Opener Salman Ahmed hit a terrific unbeaten century (109) as Bandra Heroes defeated Thane Marathas by six wickets to continued their winning spree in the Mitsui Shoji T-20 League at Police Gymkhana ground here today. Salman hammered 11 sixes and just four fours as they chased down Thane Marathas daunting score of 182 with six wickets in hand.
Opener Salman Ahmed who hit up an hectic unbeaten century for Bandra Heroes in the Mitsui Shoji T-20 Cricket League.
Earlier, Thane Marathas put into bat, hit up 182 all out in 17 overs. While their top order batsmen hardly made any impact to Thane outfit’s contribution, it was their lower order batsman Mayur Rasula, who top scored with unbeaten 36 which saw them reaching a fighting total.
In reply, Bandra Heroes were in for a shock as they lost four wickets for just 70 runs on the board. It was at this stage Salman took the centrestage and went bersek, hitting both the pacers and spinners all over to steer them to victory.
In the other tie, defending champions Ghatkopar Jets were at the receiving end as Shivaji Park Warriors crossed the 200-mark, thanks to another fine knock of 46 by Shashank Singh, well supported by other opener Akhil Singh (38), Kalpesh Sawant (27), Kasuubh Kolamkar (w27) and unbeaten 28 by Siddant Adatrao 28. In reply, however, they made a valiant bid, but fell shot by 47 runs.
Brief scores: Shivaji Park Warriors 206/6 off 20 overs (Akhil Rajput 38, Shashank Singh 46,Kalpesh Sawant 27, Kaustubh Kolamkar 26,Siddhant Adatrao n.n.28) bt Ghatkopar Jets 159/8 (Karan Nande 44, Ashish More n.o. 61; Sagar Mishra 2/16, Dhrumal Matkar 2/34, Shashank Singh 2/34)by 47 runs.