Sanjeevani Cricket Academy teams had a mixed day on the opening day of the MCC Talent Search U-16 Cricket league, played at Oval Maidan here today. While their senior string thrashed Don Bosco boys in group ‘A’, they junior string suffered defeat against Salgonkar Sport Club (Thane) by three wickets.
Opting to bat first the junior string of Sanjeevani CA in group ‘B’, were shot out for 54. In reply, Salgaonkar did face some jitters as they too lost quick wickets before they were home with three wickets to spare. While at the adjacent plot the Sanjeevani CA seniors outplayed Don Bosco. Batting first Sanjeevani outfit hit up 185 for nine with Aarush Patankar top-scoring with 71. In reply, Don Bosco side was bowled out for 82 with Sairj Samjhiskar being their top scorer with 31.
Brief scores:
(Group ‘B’): Sanjeevani CA ‘B’ 54 (Shubham Sawant 5/17, Shankar Shriram 3/13) lost to Salgaonkar SC thane) 56/7 (Akash Pawar 4/25, Harsh Darji 3/31) by 3 wkts.
(Group ‘A’): Sanjeevani CA ‘A’ 185/9 (Aarush Patankar 71; Arnav Gupta 3/28, Agastya Surve 2/44) bt Don Bosco 82 (Sairaj Samjhiiskar 31; Nishit Bhalla 4/10, Krish Parikh 3/8, YuvrajSingh 2/13).).