Rudra, Nitesh, Yashasvi and Omkar shine : Vijay Merchant XI clinches first victory of KC Mahindra shield(u-19) | Mumbai
Match played between Vijay Manjrekar XI vs Vijay Merchant XI where Vijay Manjrekar XI won the toss and elected to bat first.
Vijay Manjrekar XI got bowled out early, only scoring 156 runs in 37.4 overs in their 1st innings. Only noticeable performance from bating side was was Vipul Rathod scoring 47 getting little bit support from skipper Khizar Dafedar(32). Pace bowlers Nitesh kothawale got 5 wickets for 37 runs and Minad Manjrekar got his 3 for 41 runs for Vijay Merchant XI bowling side.
In response Vijay Merchant XI scored 199 in 53 overs. Top run getters for Vijay Merchant XI were Rudra Dhandey(41), Yashasvi Jaiswal(35), Omkar Jadhav(32) and Ashwin Shelke (31). Left arm seamer Danish Raini got his 4 for 55 runs for Vijay Manjrekar bowling attack.
In the second Innings of the match Vijay Merchant XI again got Bowled out for 190 in 49 overs. Skipper Khizar Dafedar scoring 76 followed by Wicket keeper Mehboob Shaikh‘s 38. Yashaswi Jaiswal got 3 wickets for just 4 runs and Skipper Omkar Jadhav got 4 for 40 for Vijay Merchant XI bowling attack in 2nd innings.
In response Viajy Merchant XI scored 148 for loss of 3 wickets in 34 overs. It was again Rudra Dhandey on the score sheet scoring 80* getting good support from skipper Omkar Jadhav(37). In the end Vijay Merchant XI won the match on 1st Innings basis.