Prithvi shines in Phadkar XI’s win


Opener Prithvi Shaw, who  played an impressive 40 in the first innings, played  another compat knock of 59 to steer Dattu Phadkar XI to thumping eight-wicket win over Vijay Manjrekar XI, while Khandu Rangnekar XI huffed and puffed before they got the better of Vijay Merchant XI by three wickets on the second day of Under-19 K.C.Mahendra Shield Cricket selection tournament, here today.

The day’s bowling honours went to Yasir Arafat, who returned with figures of five for 16 as Vijay Manjrekar XI were bowled out for 70 in their second knock.

Brief scores:

Vijay Merchant XI 254 and 140 all out in 50.2 overs (Rudra Dhanday 52; Apoorva Kalyankar 3/25) lost to Khandu Rangnekar XI 331 and 67/7 ( Saif Shaikh 4/12, Abubaker Siddiqui 3/40) by 3 wkts..

Vijay ManjrekarXI 197 and 70 all out in 22.4 overs (Yasir Arafat 5/16) lost to  Dattu Phadkar XI 163  and 105/2 off 25.2 overs (Prithvi Shaw 59, Japjeet Singh n.o.33) by 8 wkts.