Deadly bowling by Shubham Kharat helped IES English (Bandra) beat fancied Rizvi Springfield by seven wickets to storm into the final of the the B.Khichadia-Khar Gymkhana Suburban Schools Under-16 Cricket Tournament, played here at Khar Gymkhana today. Batting first Rizvi batsmen floundered against Shubham (6/63) and were bowled out for 136. Chasing 137 for victory, IES English were home with seven wickets in hand.
IES English now takes on defending champions Swami Vivekanand (Borivali),who after scoring 332, routed Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 83. For the last year’s champions, Ayush Jeth apart from scoring 65 in his side’s huge total, also captured six wickets for 9 runs. Others who boosted Vivekanand’s score were Meet Mayekar (85), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (55) and Aashay Shukla (42).
Brief scores:
(Semi finals): Rizvi Springfield 136 (Shubham Kharat 6 /36) lost to IES New English (Bandra) 138 for 3 (Adil Degaonkar 49, Aditya Pabalkar 39) by 7 wkts.
Swami Vivekanand (Borivali) 332 (Meet Mayekar 85, Ayush Jethwa 65, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 55, Aashay Shukla 42; Anshuman Suresh 4/108) bt Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 83 (Ayush Jethwa 6 for 9).
(Quarterfinals):
Swami Vivekanand. Int. (Borivali) 320/5 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 96, Aayush Vartak 140, Aayush Jethwa 37) bt Gokuldham (Goregaon) 83 (Advait Lotlikar 4/33) by 237 runs.
Parle Tilak (Marathi) 61 (Devansh Ketkar 4/19, Anshuman Suresh 4/6) lost to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 65/0 (Harsh Tathare 39) by 10 wkts.
Rizvi Springfield (Bandra) 271/4 (Roshan Kanojia 103, Shreyansh M. n.o. 92, Sohail Shah 40) bt Swami Vivekanand Int. (Kandivali) 245 (Shreyash S. 36, Pranav S. 40, Kshitij S. 38, Shreyans M. 5/49) by 39 runs.
Parle Tilak (English) 128/9 (Shubham Kharat 3/37) lost to IES New English (Bandra) 129/2 (Aadit D. 45, Aaditya P. n.o. 69) by 8 wkts.