BCCI U-23 One Day League Tournament started on 21st Jan.’18 at Vadodara.
2 interesting matches were played in this tournament on 24th Jan.’18.
1. Baroda U-23 VS Maharashtra U-23
This match was held at Alembic-2 Cricket Ground, where in Baroda U-23 won the toss and elected to bat. Team got a good start with Pathan Ahmadnoor hitting 43 runs in 40 balls with 9 boundaries. However, the other players did not manage to add runs with the same pace and team ended up scoring 198 runs at the end of 50 overs by losing 9 wickets. Pick of the bowlers was Gaurav Kale from Maharashtra U-23 with 3 wickets.
While chasing, Maharashtra U-23 started extremely well with both the opening batsmen Jay Pandey and Murtaza Trunkwala adding 28 and 48 runs respectively at fast pace. However, the show stealer was Vijay Zol, who scored unbeaten 83 in 86 balls with 12 boundaries. The strong partnership of 115 runs between Vijay Zol (83) and Atharva Kale (38) steered team towards the glorious win. Maharashtra U-23 scored 202 runs in 34.5 overs by losing 3 wickets.
Maharashtra U-23 won the match by 7 wickets against Baroda U-23.
Player of the match was Vijay Zol from Maharashtra U-23.
2. Mumbai U-23 VS Gujarat U-23
The match was played at Reliance Cricket Stadium, in which Gujarat U-23 won the toss and elected to field. Decision did not go well for the team as they failed to restrict the opponent from scoring well. Batting first, Mumbai U-23 played a good innings and made 228 runs in 49.1 overs after losing all wickets. Almost all the players contributed well but the highest scorer was Chinmay Suthar, who scored 95 runs in 113 balls. Bowling highlight of the innings was Jayveersinh Parmar from Gujarat U-23 with 3 wickets.
While chasing, Gujarat U-23 came up with a wonderful batting performance and chased down the target in 45.3 overs with the loss of 3 wickets. Team started extremely well with opening batmen Kathan Patel and Dhwanil Patel scoring 84 and 56 runs respectively at a good pace, which was followed by a steady performance by Raxlee Taylor (31) and Kshitij Patel (34). Pick of the bowlers was Sairaj Patil from Mumbai U-23 with 2 wickets.
Gujarat U-23 won the match by 7 wickets against Mumbai U-23.
Player of the match was Kathan Patel from Gujarat U-23.
Team CricHeroes congratulates all the winners.
