Abdulla’s heroics lead D.Y. Patil to victory


A solid all-round performance from Iqbal Abdulla, who scored 68 runs and claimed 5 wickets for 48 runs, helped Dr. D.Y. Patil SA record a first innings win against P.J. Hindu Gymkhana in a ‘A’ Division match of the 75th Dr. H.D. Kanga Cricket League 2022-2023.

Batting first D.Y. Patil declared their first innings at 218 for 4. Besides Abdulla’s half ton Subramanian Doraiswami scored 63 runs and Srujan Athawale made 35. Later, Hindu Gymkhana were bowled out for 105 runs to concede a 113-run first innings lead. In the second innings D.Y. Patil scored 31 runs for no loss.

Brief scores – Division A: Parkophene Cricketers 251 for 9 decl. (Prasad Pawar 111, Dhanit Raut 63; Sarfraz Shaikh 3/27, Rushikesh Jadhav 3/74) Vs Regal CC 143 for 7 (Jaya Davane 57; Himanshu Singh 3/49). Result: Match drawn.

Mumbai Police Gymkhana 63 all out (Atif Attarwala 4/16, Musheer Khan 3/15, Badre Alam 3/31) Vs Payyade SC 200 for 3 decl. (Japjeet Randhawa 93, Bhupen Lalwani 92). Result: Payyade SC won on 1st innings lead.

National CC 215 for 8 decl. (Swapnil Pradhan 47, Sumeet Dhekale 37, Saeed Shaikh 35) Vs MIG Cricket Club 44 for 4. Result: Match drawn.

Dr. D.Y. Patil SA 218 for 4 decl. (Iqbal Abdullah 68, Subramanian Doraiswami 63, Srujan Athawale 35) & 31 for no loss Vs P.J. Hindu Gymkhana 105 all out (Bins Neyyoth 47; Iqbal Abdullah 5/48). Result: Dr. D.Y. Patil SA won on 1st innings lead.

Karnatak SA 234 for 9 decl. (Ramanpreet Ghoman 100*, Sahil Jadha 33, Vighnesh Solanki 43; Akshay Jambhekar 6/64) Vs New Hind SC 21 for 2. Result: Match drawn.

Sind 124 all out (Adeeb Usmani 30; Yash Dicholkar 5/22, Siddharth Raut 3/27) & 69 for 3 decl. Vs Parsee Gymkhana 125 for 1 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 65*, Aakarshit Gomel 39). Result: Parsee Gymkhana won on 1st innings lead.

Shivaji Park Gymkhana 237 for 5 decl. (Jayesh Pokhare 98, Sahil Gode 64) Vs Cricket Club of India 166 for 3 (Akash Anand 74*, Sujit Nayak 54*). Result: Match drawn.