Defending champions Rizvi Springfield (Bandra) defeated last year’s finalists Swami Vivekanand Internatinal (Borivali) by 64 runs to retain the Poinsur Gymkhana inter-school trophy for the second year in a row today. The Rizvi boys are in such a roaring form that they have yet to lose to any of the school teams this year,.
Chief guest Chandrakant Pandit, former India cricketer and MCA vice president P.V. Shetty present the trophy to Rizvi players. Also seen in the picture are Poisur Gymkhana vice-president Karunakar Shetty,and president Mukesh Bhandari alongwith other officials.
Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Rizvi Springfield batsmen barring opener Sagar Chhabria , were quite disappointing. Sagar was distinctly unlucky to miss century by six runs. he was sixth out with the total 182 . His 94 contained 12 fours. In fact, Sagar and Harsh Tripathi after the loss of three quick wickets put on 65 runs for the fourth wicket before Harsh fell for well made 35. However, the rest of the batsmen faltered to provide Sagar adequate support as they ended up with 213 for 8 off 40 overs.
Chasing 214 to win, Swami Vivekanand outfit never looked like making a match of it as they lost the top half for just 78 runs in 25 overs. Surprisingly, none of their batsmen, but for Yash Mayekar (who showed some aggression), could force the pace against the Rizvi spinners Nabil Aziz,Harsh Tripathi and Shriyansh Mandlikwho maintained a tight length helped by some smart and sharp fielding in the outfield.
Individual prizewinners: …Best batsman – Gautam Waghela. Best bowler – Suved Parkar .(Swami Vivekanand).
Brief Scores 0f the final: : Rizvi Springfieldf (Bandra) 213 for 8 off 40 overs (Sagar Chhabria 94 (12×4); Harsh Tripathi 35, Shriyansh Bogar n.o. 20; Rijwik Rathod 2/34,Yash Mayekar 1/37, Rahul Kesari 1/36,Vidit Jain 1/25) bt Swami Viveknand Int. (Borivali) 149/7 off 40 overs (Rahul Kesari 27,Gautam Waghela n.o. 41; Yash Mayekar 28; Nabil Aziz 2/27, Shriyansh Bogar 1/13, Achal Mishra 1/11, Shubham Verma 1/11) by 64 runs. MAN OF THE FINAL MATCH AND SERIES – Sagar Chhabria (Rizvi Springfield).