Samrat Nakhwa steers Sankalpan to a win with his half century in the AT20 Tournament

It was an exciting knockout match between Sankalpan and SSA Strikers in the AT20 tournament. The wicket of vengsarkar cricket ground at mahul, was slow and Sankalpan wanted to bowl first to make the most of the slow pitch and get a low score to chase.

Luckily things went their way as SS Strikers batted first after winning the toss. Things weren’t as hunky dory for Strikers as they were all out for just 122/7 in 20 overs. The openers of SSA lost their wickets early and so did the rest of the batsman who came and scored 20’s but could not covert their starts into substantial scores. Ronith Ramesh bowled well for his 2/21(4) and so did N pophale and Antapurkar who took a wicket each. Samrat was also economical with the ball giving away just 22 runs in 4 overs.

Chasing 123, it was almost a cakewalk for Sankalpan. Openers Samrat Nakwa and J mistry gave a good start to develop the positive momentum. Though Mistry lost his wicket at 18, solid opener Samrat Nakhwa scored a brilliant 50 off just 45 balls to take his team to a comfortable victory. Samrat scored runs freely in all the parts of the ground and smashed 7 classy boundaries in his 45 ball stay in the crease.  Sankalpan finished of the chase comfortably in just 19 overs and 7 wickets to spare with Ronith finishing the remaining work for Sankalpan scoring an unbeaten 21.

Opener Samrat’s 45 ball 50 set the tone for a comfortable victory for his team and he was rightly adjudged man of the match for his great performance. We certainly wish Samrat’s good form continues in the tournament and takes Sankalpan towards lifting the trophy.