Sind SC wins by a big margin on the back of attacking opener Akhil Rajput’s 136 & Aditya Dhumal’s 5wkt haul in the Young Comrade Shield Tournament ‘18

Played at the New Hind Sports Club, Dadkar Maidan, it was the all important match between two really promising teams namely Maskati Cricket Club and Sind Sports Club where in Sind SC who have a very solid batting line up elected to bat first after winning the toss to make a big total and put the opposition boys under pressure.

Their decision to bat first was completely spot on Sind SC notched up a mammoth total of 407/9 on the back of flying start by the openers & especially their left-handed opener Akhil Rajput who went on to score a thumping ton. Akhil got a good support from Kushal Shah(45) as both the boys stitched a 90run stand for the 1^st wicket while AKhil continued his good start and converted his fifty into an attacking 136 which came off mere 96deliveries. Playing at a strike rate of 142, Akhil smashed every bowlers in every part of the ground in his 17fours and 3sixes. Apart from them, all-rounder Aditya Dhumal(54 off 51b) and Vaibhav Singh(54 off 41b) at the middle order smashed crucial fifties which took their team total to cross the 400run mark. From the bowling side, Off-spinner Shoaib Ansari was the pick of the bowlers with 3/57 in 16.1 overs.

Defending a big total of 402, Maskati fell prey to the quality bowlers of Sind SC especially their experienced all-rounder Aditya Dhumal who once again showed his experience. Aditya came up with match winning bowling figures of 5/21 in 13overs with 6maidens which inflicted maximum damage to the Maskati batting line up. Aditya who bats equally well is a genuine all-rounder and this is not the 1^st time he has come up with amazing bowling figures. Sind SC won the match by 252runs and it was definitely Akhil with the bat and Aditya with the ball who did the job.

Also looking at Akhil’s current form where he reached his recent hundred in 77balls which is amongst  the fastest in this  year’s comrade’s, he can be a very valuable pick in the upcoming Mumbai T20 Premier League.

CRICKETGRAPH