Opener Arjun Tetwatia’s hurricane century (122 with 20 fours and a six off 80 balls) was the standout performance in JSF (Jwala Sports Foundation)’s five wickets win over MCC (Black) in the MCC Pro-40 League (Plate Division), played at Oval Maidan, here yesterday.
Man-of-the match –Arjun Tetwatia
After put into bat, “Black” batters could score only 190 in 39.3 overs with major contribution coming from lower order batters. With opener Arjun in fine touch, they were home with five wickets in hand.
Former champions MCC (Red) opened their campaign in quite a peculiar fashion as they won over MCC (Blue) with the help of 50 penalty runsas their opponents wasted lot of time while fielding in the elite division..
Batting first, the “Red” hit up 274 for six off 40 overs. In reply the “Blues” inspite of Nisarg Chaudhary 81 with 11 fours, were restricted to 215 for six. . However, their good work went in vain as they were conceded 50 penalty runs for waisting lost of time while fielding.
In another match, MCC (Green) scored a thumping 193 runs win over MCC (Yellow). Batting first, the “Greens” hit up 274 for six with Suhail Ansari (76), Ankush Paswan63, and Amit Chauhan 50 being the major contributors. In reply, ‘Yellows” were shot out for 81 with Raj Agrahari (5/83) and Rajiv Bhardwaz (3/16),) sharing the bowling honours.
Brief scores: (Elite Div) –MCC (Blue) 215/6 off 40 overs (Nisarg Chaudhary 81, Gaurav Pagare 27, Rajnish Pandey 29;) lost to MCC (Red) 240/7- with 50 penalty runs (Ashish Sasane 31, Nisarg Choudhary 4/44, Chinmay Patil 3/19) by 3 wickets.
MCC (Green) 274/6 (Suhail Ansari 76, Ankush Paswan 63, Amit Chauhan 50, Pranav Patil33; Kapil Yadav 2/48, Shoaib Khan 2/55 ) bt MCC (Yellow) 81 (Raj Agrahari 5/83, Rajiv Bhaduriya 3/16) by 193 runs.
(Plate Div): Brief scores: MCC Pro-40 League: (Plate nn the eleie section Div): MCC (Black) 190 all out in 39.3 overs (Dev K 38, Krishna Powal 35; Kunal Roy 3/32, Utkarsh Mishra 2/21, Afsar Ahmed 2/44 , Rohir 2/30) ) lost to JSF 191/5 l (Arjun Tetwatia n.o. 122; Krishna Poswal 2/50, Yuvraj Singh 2/24) by 5 wkts. MOM: Arjun Tetwatia.