An attacking century (124) by Dasrath Chavan and fine spin bowling by Harshal Waghmare (5/15) featured in new entrants MCC (Black)’s 127 runs win over MCC (Blue) on the opening day in the B4S MCC-PRO – 40 double-leg 6-Team league here at Oval Maidan here. All these years, they had five-team league, but this year due to stupendous response they have added one more team.
Dasrath Chavan
Batting first, debutant ‘Black’ were in trouble as they lost four wickets for 47 before opener Dasrath and Jubair Alam (71) put them in driver’s seat with 193 partnership for the fifth wicket as they ended with 242 off 40 overs. I reply, MCC ‘Blue’ were bowled out for 115 with Harsh (5/15), Vivek Tiwari (3/10) and Zaid Khan 2/22) sharing the spoils.
In another tie, MCC (Yellow) thumped MCC (Green) by 136 runs. After hitting up 223/7 off 40 overs, the ‘Yellow’ bowled out ‘Green’ for 87 with Nishant Trivedi (4/23)and Anuj Giri 3/14) sharing the bowling honours.
HARSHAL WAGHMARE
Brief scores:
MCC (Black) 242/7 off 40 overs (Dasrath Chavan 124, Jubair Khan 71; Ram Bhajan 2/42, Narendra Yadav 2/36) bt MCC (Blue) 115 all out ( Harshal Waghmare 5/15, Vivek Tiwari 3/10, Zaid Khan 2/22). Player of the match – Dasrath Chavan
MCC (Yellow) 223/7 off 40 overs (Yash Ramchandani 82 (7×4), Anuj Giri 3/14; Adarsh Singh 4/36), Mohd. Ashfaque 2/25) bt MCC (Green) 87 ( Nishant Trivedi 4/21, Anuj Giri 3/14) by 136 runs. Player of the match – Anuj Giri.