Powered by the solid batting of opener Amogh Bhatkal, who smashed an unbeaten 107-ball 149 runs (16x4s,4x6s) and the impressive bowling spell of Rahul Sawant 6 for 21 runs (8.5 overs) helped P.J. Hindu Gymkhana to secure a win against Payyade Sports Club on the basis of the first innings lead in a rescheduled Round-1 match of the 76th Dr. H.D. Kanga Cricket League 2023-2024 and played at the Hindu Gymkhana ground on Sunday.
Put in to bat, Hindu Gymkhana punished the rival bowlers scoring runs rapidly before declaring their first innings at 253 for 2 wickets in 35 overs. Besides Bhaktal’s massive knock Harsh Salunkhe made 70 runs to swell the innings. Later, the Hindu Gymkhana bowlers backed by some brilliant fielding dismissed Payyade CC batters for a measly 53 runs in just 22.5 overs. Sawant was well-supported by Atharva Bhosale who claimed 2 for 7 runs.
After Hindu Gymkhana enforced the follow-on, Payyade SC in their second innings reached 146 for 3 in 27 overs when play ended for the day. Bhupen Lalwani and Sahil Jadhav top-scored with 66 and 57 runs respectively.
Brief scores – Division ‘A’: Karnatak SA — 1st innings: 204 all out, 54 overs (Mohammad Shaikh 53, Shaun Rodrigues 33, Rakesh Prabhu 31, Gaurish Jadhav 30; Hemant Buchade 3/26, Vikaschandra 2/37, Aditya Dhumal 2/48, Puneet Tripathi 2/59). Result: Match drawn.
P.J. Hindu Gymkhana — 1st innings: 253 for 2 declared, 35 overs (Amogh Bhatkal 149* (107b, 16x4s, 4x6s), Harsh Salunkhe 70) Vs Payyade SC — 1st innings: 53 all out, 22.5 overs (Dev Patel 20; Rahul Sawant 6/21, Atharva Bhosale 2/7) & 2nd innings (follow-on): 146 for 3, 27 overs (Bhupen Lalwani 66, Sahil Jadhav 57; Atharva Bhosale 2/59). Result: P.J. Hindu Gymkhana won on the 1st innings lead.
National CC — 1st innings: 196 all out, 49.3 overs (Umsh Gurjar 51, Aaditya Srivastava 29; Ankush Jaiswal 5/47, Harsh Tanna 3/44) Vs MIG Cricket Club — 1st innings: 160 for 7, 23 overs (Arjun Dani 37, Vedant Murkar 35; Akshay Darekar 4/41). Result: Match drawn.
Shivaji Park Gymkhana — 1st innings: 123 all out, 63 overs (Aditya Anand 61; Parikshit Valsangkar 5/37, Kartik Mishra 2/24) Vs New Hind SC — 1st innings: 43 for 1, 15 overs. Result: Match drawn.
Dr. D.Y. Patil SA — 1st innings: 234 for 6 declared, 45 overs (Hitesh Chauhan 59, Arman Jaffer 61, Sayyed Iqbal Abdullah 47*; Amol Tanpure 3/35, Yogesh Patil 2/54) Vs Mumbai Police Gymkhana 100 for 7, 33 overs (Yogesh Patil 25; Minad Manjrekar 3/21, Ajay Janu 2/17). Result: Match drawn.
Regal CC — 1st innings: 246 all out, 62.3 overs (Vicky Patil 61, Ajinkya Deshmukh 50, Shreyas Phatak 44, Simaant Dubey 33*; Sagar Chhabria 4/34, Yash Dicholkar 2/53) Vs Parsee Gymkhana — 1st innings: 57 for 2, 11 overs (Vikrant Auti 24). Result: Match drawn.
Parkophene Cricketers 285 for 8 declared, 79 overs (Sourabh Singh 155* (214b, 12x4s,6x6s), Sagar Mishra 29; Dhrumil Matkar 3/63, Irfan Umair 2/46) Vs Cricket Club of India. Result: Match drawn.