Thanks to fine 125 runs third wicket stand between opener Darshan Rathod ( 54 n.o.) and Samrudya Bhat (51), MCC ‘A’ beat Brain-4 Sports by 81 runs to jump to second spot in the in the 6-Team MCC Talent Search under-12 cricket league (Season-1), played at Air India Sports Club Ground at Kalina (Santacruz) here today. With this win, MCC ‘A’ displaced Pro World Talent Cricket academy to secure second spot, behind table topper Bhosale CA (10 points) , who are on 10 points with five wins out of five.
Advait Bhat 3 for 10
Put into bat, MCC ‘A’ rattled up 169 for four off 25 overs. In reply, Brain-4 Sports were restricted to only 88 for six with Agastya, who excelled with bat in an earlier tie against Kaushtab Pawar Academy, turned his arm with spin bowling and bagged two wickets.
In an earlier tie, Pro World Talent CA thrashed Brain-4 Sports by 9 wickets with Advait Bhat excelling with ball, capturing three wickets for 10 runs to bring Pro World boys to joy as they too qualified for the last four..
Brief scores: MCC ‘A’ 169/4 off 25 overs (Darshan Rathod n. o. 58, Samrudya Bhat 51) bt Brain-4 Sports 88/6 (Ahastya Kashikar 2/2) by 81 runs.
Brain-4 Sports 63/7 (Praveer Singh 29; Advait Bhat 3/10, Devang Tandel 2-8) lost to Pro World Talent CA 66/1 (Yash Rawat n.o.27, Aryan Pawar n.o. 27) by 9 wkts.