Vishal Dhagaonkar steers Route Mobile to an 8-wicket win over Montage
During the Automotive Cricket League T20, the second match of the power packed Christmas eve was played between Route Mobile and Montage on Tuesday at MIG Bandra, Mumbai. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Montage posted a respectable total of 143-6 in 20 overs, courtesy an unbeaten half century struck by Sushil More coming lower down the order. The top order collapse followed by successive wickets in the middle order did no good for Montage, and it was finally left to the trio of Gurmeet Singh (22), Shubham Kamat (29), and Sushil More (53 not out), to save the team’s face. Utkarsh Satvse remained unbeaten on 17, thus helping his side to put up a decent score on board. For Route Mobile, Siddharth, who opened the bowling struck with 2-24 in his four overs and was backed well by Mohammad Amir, Viraj Gamre, and Oninder Gill, each of them picking up one wicket.
In reply, Route Mobile made a mockery of the target as they finished off the game in style in just 13.3 overs, winning the match by eight wickets. Opening bat Vishal Dhagaonkar played a stellar knock of 64 (36), and batted right through the chase. Striking at a rate of close to 200, Vishal’s innings was laced with eight boundaries and two sixes. He was attacking the bowlers right from the word go and looked invincible at the crease. On the other hand, Montage’s bowlers had an off day, with only Gurmeet Singh managing to contribute to the wicket’s column with a lone wicket of Sumit Meher (16).
For his scintillating performance with the bat, Route Mobile’s Vishal Dhagaonkar was awarded as the Man of the Match. Vishal expressed, “This innings has given a boost to my confidence. The wicket was a little dry, but I was determined to play each and every ball on its merit. I was pretty comfortable facing the medium pacers, and could score well off them. I hope to take this form going into the next match”.
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