Jwala Sports Foundation gave a jolt to defending champions MCC (Red), by beating them by seven wickets in their concluding tie in the B4S MCC PRO – 40 double-leg 5-Team league played at Oval Maidan here today.
Saffan Qureshi of JSF who was declared Man-of-match in the tie of the B4S MCC PRO – 40 double-leg 5-Team league receiving trophy from Mr. Jwala Singh.
The holders batting first, hit up 204 for seven in the allotted 40 overs. With most of their order-order batsmen led by Manav Chitrolda (49) making substantial contribution in the “Red” total. But JSW made a strong reply and with Saffan Qureshi (64) in fine touch, JSW made the target look easy and were home with seven wickets in hand.
In the other tie between the bottom -placed Bhosale Cricket Academy and MCC (Green), the former redeemed themselves by defeating the “Green” by 48 runs.
Brief scores: MCC (Red) 204/7 off 40 overs (Manav Chitroda 49, Yuvan Motwani 37;Vedant Patil 2/41, Ashray Patil 2/20, Anil Mourya 2/35) lost to JSF 205/3 (Saffan Qureshi 64, Aryan Chjitr0da 45,AyanK han n.o. 36; Kailash Chavan 2/32) by 7wkts. MOM- Saffan Qureshi.
Bhosale CA 160 (Ankit Yadav 71;Chandrajeet Yadav 3/7, Altamesh Khan 2/22, Adarsh Singh 2/29) bt MCC (Green) 112 (Altamesh Khan 47, Gaurav Ambavne 3/14, Harshal Jadhav 2/32) by 48 runs. MOM – Ankit Yadav.