Shahen Mistry seals the game in style with a 57 ball 104 in the AT20 Championship against Sankalpan
Dynamites and Sankalpan fought neck to neck in the super 8 round of the AT20 championship. Fresh from a close defeat by just one wicket in their previous match, Dynamites came in with a lot of conviction to give their best against Sankalpan. After winning the toss Dynamites decided to field first as chasing a score under 14 overs would give them a bonus point.
Sankalpan were off to a shaky start after both the openers (Sumit & J Mistry) lost their wickets quickly. It was their frontline batsman Ronith Ramesh who played a crucial knock of 88. Mehul who dropped his catch at 40 went on to score 88. Ronith was the sole warrior for Sankalpan as his knock helped them reach a defendable total of 149. A Latkar took two wickets while Shahen Mistry took one wicket (1/29) & also contained the batsman to some extent.
Though Dynamites had a good batting line up, things did not go the way they wanted as they were struggling at 39/5 at one point. In fact they had scored only 50 runs in the first 10 overs until Shahen Mistry(opener) the danger man did not lose his wicket. Shahen who had opened the innings remained unbeaten till the end to help his side win the match in just 17.3 overs. Such was the onslaught of Shahen that he scored his last 50 in just 15-20 balls. Mistry’s knock included 14 fours and 3 sixes & he was outright entertaining throughout his stay at the crease.
Yes this is the same Shahen Mistry who scored an electrifying 69 ball 165 in the first match of the same tournament. His 2nd brutal century in the tournament helped his side to win again & he was adjudged man of the match for his uber glamorous display of batting. Shahen who is at no.2 in the highest run getters list with 366 runs in the tournament is not too far to top the run charts & topple the in-form Sumit Nigade who is at no. 1 with 381 runs.
Considering that Shahen is again back to what he does best, Sankalpan must be planning strategies to face him correctly in their next encounter.
