Thanks to Kush Jain’s hard-hitting 83, Bhosale Cricket Academy defeated Rising Stars Sports Foundation by 97 runs to open their campaign in the 40-0vers MCC U-16 Cricket Tournament 2019, played at Matunga ground, here today.
Put into bat, Bhosale CA were bowled out for 237 in 39.4 overs . Apart from Kush’s 83, a quickfire 30 by Rudra Bhatt with two sixed and two fours, boosted Bhosale’s total. In reply, Rising Stars batsmen, facing some tight bowling by Atharva Bhosale (2/15) and Anurag Singh (2/28) , could not get going and were dismissed for 140.
Brief scores: Bhosale Cricket Academy 237 all out (Khush Jain 83, Rudra Bhatt 30; Daksh Burrmann 29; Gaurav Kumar 3/51, Ashish Yadav 3/33, Rahul Yadav 2/32) bt Rising Stars Sports Foundation 140 (Shashwat Kapoor 45, Gaurav Kumar 22, Himanshu Kumar 20; Atharva Bhosale 2/15, Anurag Singh 2/28).
MOM– Khush Jain.