Thanks to Ayan Pathan’s splendid bowling (4-1-18-5) JSF (Jwala Sports Foundation) beat d MCC (Blue) by three wickets in the 6-team MCC Pro-40 league, played at Oval Maidan here. Today’s win propels JSF to third place and they are one of the strong contenders for the top honours.
Opting to bat, MCC (Blue) did well to a challenging score of 163 before they were all out. The highlight of their innings was Shashank Kumar’s aggressive knock of 65. While Ayan proved to be JSF’s most successful bowlers with figures of five – for. However, JSF batters led by Ankit Singh (48-7×4) and Aman Paekh (42-6×4) batted sensibly and chased the target with three wickets in hand.
Brief scores: MCC Pro-40 League: MCC (Blue) 163 all out (Shashank Kumar 65; Ayan Pathan 5/18, Shoab Chaudhary 2/14) lost to Jwala Sports Foundation 164/7 ( Ankit Singh 48, Aman Parekh 42; Raj Agrahari 4/34) by 3 wktd. Man-of-the-match: Ayan Pathan