Sahil Wagh (88) and Manin Chopra (76) were the star performers as Future Star Cricket Academy thumped MCC “A” by 91 runs on the opening day of the MCC Cup cricket (Under-16) four-team league, which took off at Oval Maidan here today. Apart from Future star Cricket Academy, other teams in the fray are, Rizvi SC, MCC “A” and hosts Jwala Sports Foundation.
Batting first Future Star hit up 268 for five off 35 overs with Sahil Wagh and Manin Chopra being their top run-getters. Chasing such a huge score, MCC “A” were bowled out for 177. In the other match, Rizvi Sports Club after restricting Jwala Sports Foundation to 197 for seven, were home with four wickets in hand.
Brief scores :
Jwala Sports Foundation 197/7 off 35 overs (Diyan Kubadia 45, Tirth Chavan 39; Sameer Taha 3/22) lost to Rizvi SC 198/6 (Jawwad Ali 78, Aditya Giri 3/18, Kartikeytan Pal 2/34) by 4 wkts. MOM – Jawwad Ali.
Future Star CA 268/5 off 35 overs (Sahil Singh 88, Manan Chopra 76, Atharav Ramanathan 59; Hussain Shaikh 2/15) bt MCC “A” 177 all out (Hussain Shaikh 40,m Yusuf Wadiwala 29; Manav Kumar 2/22, Vivek Shukla 2/32) by 91 runs. MOM- Sahil Singh.