Thanks to hectic century by Suhail Ansari (159 off 114 balls) and near miss (98) by Amanat Husain, MCC (Green) sent MCC (Purple) on leather-hunting as they rattled up 355 for two off 40 overs to record their third straight win in the JSF-MCC Pro-40 League (Elite Group) played at Oval Maidan here yesterday. Apart from these duo, Ankush Paswan too hit up unbeaten half century. In reply, “Purple” tried their best, but the target proved beyond their reach as they ended with 184 before they were all out .
Suhail Ansari
In another tie played on adjcent pitch, MCC (Yellow) did well to score thrilling two runs win over MCC (Blue), as they were lucky to get their opponent out for 202 before they were all out.
Brief scores: MCC (Green) 355/2 off 40 overs (Suhail Ansari n.o. 159, Amanat Hussain 98, Ankush Paswan n.o. 50 ) bt MCC (Purple) 184 all out (Raj Agahari 5/39, Amit Chauhan 3/19) by 193 runs.
MCC (Yellow) 204 all out (Shashank Kumar 54, Prathmesh Patil 56; Ziya 3/36) bt MCC (Blue) 202 all out( Nisarg Chauhan 59, Chirag Verma 48; Pramod Kumar 5/42) by 2 runs.