Ajay Shah was in terrific striking form and slammed four goals in leading Kenkre FC to a thumping 8-1 win against G.M. Sports Club in an Elite Division Group-B play-off match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2018-2019 and played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra on Tuesday evening.
The dashing striker drew first blood in the fourth minute to give Kenkre an early lead before Ashrafali Makandar doubled the lead in the next minute. G.M. Sports showed signs of putting up a strong fight when they reduced the margin through Claudious Fernandes goal in the seventh minute.
But, then Kenkre took complete control and scored two more goals in the first half through Shawn Fernandes in the 28th minute and Ajay in the 41st minute to go into the break with a commanding 4-1 advantage.
After switching ends, Kenkre continued to dominate the proceedings and struck four more goals during this period to run away to victory. Ajay netted two of those goals with strikes in the 51st and 68th minutes while Taha Kachwala 57th minute and Jay Bhavnani 67th got the remaining two goals to round off the winning margin.
Results – Elite Div (play-off): Kenkre FC 8 (Ajay Shah 4th,41st,51st&68th, Ashrafali Makandar 5th, Shawn Fernandes 28th, Taha Kachwala 57th, Jay Bhavnani 67th) beat G.M. Sports Club 1 (Claudious Fernandes 7th).