Talented Agni Chopra smashes an impressive 96 for U/23 Sunil Gavaskar XI in the U/23 Madhav Mantri Trophy‘18

Played at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy at BKC, U/23 Sunny Gavaskar XI and U/23 Rohit Sharma XI took on each other where in U/23 Sunil Gavaskar XI won the toss and elected to bat first on the back of their solid batting line up.

Their decision to bat first was spot on as they notched up 344/10 in 55.4 overs. Left-handed opener Parth Shah scored a gritty 43 opening the innings but it was Agni Chopra who solidified the innings with an attacking knock of 96runs in 74balls. Agni counter attacked the bowlers and changed the momemtum of the game in his team’s favor smashing 11fours and 5sixes. Omkar Jadhav (47) and Gaurish Jadhav (57) at the middle order also played a crucial hand taking their team to a healthy total.

U/23 Rohit Sharma XI were skittled out for 148runs in return with Siddarth Akre being the sole warrior smashing an unbeaten 68*. Right arm medium pacer Nishant Williams was spot on with the ball taking 4/34 in 10overs while Akshay Barma also chipping in with 3wkts. U/23 Rohit Sharma XI were again bundled out on 123all out after receiving a follow on with Atif Shaikh bagging 3wkts while Nishant taking another 2wkts making it 6wkts in the match.

U/23 Sunil Gavaskar XI won the match outright with a whitewash on the back of great team perfomance highlighted by Agni’s fluent 96.

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