Yashasvi Jaiswal, a lanky rightarm leg spinner, who has been going great guns, both with bat and ball this season, did a star turn by capturing six for 43 as defending champions Rizvi Springfield outplayed Oxford (Public) by eight wickets to enter the semifinals of the B.Khichadia-Khar Gymkhana Suburban schools cricket tournament played at Khar Gymkhana here.
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Rizvi next take on Yashodhan (Goregaon), who had thrashed Vibgyor (Goregaon), by 212 runs in the quarterfinals. The other semifinals which was played today between Swami Vivekanand (Borivali) and their sister school at Kandivali resulted in the Borivali boys winning by 65 runs. The highlight of their win was the century by Gautam Wzaghela, who made 121.
Brief scores: (Quarterfinals): Oxford Public (Kandivali) 123 (Yashasvi Jaiswal 6/43) lost to Rizvi Springfield (Bandra) 124/2 (Al Saad Shaikh 36) by 8 wkts.
(Semifinals): Swami Vivekanand (Borivali) 272 (Gautam Waghela 121, Siddesh Jadhav 44, Rishi Shah 4/82) bt Swami Vivekanand (Kandivali) 207 (Arun Srinivasan 34, Rishi Shah 46; Rahul Kesari 3/67) By 65 runs.