Smollan’s Sujay Lotankar scores a match winning 57* against K Raheja in plate division Pre quarter of the Dreamz Trophy T20 – 2019-20

THE DREAMZ TROPHY T20 – 2019-20, 18 January 2020 in Mumbai : K Raheja VS Smollan, Played at MB Union on 18th January 2020, Toss won by Raheja and they elected to bat first.

After a decent start by the openers, K raheja were 30-1 at one stage but followed that were series of quick wickets. The middle orders collapsed, except Uttal Lohar who scored a vital 39 off 30 balls, no other batsman scored anything substantial. Eventually they ended up piling up a target of 124 runs losing 8 wickets in their 20 overs. The pick of the bowlers for Smollan was medium pacer Srikkant Pisharody who delivered a stellar performance with the ball picking up a figure of 3 for 19 in 4 overs and Vidyadhar Bagul who scalped 2 for 18 in his 4 overs bowling 1 maiden over.

K Raheja team’s spirit might have lit up for a jiffy when they got their first wicket at the score of 1 but things further didn’t sway their way courtesy a swashbuckling innings of Sujay Lotankar and Salim Shaikh. Sujay came at no.3 and batted with opener Swapnil More who planned to give Sujay maximum strike owing to his previous notable performances with both bat and ball on the MB Union wicket and the fact that the ground aesthetics suited the southpaw best. Sujay scored a brilliant 57 runs off just 39 balls and stitched potent partnerships with Swapnil More and Salim Shaikh. No.4 Salim came to the wicket after Swapnil got out for 11 runs, and intended to stick to one end but at the same time was dexterous enough to hit a knock of 42 runs off 30 balls. Overall it was a wonderful outing for team Smollan.

Result – Smollan won by 8 wickets.

MAN OF THE MATCH- Sujay Lotankar