Unbeaten MCC (Mumbai Cricket Club) defeated Sanjeevani Cricket Academy by five wickets to record their fourth successive win to capture their 5-Team Talent Search U-23 Cricket league, played at Oval Maidan here today.
Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Sanjeevani CA were given a good start by Manan Bhat and Aditya Srivastava, who put on 70-odd runs before they were separated. However, rest of the batting faltered against spinners Anuj Giri (4/30), Nihnt Triedi (2/31), Harshal Waghmae (2/23) and were shot out for 147. Chasing not too formidable score, they comfortably wee home with five wickets in hand. MCCthus topped the table with eight points to win the league.
Brief scores:
MCC U-23 TALENT SEARCH LEAGUE: Sanjeevani CA 147 all out (Manan Bhat 35, Aditya Srivastava 34, Farhan Shaikh 29; Anuj Giri 4/30, Nihnt Triedi 2/31, Harshal Waghmae 2/23) lost to MCC 148/5 (Awais Khan 40, Yash Ramchandani 39) by 5 wkts. MOM- Anuj Giri.
Vinod Raghavan CA 257/5 off 40 overs (Abhishek Joshi 85, Sagar Chhabria 66, Sahil Gode 43; Altamesh Khan 2/17, Anuj Giri 2/31 lost to MCC260/5 in 39.1 overs (Arsalan Oberoi 58, Sahil Jadhav 56, Yash Ramchandani 68,Altamesh Khan 35; Maahir Bhatia 2/32).
Sai Sia CA 147 all out (Vishwajeet Jagdale 58; Aman Manihar 5/50, Shreyas Bogar 2/19, Anuj Giri 2/16) ) lost to MCC 150/9 (Aman Manihar n.o 39; Rohit Yadav 3/30, Rishi Shah 3/35, Sangram Bhalerao 2/17) ) by 1 wkt.