Rupesh Kondalkar’s all round show steers Lilavati to a semi-final win in the Thane Vaibhav Tournament

It was the semi-final match at Dadoji Kondev Stadium in Thane between two strong sides namely Lilavati Hospital and Navi Mumbai Police. Lilavati hospital won the toss & elected to bat first and keep the opposition under tight pressure by making a big score.

It wasn’t the best of the starts for Team Lilavati as both their openers lost their wickets early with Dharmesh & Manohar getting out for 1 & 12 respectively. Their no.3 batsman Sudhir also did not made much of a difference to the score getting out on 14. However, it was their no.4 batsman Rupesh Kondalkar who became the saving grace and rescued his team out of trouble by scoring a solid 74 ball 66. Right-handed batsman Rupesh smashed 8 boundaries & did equally good running between the wickets to keep the scorecard ticking.  Yogesh Jambhale also chipped in with 26 & Lilavati Hospital managed to score 200/all out in 34.5 overs with Vinod Bhoir being the leading wicket taker with bowling figures of 4/39 in 7 overs.

Chasing 201, Navi Mumbai Police were all out for 123 and lost the match by 7 runs. Rupesh Kondalkar who already was the star with the bat did his job with the ball too as he took 3/12 in 4.4 overs with his left arm spin. Vishal Shinde also bowled well taking 3/28 in 6 overs.

Lilavati hospital won the semi-finals in a comfortable manner & all-rounder Rupesh Kondalkar was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his brilliant performance. Cricketgraph wishes Rupesh & the whole team all the luck for brilliant finals.