Young Apoorva Gite smashes an unbeaten 71* to steer SSCA to a win in the Masters Cup 2017

Sponsored by Hindustan pencil ltd & Natraj Pen, it was a match played between two talented teams namely Santosh Sports Cricket Academy and Vasant Vihar High School at the SPCC Ground, Vasant Vihar won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of making a big score.

However, SSCA boys did a great job as Vasant Vihar boys were all out for 116 in just 18.4 overs. Soham Iyer top scored with 46 while Shraddha and  Aaditya chipped in with 30’s. Pawan Khatri with 3/21 in 3 overs was the pick of the bowlers while Pranay Belamkar took 2wkts. The bowlers did a good job and did not allow any batsman to convert their starts into something substantial.

Chasing 117, SSCA boys chased down the score in style. Opener Apoorv Gite smashed an aggressive 71* off 54balls(4fours, 1six) to steer his team towards a win. Apoorva anchored the innings till the end hitting some great cricketing shots while also doing good running between the wickets. Apoorva also got good support from Raj Patil who chipped in with 28. Santosh Sports Cricket Academy won the match by 9wkts and opener Apoorva was declared ‘man of the match’. Cricketgraph congratulates the young Apoorva whiles wishes luck to all the boys for their upcoming matches.

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