Stirring batting display by Nisarg Choudhary (76) and Ankit Singh(71) highlighted as MCC (Blue) stopped the winning spree of MCC(Purple) by three wickets in the MCC Pro-40 League (Elite Division) , organized by Jwala Sports Foundation, at Oval Maidan here yesterday. “Purples”, however, with four wins out of six, still stay in the hunt for top honours, but table-topper “Greens” with five wins out of five still maintain the top position.
Nisarg Choudhary.
Put into bat first, MCC (Purple) top order batters,led by Falzani Rabbani ( (51)and Ridhikant Tripathi (44) did well to hit up 218/8 off 40 overs. But Nisarg Choudhary, who had captured three wickets, excelled with bat as well, hitting 76. He had solid partnership wih Ankit Singh (71) as the “Blues” overhauled the “Purples” total with seven wickets in hand. Nisary’s all round show earned him the man-of-the-match.
Brief scores: (ELITE): MCC (Purple) 218/8 off 40 overs Falani Rabbini 51, Radhikant triplathi 44; Nisarg Choudhary 3/40, Ayan Pathan 2/44) lost to MCC (Blue) 221/3 (Nisarg Choudhary 76, Ankit Singh 71; Subrata Das 2/39) by 7 wickets.