New entrants Naikar Cricket Academy opened their account with a 9 wicket win over MCC ‘B’ in the 40-overs MCC Talent Search under-14 cricket league tie, co-hosted by Jwala Sports Foundation at Oval Maidan here today. It was Naikar’s first win in the league. Raj Jain together with opener Advik Dubey put up good show. Raj after capturing three wickets for just 3 runs, remained unbeaten with 43, while Advik hit up unbeaten 57.
MCC’s junior string opting to bat first, were bundled out for 141, with Devansh Shinde (3/22), Raj Jain (2/3) and and Arin Chaubal sharing the spoils. Chasing 142 for victory, Naikars were home with nine wickets in hand.
Brief scores:
MCC ‘B’ 141 all out (Prabhat Pandey 25 , Siddharth Yada 27; Devansh Shinde 3/22, Raj Jain 2/3, Arin Chaubal 2/21) lost to Naikar CA 142/1 (Advik Dubey n.o. 57, Raj Jain n.o. 43) by 9 wkts..