Twin fifers by Rakesh Naik in the same match dents Canara Vijay CC in the G Div Kanga League’19
Canara Vijay CC after being put to bat first at Oval Maidan were bundled out for 84 runs in 28.2 overs. Canara Vijay at one stage were struggling with 4 wkts down for 8 runs but it was their middle order batsman Atharva Chavan’s gritty 40 saving team from a low total embarrassment. From the bowlers, it was left arm spinner Rakesh Naik taking 6/26 in 9.2 overs.
Borivali CC on the back of Tushar Tiwari’s 56 declared their innings at 131/5 winning the match on 1st innings lead. Canara Vijay batting in 2nd innings were again all out for 57 runs and it was their ace bowler Rakesh taking 6/25 in 13.1 overs. Rakesh’s overall figures in the match turned out to be an impressive 12/51 in 22.3 overs helping Borivali CC win the match in a commanding fashion.
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There are so many players in Mumbai who are absolute cult figures amongst their cricket mates because of the gigantic records they achieve at Club Level and Rakesh Naik is one such player who has been silently performing since years but has not yet played competitive levels of cricket like Mumbai Ranji or T20 Mumbai or IPL.
Cricketgraph team has been in constant touch with him since years and these are his records which will take your breath away.
Year 2019- Appointed as the captain of the team Borivali CC,he also led the team in Kanga Knockouts where Borivali CC emerged champions. In the finals he came up with 58 runs and took 3 wkts as his team is now in top in G Division. This year again he is the table topper with 36 wkts in 8 innings at an average of 3.00 and econ of 1.56. One of his best performances this year has been the 12 wkt haul he took last Sunday vs Canara Vijay team. Apart from that he also scored 58 runs & took 7 wkts in same match vs Shree Lad Club this season in September.
In 2019, he also lead DTDC team to become the winners of the Pulse T20 Tournament, he scored 180 runs alongwith 16 wkts in 5 games out of which he bagged ‘man of the match’ awards in as many as 4 games.
Year 2018- He was appointed as captain of KRP XI in Kanga Knockout and in that same year he brought the trophy home winning the tournament which ensured KRP XI enters the G Div Kanga League. As a captain he led from the front scoring 410 runs alongwith 26 wkts as he turned out to be the 4th highest run getter in 2018. In 2018, he also smashed a 57 ball hundred which was the fastest of the season while he scored a 104 off 92 balls in the Kanga Knockout finals when his team was struggling at 75/5.
Year 2017– Played for MB Union in D Division, scored 289 runs & took 15 wkts for his side. He was the highest run scorer in D Div for 2017 & 6th highest wicket taker. Under his captaincy, he has won two back to back Kanga knockouts. In that same season, he also smashed a 75 ball 109 which was amongst the fastest hundreds of Kanga that season.
This 30yr old certainly looks well deserved to play in more competetive teams and tournaments if given the right opportuities.
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