Aarav Thakkar’s heroic century (103 with 10×4) featured as MCC (A) defeated MCC (C) by 10 runs in a high-scoring MCC U-14 Talent Search 6-Team League, organized by Jwala Sports Foundation at Oval Maidan (Churchgate) here today.
Opting to bat first, MCC (A) hit up 278 for five off the allotted 40 0vers. Apart from Aarav’s superb century, Aditya Yadav (56) and Prabhat Pandey ( 53) boosted their team’s score. However, in reply, their “C” outfit led by Raj Waingankar’s brilliant 131 and Dhairyasheel Desmukh’s 95 put up brace fight before going down by 10 runs as they finished with 268 for seven.
Brief scores: MCC (A) 278/5 off 40 overs (Aarav Thakkar 103-10×4), Aditya Yadav 56, Prabhat Pandey 53; Dhairyasheel Deshmukh 2/48) bt MCC (C) 268/7 (Raj Waingaonkr 131, Dhairyasheel Deshmukh 95; Aarav Srivastava 2/41) by 10 runs. Player of the match – Aarav Thakar.