Thanks to two centuries recorded by Abhinav Singh, last year’s finalists Rizvi Springfield (Bandra) regained the Khar Gymkhana’s B. Khichadia suburban schools cricket trophy, beating IES English (Bandra) in the final. Abhinav Singh with scores of 106 and 143 emerged top scorer with 316 runs in the competition and was adjudged the best batsman of the season.
Champions Rizvi Springfield boys pose with their proud Principals, Mrs Savita Survarna (SSC), and Mrs Sangeeta Uniyal (CBSE) (In centre), chief guest Dr Unmesh Khanvilkar (MCA Jt. Hon. Secretary) and their coaches after the finals of Khar Gymkhana’s B. Khichadia suburban schools cricket trophy.
The corresponding award for the bowling went to Dinesh Pushpak of Kandivali’s Oxford Public. He was the only bowler to capture five-wicket haul twice (5-52, and 5-63) to carry home the best bowler prize. While IES New English’s Palash Pawar took the honours in the best all-rounder category. Apart from scoring 260 runs (with 102 being his best), he had figures of 5 for 52 with his spinners.
Other prize winners: Batting (Centurions):Vedant Gadia (Vibgyor) – 142; Aditya Anand (Dhirubhai Ambani) – 148; Saurabh Singh (Swami Vivekanand, Borivali)- 154; Farish Shaikh (Yashodhan, Goregaon)- 114; Alsaad Shaikh (Rizvi) – 125); Palash Pawar (IES New English) – 102.
Bowling (with 5 and more wkts): Piyush Singh (Thankur Swaminarayan: 5-24); Bhaveh Patel (Abhinav Vidyalaya:6-36); Alyan Shetty (Swami Gokulkdhan: 5-11; Vedant Gadia (Vibgyor, Goregaon: 7-54); Jaden Rodrigues (St.Thomas Academy: 5-28); Aditya Anand (Dhirubhai Ambani: 6-52); Parikshit Dhanani (Oxford Public: 6-36); Shrey Parikh (Lakshadham: 5-42); Vivek Sharma (Swaminarayan: 5-33); Manav Mistry (Radhikrishna Vidyalaya: 6-89); Aarav Adikesh (Dhirubhai Ambani: 5-73); Ness Malesara (Podar Inter : 7-38); .Aman Manihar (Rizvi: 7-38) ; Aman Manihar (Rizvi- 5-20); Shreyas Mandlik (Rizvi:5-20); Akash Mishra (Swami Vivekanand, Borivali: 5-16); Devesh Pushspak (Oxford Public – 5.30); Shubham Kharat (IES Bandra- 5-56); Devesh Pushpak (Oxford Public: 5-63) and Palash Pawar (IES, Bandra: 5-52).