Salunkhe, Patankar, Gadia, Thakur Slam Tons As Shetty Claims 6 In The KC Mahindra Shield

The U-19 KC Mahindra Shield is a selection tournament for players to make a case for their selection for Mumbai U_19 Cooch Behar Trophy.  4 Batsmen certainly stood out as they notched up centuries in the competitive trials. Vedant Gadia made sure his 107 gives the first innings lead to Vijay Merchant XI after their opponents were bowled early.  Dattu Phadkar XI batsmen enjoyed their outing against Vijay Manjrekar XI as 3 batsmen scored a hundred. Harsh Salunkhe’s prolific 112* alongside Arush Patankar’s 110 gave them a commanding position in the first innings itself. In the second innings, Roneet Thakur was one of the fortunate one’s as he contributed 104. 

Pranay Shetty was the only bowler in those 3 days to have five or more wickets to his name. Taking 6 wickets and giving away 56, Shetty performed immaculately to further his selection case. 

Brief Scores:

Vijay Merchant XI vs Khandu Rangnekar XI
Toss: Vijay Merchant XI won the toss and elected to field
Result: Vijay Merchant XI won by 8 wkts
Khandu Rangnekar XI
1st Innings- 185/10 in 55.3 overs
(Ayush Mhatre 78, Aaryaraj Nikam 38, Ashley Dsouza 3/48,
Kunal Nawarange 3/49)
2nd Innings- 248/10 in 81 overs
(Mayank Teotia 57, Ayush Mhatre 50, Aaryaraj Nikam 41,
Aditya Pawar 38, Prem Naik 35, Jay Dhatrak 4/36)
Vijay Merchant XI
1st Innings- 279/10 in 75.2 overs
(Vedanta Gadia 107, Jay Dhatrak 36, Aditya Rawat 35,
Aaryaraj Nikam 4/46)
2nd Innings- 155/2 in 19.4 overs
(Aditya Rawat 73,Hussain Shaikh 45*)

Vijay Manjrekar XI vs Dattu Phadkar XI
Toss: Dattu Phadkar XI won the toss and elected to bat
Result: Match Drawn, Dattu Phadkar XI took 1st Innings lead
Dattu Phadkar XI
1st Innings- 389/6 (decl.) in 108.2 overs (including 20 penalty runs)
(Harsh Salunkhe 112*, Arush Patankar 110, Owais Shaikh 51*,
Shaun Dcosta 3/64)
2nd Innings- 289/4 in 68 overs
(Roneet Thakur 104*, Harsh Salunkhe 93, Manan Bhatt 66)
Vijay Manjrekar XI
1st Innings- 203/10 in 60.4 overs
(Harsh Adhav 75, Parth Pathak 63, Aarya Chowkidar 31,
Pranay Shetty 6/56, Harsh Mendon 3/32)