’s (43) batting brilliance, Rajawadi Cricket Club posted a challenging total of 179 in 39.5 overs against Swastik Cricket Club on 27th March at D.P.Z (Matunga East), Mumbai during the Summer Vacation Cricket Shield organized by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). Dipesh who made his debut was exceptional with the bat. His innings was a perfect blend of defence and aggression. Hemdev was involved in a 70-run partnership with Patil, which was the turning point of the game. Shahbuddin Raheem was the pick of the bowlers for Swastik picking up 4-19 in his 7.5 overs.
After putting up a strong total on board, Rajawadi went out all guns blazing and bundled out Swastik for a paltry 90 in 26.2 overs, winning the match by a big margin of 89 runs. Slow left arm bowler Rahul Desai was the wrecker-in-chief as he grabbed 4-25 in his nine overs. Desai was right on the money and bowled a consistent line and length. Rahul received good support from Nitin Gamare who finished off with the figures of 3-19 in his 6.2 overs. Irfan Malik top scored with 25 runs for Swastik.
