Sumeet Singh’s 66 ball 76 helps Payyade Win against Navroz CC in the Bhaskar Memorial Tournament
Payyade and Navroz CC faced each other for the group B league match at Aquaria Ground in Borivali. Both the teams are considered to be equally strong and a competitive encounter was the call of the day. Payyade elected to bat first after winning the toss as the conditions looked favorable for batting and they have a good bowling line up too.
Payyade were off to a jerky start as they lost their 1st wicket before posting any runs on the board. It was however their no.3 batsman, right handed Sumeet Singh who scored a fantastic 76 off just 66 balls. Singh’s knock included 8 glorious boundaries and 2 perfect sixes which set the tone for Payyade Innings. It was also some excellent late onslaught by Meet Mayekar(23* off 17) and Varad Vaze(21* off 10) who upped the run rate together for Payyade(Payyade reached 202/6 in 25 overs). Sanskar panaskar was the pick of the bowlers for Navroz scalping 3/26 in his 5overs.
Chasing 203, Navroz CC felt the pressure of batting second as they managed only 109/9 in 25 overs. Advait Lotlikar was the pick of the bowlers and bowled exceeding well taking important breakthroughs with his 3/17 in 5 overs. Meet Mayekar who scored a brisk 23* also took 3 catches and made one run out with his amazing fielding.
It was a good performance overall by the boys and each player contributed well in their victory of 77 runs against Navroz. Sumit Singh was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his fluent 76 at the top of the order. With a memorable win in the league round, Payyade will certainly advance in the tournament with a lot of confidence.