Shubham’s 115 help D.Y Patil clinch a quarter-final win while Hemant & Punit give their best for Sind Sports Club in the Comrade Shield Tournament
It was yet another thrilling quarter-finals of the young comrade shield tournament where players from both the sides played exceedingly well & gave a tough fight to each other. D.Y Patil which is known for its strong batting line-up elected to bat first after winning the toss in order to post a big total on the board.
Batting first, D.Y Patil did their job perfectly & managed to live up to their own expectations as they managed to score 359/10 in 70 overs. It was a good display of batting which took their team total to a defendable one. Right-handed Shubham Ranjane coming at no.4 played a calm & composed knock of 115 off just 140 balls & played the anchors role to perfection. Shubham was playing with patience & smashed 11 glorious boundaries & a six in his 140 ball stay at the crease. Yogesh Takawale was the 2nd highest scorer in the side with a brisk 75 followed by Awam Khan’s 46 which eventually pushed their team total to 359. From the bowling side, left-arm spinner Hemant Buchade gave whatever he had in the do or die encounter against D.Y as he scalped 6/94 to trouble the batsman. Buchade lacked support from the other end or else D.Y Patil could have been restricted to a low total for sure. Hemant was simply outstanding with the ball & kept on taking wickets consistently.
Chasing 360 in 70 overs is going to be a daunting task anyday, Sind Sports Club fought well but they were eventually all out for just 260 runs in 57.4 overs. Had they survived till the total quota of overs, the results could have been different for sure. It wasn’t an easy win for D.Y for sure, as Puneet Tripathi fought hard & scored a wonderful century scoring 115 followed by 44 & 32 by Parthiv Mehta & Harsh Tank. Azhar Qureshi & Karsh Kothari did a good job with the ball taking 8 wkts together with bowling figures of 4/47 & 4/83 respectively.
Eventually, DY Patil won the quarter finals by 99 runs & the match witnessed some terrific individual performances from both the sides right from Hemant’s 6 wkts, centuries by Shubham & Puneet, a solid 75 by Yogesh to 8 wkts combined by Karsh & Azhar. Cricketgraph congratulates DY Patil for their quarter final win & also wishes both the teams to continue playing good cricket like this match.