Abdul Saeed Memorial U-14 Invitation League 2018 was played between 16th Jul.’18 to 21st Sep.’18 at Jaipur.
Out of the 4 participant teams, the 2 days final of this much cherished tournament was played between Candlewick Cricket Academy and S.B.N. Cricket Academy on 21st Sep.’18 at SBN Cricket Stadium- Jaipur.
S.B.N. Cricket Academy won the toss and elected to field. Proving their decision right, they managed to restrict Candlewick Cricket Academy at 147 runs in the first innings. Highest contributor was Mohd Kaif Mansuri with 35 runs. Jatin Saini too played well and added useful 25 runs helping team reach at a decent score. Pick of the bowlers was Vibhor Temani from S.B.N. Cricket Academy, whose 4/39 played a huge role in early collapse of Candlewick Cricket Academy. Ajay Saini too chipped in with 3 important wickets damaging the batting line up of opponent completely.
However, S.B.N. Cricket Academy failed to repeat the same performance in batting and ended up at paltry 79 runs in their first innings. The chief wrecker was Jatin Saini from S.B.N. Cricket Academy, whose 5/16 restricted S.B.N. Cricket Academy from scoring well.
Candlewick Cricket Academy started their 2nd innings with the lead of 68 runs and added more 122 runs after losing all the wickets. Highest scorers were Kushagra Ojha and Oshnik with 33 and 28 runs respectively. Vibhor Temind from S.B.N. Cricket Academy shone again with 4 wickets.
S.B.N. Cricket Academy started with the trail of 190 runs and reach at the score of 62 runs with the loss of 3 wickets at the end of the day.
Match was drawn but Candlewick Cricket Academy was declared as the winners on basis of first innings lead.
Vibhor Temani from S.B.N. Cricket Academy was awarded as the player of the match for his outstanding contribution.
Team CricHeroes congratulates the winning team.
