Saksham Rawat’s 4 wickets helps SVIS win against Parle Tilak School in Giles Shield Tournament

SVIS & Parle Tilak had an exciting encounter as both the teams fought in a tough competition. Winning the toss, SVIS elected to bat first as they had a strong batting line up. Their aim was to capitalize the last 10 overs and post a big target.

SVIS were off to a decent start after Aaditya and Rajsingh gave a solid start. Rajsingh deshmukh was particularly impressive as he scored a fantastic 62 (110 balls). Rajsingh was very patient & hardly indulged in any risky shots. His risk free 62 included 5 boundaries & also did a good amount of running between the crease. SVIS managed to score 183/7 in 45 overs giving a defendable target for Parle tilak to chase. 184 in 45 overs is not the toughest but right arm medium pacer Saksham rawat completely troubled the batsman with his reverse swing.

At one point parle tilak were looking good for a comfortable victory. In fact they were 65-70 for no loss and just 3 down for 115. They were cruising towards a comfortable victory before Saksham came in and bowled a match winning spell for SVIS. Saksham took 4/14 in 7 overs at a time when taking wickets was extremely important for SVIS. Rawat did not only contained the batsman but also kept on taking wickets which led to the collapse of Parle tilak who were all out for 151 in 44.4 overs.

All the four victims of Saksham were clean bowled by his accurate line and length & that was actually the highlight of his wonderful bowling spell. Saksham was adjudged “man of the match” as SVIS had won the match by 32 runs. Saksham’s coach Iqbal Thakur who is a veteran in cricket & has also coached the likes of Rohit Sharma in his early days must be proud of his boy’s performance.