Vishnu Bhaidkar’s fluent 69 helps Material Organization team win in the Thane Vaibhav Tournament

It was the nail biting knock-out match of the Thane Vaibhav Inter office tournament between two competitive teams namely PWD vs Material Organisation in Dadoji Kondadev Stadium, Thane. PWD elected to bat first after winning the toss as it was a good batting track & they wanted to capitalize on the condition.

However, things weren’t as hunky dory as they may have expected as PWD was all out for just 168 runs in 34 overs. Umesh Rathod (35) was the only one who crossed the 30 run mark as none of the batsman were able to convert their 10’s and 20’s to something substantial. Left arm spin bowler Mangesh Jadhav took 3/35 in his 7 overs and was the pick of the bowlers. Jadhav contained the batsman and also gave breakthroughs when they were needed. Chasing 169 in35 overs, it was almost like a cakewalk for the Material team as they won the match comfortably by 7 wickets and 11.4 overs to spare.

No.4 batsman Kunjan Thakur remained unbeaten on 42* off 56 balls and chased the score in style. However, it was their opener Vishnu Bhaidkar who scored a match winning 69 off just 71 balls. Vishnu was composed and looked solid in his 71 ball stay at the crease where he smashed 8 glorious boundaries and did equally good running between the wickets. It was a big win for Material Organisation & opener Vishnu was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his fantastic knock.

Looking at the current form Vishnu and his whole team is in, they will be a tough nut to crack for the opponents in the coming matches of the tournament.