Raju Shamla’s all round show takes Akumentis to a comfortable win against Mukund in Thane Vaibhav Tournament
What a wonderful start for Team Akumentis in Thane Vaibhav Inter Office Cricket Tournament. It was the 1st match of the tournament between Akumentis and Mukund in Central Maidan Cricket Ground, Thane. Akumentis were fielding first with an aim of restricting them under 220 in 35 overs.
They succeeded in their quest as Mukund scored 205 in 35 overs. Ashish from Mukund was the pick of the batsman scoring a good 92. The bowlers did a great job and especially Raju Shamla who took 2/30 with his brilliant bowling. Chasing a target at almost 6 runs per over is not that easy but it’s not impossible either. Team Akumentis showed what they are capable of winning the match by 9 wickets and 9.4 overs to spare. Once again it was Raju Shamla contributing with the bat too. Opener Raju and Rohit More stitched a match winning partnership of 196 runs which sealed the match for Mukund. Raju Shamla scored a devastating 82 ball 115 laced with 13 boundaries and 3 glorious sixes.
Raju Shamla was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his exceptional all round performance. Peelu sir who has been umpiring since last 50 years swears by the fact that “Thane Vaibhav’ is one of the most disciplined tournaments he has seen n his career.
The match was won by Akumentis effortlessly and special guests like Tournament editor Milind Bhallal & Nikhil Bhallal, Vikas Sonadkar, Rajendra Mayekar, Thane Bhushan’s Sadanand Bhise & Krishnakumar Koli, Pradeep paranjape, Vijay Koli and Mukund Sathdhare were there to enjoy the first match of the tournament. We are sure they must have enjoyed the game too.
Team Akumentis is certainly off to a good start in the tournament & they will be a team to watch out for in the coming matches.
