Vivek & Dinesh shine with the bat while Soham Rane from Dadar CC impresses with a 5wkt haul in the Kanga Knockout Tournament ‘18

Two really promising and young teams Prime Group Cricket Club and Dadar Cricket Club took on each other at the iconic Western Railway Cross Maidan where talented cricketers grind day in and day out. Prime Group winning the toss elected to bat first with a confident top order in their side.

Batting first, Prime Group were off to a flying start despite losing their opener Sameer Dighe for a duck.  Opener Vivek Yadav & Dinesh Gurani who came at no.3 ressurected the innings back as both the players smashed fantastic half centuries while also giving a solid 120run stand between them. Vivek who scored 66 off 91balls opening the innings smashed 8fours and a six while Dinesh Gurani on the other hand was really impressive with his attacking strokeplay hitting a 45ball 58 laced with 5fours and 3sixes. Despite a solid start by these two, the batting line up below them collapsed as off-spinner Soham Rane came up with great display of bowling. Soham came up with a 5wkt haul with impressive bowling figures of 5/21 in 8.3overs making him one of the standout bowlers in the entire match with his wily spin. On the back of Soham’s 5wkt haul, Prime Group  CC from 124/2 were 213all out in 40.3 overs.

Despite a great bowling effort by Soham and Co. Dadar CC choked out while chasing getting all out for just 89runs all-rounder Soham Rane’s 20 at no.3 being the highest score in their innings. It was a collectively tight bowling perfomance from Prime Group bowlers as Rohit Phatak, Dinesh Gurani, Arvind Yadav and Ankit Bhave scalping 2wkts each.

It was a great match with some great performances where in Prime Group CC won the match by 124runs while Soham who was from the losing team won the hearts of many. Dinesh Gurani’s all-round show and Vivek Yadav’s solid half centuries played a crucial role in the win.

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