A domineering Payyade Sports Club stormed into the final by recording a comprehensive 222-run victory against hosts Mumbai Police on the second day of their semi-final clash of the Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd sponsored 71st Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2018, and played at the Mumbai Police Gymkhana ground, Marine Drive on Sunday.
Prasad Pawar smashed an unbeaten 115 runs to steer Parkhophene Cricketers to a five wicket win against MIG Cricket Club in the Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2018
Payyade who had scored 289 for the loss of five wickets in 56 overs on the opening day, batted aggressively when play resumed on Sunday morning and they scored rapidly, adding another 128 runs for the loss of three more wickets from the remaining 14 overs to pile up a massive score of 417 runs for 8 wickets from their 70 overs.
Hersh Tank (77), Parag Khanapurkar (69), Akash Parkar (54), Siddhesh Lad (46), Vinayak Bhoir (unbeaten 43) and Akhil Herwadkar (41) were the batters who were responsible to prop the Payyade innings. Spinner Yashasvi Jaiswal (3/91), Nitish Salekar (3/106) and Mayur Sanap (2/56) claimed the wickets for the cops.
In reply, the Mumbai Police batsmen were unable to stay long in the middle and play responsible innings and were bowled out for paltry 195 in 52.1 overs. Junior India cricketer Yashaswi Jaiswal top-scored for the cops with a disciplined 62 runs and Mayur Sanap chipped in with runs 43 runs. For Payyade the wickets were shared by Shubham Ranjane (3/31), Badre Alam Khan (3/32) and Vishal Dabholkar (3/51) as they completed the 222 runs victory.
Meanwhile, Prasad Pawar’s unbeaten century knock of 115 runs powered Parkhophene Cricketers to a five-wicket win against MIG Cricket Club in the other semi-final. Batting first MIG scored 255 for 9 in 70 overs with Gaurav Jathar completing his century scoring 133 runs. In reply Parkhophene riding on Pawar’s heroics easily achieved their target scoring 258 for 5 in 65 overs.
Brief scores (semi-finals:
At Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Kandivali: MIG Cricket Club: 255 for 9 in 70 overs (Gaurav Jathar 133*(180b, 248m, 8×4, 5×6), Swapnil Pradhan 61; Atif Attarwala 5/59, Pradeep Sahu 3/79) lost to Parkhophene Cricketers: 258 for 5 in 65 overs (Prasad Pawar 115* (126b, 152m, 9×4, 2×6), Sagar Mishra 46*, Arman Jaffer 38; Pratik Dabholkar 2/41) by 5 wickets.
At Mumbai Police Gymkhana: Payyade Sports Club: 417 for 8 in 70 overs (Hersh Tank 77, Parag Khanapurkar 69, Akash Parkar 54, Siddhesh Lad 46, Vinayak Bhoir 43*, Akhil Herwadkar 41, Hardik Tamore 35; Yashasvi Jaiswal 3/91, Nitish Salekar 3/106, Mayur Sanap 2/56) beat Mumbai Police: 195 all out in 52.1 overs (Yashaswi Jaiswal 62, Mayur Sanap 43; Shubham Ranjane 3/31, Badre Alam Khan 3/32, Vishal Dabholkar 3/51) by 222 runs.