Valuable Sports Club wins a thriller of a final in the B Div of the Thane Vaibhav Tournament ‘18

Played at the Central Maidan in Thane, it was the all important finals between Valuable Sports Club and Reliance Group Sports Club. Both the teams have fought hard throughout the tournament to reach at this stage wherein Valuable CC won the toss and elected to bat first.

Valuable CC were off to a solid start by their openers where in Kashish Jain scored a very solid 55 off 68deliveries. Kashish who smashed 6fours and 1six ensured that he developed a positive momentum for his team while Bharat Patil at no.4 was the 2^nd highest scorer chipping with a 42ball 40. The rest of the batsman gave starts but could not convert eventually taking the team total to 215/10 in 35 overs. Slow left-arm spinner Prasad Chandra was really impressive with the ball coming up with excellent bowling figures of 5/35 in 7 overs. Prasad bowled in the right areas while troubled the batsman with his wily spin which helped him take a superb 5wkt haul.

The finals was perfectly intense and it remained a thrilled till the very end where in Reliance gave a tough fight to Valuable CC. The match was so exciting that no one could guess the winner till the very last ball. Prashant Jangam(44), Mayuresh Tandel(43) and all-rounder Prasad Chandra(46) came up with crucial 40’s but eventually Reliance lost the match by just 1run where in the last ball took away the results in Valuable CC’s favor. The bowlers did a really good job with almost everyone chipping in with a wicket while Ranjeet Gharat and Bharat Patil were the pick of the bowlers with 2wkts each. Valuable CC won the match on the back of collective team perfomance starting from Kashish’s solid half century while Prasad Chandra’s all-round contribution in the match was really commendable and he certainly won the hearts of many even though his team fell short of a run to clinch the title.

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