MIG Cricket Club were crowned champions as they inflicted a crushing 233-run defeat on formidable Parsee Gymkhana on the third day of the three-day final of the Platinum Jubilee 75th UPL-Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2022-23, played at the Police Gymkhana ground, on Sunday.
Chief Guest Dilip Vengsarkar (centre), former Indian cricket captain and Vivek Phansalkar, Commissioner of Police & Hon. Chairman, Mumbai Police Gymkhana along with MCA Executive Committee members other dignitaries are seen with the victorious MIG CC team and the glittering Champions Police Shield Trophy.
The MIG team which had taken a valuable 84-run first innings lead, managed to score 285 runs for 8 wickets in their second (40 overs) innings to set Parsee Gymkhana a stiff winning target of 369 runs from their quota of 40 in the second innings.
MIG’s left-arm spinner Shreyas Gurav (5 for 57) once again picked up the wickets and finished with impressive match figures of 9 for 142 runs which helped his team restrict Parsee Gymkhana to a measly 136 all out in 22.3 overs and record a thumping victory with plenty to spare.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the lone batsman who managed to score 32 runs. Giving Shreyas good support was Harsh Tanna who claimed 3 wickets for 54 runs.
Chief Guest Dilip Vengsarkar, former Indian cricket captain and Vivek Phansalkar, Commissioner of Police & Hon. Chairman, Mumbai Police Gymkhana presented the glittering Champions Police Shield Trophy and a handsome cash award of Rs 1.50 lakh to the victorious MIG Cricket Club team.
The losing Parsee Gymkhana team received the Runners-up Trophy and a cash prize of Rs 75,000.
Brief scores: MIG CC – 1st innings: 366 all out, 74.2 overs (Varun Lavande 84, Vedant Murkar 78, Pragnesh Kanpillewar 46, Vishant More 42, Gaurav Jathar 41, Arjun Dani 39; Sylvester D’souza 2/74), Suryansh Shedge 2/83, Yash Dicholkar 2/97) and 2nd innings: (overnight 116 for 3 wickets, 23 overs) 285 for 8 wickets, 40 overs (Atharva Ankolekar 86, Vedant Murkar 51, Sheesh Shetty 34; Suryansh Shedge 3/91, Yash Dicolkar 2/67) beat Parsee Gymkhana – 1st innings: 282 all out, 70.2 overs (Vaibhav Kalamkar 64, Aakarshit Gomel 63, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 50; Shreyas Gurav 4/85, Atharva Ankolekar 4/136, Harsh Tanna 2/42) and 2nd innings: 136 all out, 22.3 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 32; Shreyas Gurav 5/57, Harsh Tanna 3/54). Result: MIG Cricket Club won by 233 runs.
Individual awards:
Man of the Tournament: Akarshit Gomel, Parsee Gymkhana (240 runs, 1x50s; 9 wickets, 1×5-wicket).
Emerging Player of the Tournament: Yogesh Patil, Mumbai Police (8 for 37 and 7 for 46).
Best Batsmen of the Tournament: Varun Lavande, MIG CC (361 runs [5 matches], 2 centuries).
Best Bowler of the Tournament: Vijay Gohil, Victory CC (18 wickets [4 matches], 3×5-wickets).
Best Batsmen of the Final: Vedant Murkar, MIG CC (78 & 51 runs).
Best Bowler of the Final: Shreyas Gurav (9 for 142 runs [4 for 85 & 5 for 57).
Best Fielder of the Final: Vedant Murkar, MIG CC.