THANKS to exciting Mumbai batter Divyansh Saxena’s brilliant century (116 off 68 balls), MCC (Red) defeated MCC (Green ) by 6 wickets to clinch the 6-team MCC Pro-40 Elite League final, played at Oval maidan here yesterday. In the process, “Red” took a sweet revenge for their defeat to “Green” in the league phase.
MCC (Red) took a sweet revenge while beating CC (Green) in the Elite final of the MCC Pro-40 League 24-25, played at Oval Maidan yesterday.
Opting to bowl after winning the toss, “Red” restricted “Green” to 247 for five off 40 overs. Their consistent Suhail Ansari continued to display superb form as he top-scored with 80, while Amnat Hussain too found his touch again to hit up 66. For “Red”, Harshal Waghmare (2/29) and Jaikishan Singh (2/41) shared the spoils. However, brilliant man-of-the-match Divyansh hammered 68- ball 116, to take former champions “Red” home with 6 wickets in hand.
Earlier, unbeaten in league phase “Green” with their top order batters led by Suhail Ansari (76), Amkush Paswan (63), Amit Chauhan (50) were well served as they thrashed “Yellow” as they were shot out for 81.
Brief scores: MCC (Green) 247/5 off 40 overs (Suhail Ansari 80, Amanat Hussain 66, Pranav Raj 40; Harshal Waghmare 2/29, Jaikishan Singh 2/41) lost to MCC (Red) 251/4 off 33 overs ( Divyansh Saxena 116 (68), Anand Tiwri 54, Altmas 39, ;Chiraj Sawant 2/24) by 6 wkts. MOM- Divyansh Saxena.