Yogesh Dicholkar yields magic with ball snapping 13 wickets in a times shield match
Into the 3rd league match of the Times Shield Tournament, Yogesh exhibited an extravagant performance with the ball against Dena bank. Winning the toss & electing to bat first, Dena Bank were unaware of the trouble which they were going to face through this left arm spinner who is also the skipper of the Mumbai port trust.
The strong batting line up of Dena Bank was all out for 251 & it was all because of the heroics of their skipper Yogesh Dicholkar. Yogesh picked up as many as 7 wickets in the first innings. He was responsible for removing the entire top order in the first innings & returned with great bowling figures of 7/82. In the 2nd Innings it was again the same case as Yogesh again damaged the batting line up of Dena bank picking up six wickets for just 40 runs. The way he was bowling, Yogesh reminded us of iconic Sri Lankan left arm spinner Rangana Herath who took 7/48 vs India in 1st innings in 2015. Yogesh’s personal favorite was the wicket of Nilesh Masurkar where he broke a strong partnership immediately after the tea session.
Dicholkar took 13 wickets in the match but there was one ball which stumped everybody including the batsman. It was the “ball of the match” & Yogesh’s “best bowl of the career” so far where he clean bowled Shivam with a gem of a delivery. The ball completely took a turn from leg to off stump breaking Shivam’s defence & surprising him with a clean bowled. Such was his confidence that the skipper himself opened the bowling in the 2nd innings though he usually comes in late.
The National cross maidan witnessed amazing spin bowling from this bowler who has been topping the charts since many years. Even this year he is at the top of the highest ‘wicket-takers’ table with 29 wickets in 3 matches. His effect with the ball & his wicket taking ability can be measured by the fact that the 2nd highest wicket-taker of the tournament is behind by a huge margin with 20 wickets to his name.
Though his team has not qualified for the further rounds of the tournament but Yogesh has made people notice his bowling prowess & has won the hearts of cricket fanatics all over.
