New entrants B4S Club made a winning start by beating former champions MCC (Red) by 146 runs in their opening tie of the 6-team MCC Double-Leg Pro-40 Cricket league, played at Oval Maidan here today.
Put into bat, the new outfit hit up 290 for six off the allotted 40 overs with Ankush Paswan top-scoring with 90 off 68 balls. Harsh Patil was another batter, who hammered 75. Rambhajan Rahbhar (2/46), and Pavan Sangani( 2/60) did well for the former champions. However, in reply, “Red” were bowled out for 144 with Amit Chavan was the sole batter with a gritty 57. For B4S boys Aaush yer (4/11) and Yashin Shaikh (3/23) excelled..
Brief scores: MCC Double-Leg Pro-40 League: B4S Club 290/6 off 40 0vers ( Ankush Pawan 90, Hatsh Psyil 75; Rambhajan Rajbhar 2/46, Pavan Sangani 2’60) bt MCC (Red) 144 all out (Amit Chavan 57; Aayush Iyer 4/11, Yashin Shaikh 3/23) by 146 runs. . Man-of-the-match : Ankush Paswan.