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Varun Lavande, Shreyas Gurav, & Prashant Solanki star for Lalchand Rajput XI

By Juili Ballal

Lalchand Rajput XI and Chandrakant Pandit XI locked horns against each other during the U25 Shalini Bhalekar Trophy. The game was played between December 21 and 23.

Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Lalchand Rajput XI posted a mammoth 423 in 75.1 overs. Varun Lavande was the star performer for Lalchand Rajput XI as he muscled a delectable 251. Raj Waghela (53) and Om Keshkamat (37) were the other contributors with the bat. On the other hand, Chandrakant Pandit XI’s Prayag Kumar was the pick of the bowlers with 38/5.

In reply, Chandrakant Pandit XI were bowled out for 259 in 65.4 overs. Aryan Patni (100) and Sahil Jadhav (70) fought hard but failed to take their team closer to the opposition’s total. Shreyas Gurav (35/5) and Prashant Solanki (92/3) were the most successful bowlers for Lalchand Rajput XI. Chandrakant Pandit XI trailed by 164 runs at the end of the innings.

Taking a healthy lead of 164, Lalchand Rajput XI added another 203 runs in 47 overs at the loss of four wickets. They set a daunting target of 368 runs for Chandrakant Pandit XI. Divyaansh Saxena top-scored with 61, while Atharva Chavan and Varun Lavande chipped in with 46 runs each.

In the last innings, Chandrakant Pandit XI were reduced to 287/9 in 63 overs. Chandrakant Pandit XI’s Sahil Jadhav (83) and Aarya Satpute (70) smashed brilliant half-centuries. On the other hand, for Lalchand Rajput XI, the Shreyas Gurav – Prashant Solanki duo again claimed the maximum wickets. While Gurav finished with 88/3, Solanki accounted for 120/5.

The match between Lalchand Rajput XI and Chandrakant Pandit XI ended in a draw, with the former taking the first-innings lead.

Juili Ballal

Cricket is a sport that Juili picked up right from her childhood days. Her journey from playing with the boys in the compound walls to practising under the able aegis of Jonty Rhodes has been a spectacular one.
She was a part of Mumbai Women’s U-19 and U-23 probables during her four-year stint at the MCA. As a middle order bat and a part time medium pace bowler, she also represented Mumbai University at All-India University Women’s Cricket for two years.

In the quest of further education, she discontinued with the sport. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D in Finance from IIT Bombay’s School of Management.

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