Young Star CC wins as Sumedh & Nitin shine with the bat while Prakash Aswani scalps 4wkts in the Summer Shield ‘18

Played between Young Star CC and Friend Cricket Club at the Youth’s own Union ground, Young Star CC who have a talented bunch of players elected to bat first with an aim of making a big total to put the opposition under pressure.

Young Star CC batting first were off to a decent start on the back of their opener Rahul Bhat’s 44 but they did suffer some middle order jolts when they were 94/4 at one point. However, Sumedh Kamble who came at no.5 and Nitin Panale who came at no.6 smashed crucial fifties while also stitching a 108run stand which rescued their team from a low total. Sumedh scored 55 off 53balls (3fours) while Nitin scored 66 off 54balls smashing 4fours and 3sixes. Both the batsman looked really good smashing some regal shots eventually taking the team total to 256/all out in 43 overs. From Friends CC, Akshay Nangia was the pick of the bowler taking 3/49 while Sachin Patel also chipping in with 2wkts.

Defending 267, Friends CC were bundled out for 114runs as experienced left arm spinner Prakash Aswani came up with match winning bowling figures of 4/14 in 8.1overs(2maidens). Dhiraj also bowled well taking 2wkts while it was Prakash who showed his experience with the ball restricting Young Star CC to 114runs all-out.

Young Star CC won the match by 153runs and it was surely good batting by Rahul, Sumedh and Nitin while excellent bowling perfomance by Prakash Aswani.

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