One of the most celebrated tournaments of Gujarat -G1 Senior One Day Cricket Tournament 2018 was organized between 8th Sep.’18 to 15th Sep.’18 at Anand.
Out of the 5 participant teams, an all-important tournament of this heavily followed tournament was played between Gujarat 2 and Saurashtra 1 on 14th Sep.’18 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium- Anand.
Saurashtra 1 won the toss and chose to field. Batting first, Gujarat 2 posted a moderate score of 245 runs in 49.5 overs after losing all the wickets. Team came up with a strong batting line with most of the players contributing well in the final score. Highest scorers were Rujul Bhatt and Chirag Gandhi with 44 runs each. However, team failed to score freely against the effective bowling strategy of Saurashtra 1, as they kept on losing wickets at regular intervals, which reduced their pace at great extent. Pick of the bowlers was Chirag Jani from Saurashtra 1 with 2 important wickets.
While chasing, Saurashtra 1 failed to get a good start as both the opening batsmen Robin Uthappa and Sheldon Jackson failed to score well and were dismissed at the meager score of 12 and 2 respectively. However, the strong partnership between Samarth Vyas and Jaydev Shah changed the picture completely for Saurashtra 1 as they scored 77 and 70 runs respective at fast pace leading team towards final win. It was followed by the strong innings by Arpit Vasavada and Chirag Jani, who posted unbeaten 45 and 34 runs respectively helping team reach at the target in 42.2 overs by losing 5 wickets.
Saurashtra 1 displayed an all-round show and registered a glorious 5 wicket win over Gujarat 2 in the final of G1 Senior One Day Cricket Tournament.
Samarth Vyas from Saurashtra 1 was awarded as the player of the match.
Team CricHeroes congratulates the winning team.