Sachin Gill, Saieed Shaikh & Prathamesh Pawar steer National CC to a win in the Police Shield’19

By CG Reporter Last updated Dec 7, 2019

National CC opting to bat first at Cross Maidan registered a healthy total of 328/9 in 70 overs. Opening the innings, Prathamesh Pawar scored a classy 78 off 114 balls while Sachin Gill coming at no.5 top scored for National CC scoring a strokeful 86 off 112 balls laced with 7 boundaries and 3 sixes. Sachin also received excellent support from Saieed Shaikh who scored 79 off 92 balls at no.6 while also stitched a 152 run stand for the 5^th wicket which put National CC in the commanding position. Medium pacer Yogesh Patil was impressive with the ball coming up with good bowling figures of 5/83 in 15 overs.

Mumbai Police Gymkhana in reply witnessed two half centuries from Humayun Hirapure (61) & Yogesh Sawant (61) but apart from them, most of the batsman gave away their wickets after giving starts of 20’s and 30’s which resulted in them falling short of the target by 13 runs. Left arm spinner Shashikant Kadam with 4/139 in 27 overs was the pick of the bowlers for National CC who won the match by 13 runs.