MCC (Blue), thanks to gritty batting by Prathamesh Patil, defeated MCC “Green” by 5-wickets to open their account in the 6-team MCC Double-Leg Pro-40 league, played at Oval Maidan here yesterday.
After dismissing “Green” for 150 in the last of the allotted 40 overs, “Blue” were home with five wickets in hand with Prathmesh top-scoring with 42.
In the other tie, debutant B4S Club surprised former champions MCC (Red) by 146 runs. After sent in to bat first, the new outfit hit up 290 for six off the allotted 40 overs with Ankush Paswan (90 off 68 balls) and Harsh Patil (75) was the main performers. Rambhajan Rahbhar (2/46), and Pavan Sangani( 2/60) did well for the former champions. However, “Red” were bowled out for 144 with Amit Chavan was the sole batter with a gritty 57. For B4S boys Aayush Iyer (4/11) and Yashin Shaikh (3/23) excelled..
Brief scores: MCC Double-Leg Pro-40 League: MCC (Green) 150 all our (Satyam Tripathi 30; Rishabh Kumar 2/ 14, Rajat Gupta 2/29, Shashank Kumar 2/35, Anand Triathi 2/29) lost to MCC “Blue” 151/5 (Prathaamesh Patil 42; Lucky Sisodia 2/16, Satyam Tripathi 2/20) by 5 wkts. Man-of-the-match: Prathmesh Patil.
B4S Club 290/6 off 40 0vers ( Ankush Pawan 90, Harsh Patil 75; Rambhajan Rajbhar 2/46, Pavan Sangani 2/60) bt MCC (Red) 144 all out (Amit Chavan 57; Aayush Iyer 4/11, Yashin Shaikh 3/23) by 146 runs. . Man-of-the-match : Ankush Paswan.