Virendra Yadav’s all-round show and Aditya’s 19ball half century steers New Hind CC to a quarters win in the Mumbai Junior Shield ‘18

Played at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana ‘2” , it was the all important quarter finals clash between two really talented teams namey New Hindu CC and Paramount CC who have been impressive so far in the tournament. Paramount Club who won the toss elected to field first in order to restrict New Hindu to a low total and chase it down.

However, New Hindu CC appeared least affected after made to bat first with openers Omkhar Jadhav(32) and Pratik Patil (40) once again providing a solid start developing positive momentum. Virendra Yadav who came in at no.3 scored a match winning 83* off 90balls anchoring the knock like   master till the end. Virendra who only smashed 6fours did a lot of hard work running between the wickets and rotating the strike nicely. He also good support from Satish Nair who came below him contributing with 42runs. That was not all as their in-form all-rounder Adita Shemadkar set the ground on fire with his 19ball 53 which included as many as 6sixes and just 1 boundary. Aditya who was in a different zone altogether took the game away in the last overs as he pushed the team total to 247/7 in 45overs. From Paramount- Imran, Mateen and Mayur bagged 2wkts each.

Defending a total of 268 in 45 overs, the quality bowling attack of New Hindu CC restricted Paramount Boys to just 120 runs all-out with Mateen’s 28 being the highest score. All-rounder Virendra Yadav who was the highest scorer was also the pick of the bowlers taking 3/16 in 8overs with his right arm leg-spinners. The rest of the bowlers also did a good job chipping in with a wicket each.

New Hindu CC wins the quarter finals of the Mumbai Junior Shield in style with Virendra Yadav again being the standout performer while Aditya’s 19ball 53 was a treat to the eyes too!

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