R. C. BOMBAY CENTRAL win by 11 runs in Rotary Cricket Tournament
Venue : Lion’s Club Cricket Ground, Santacruz, Mumbai | Match Scorecard | Tournament Details
Every victory sounds sweet and every defeat painful, more so if you win a match from losing position or lose from a winning position. The proof of the same is the outcome of the match between R.C. Bombay club and R.C .Nariman Point on March 8th, 2015 at the Lions Cricket Ground, Mumbai.
R.C. Bombay central captain Ketan shah won the toss and elected to bat, R.C.Bombay Central were bowled for 129 in 17.2 overs of their allotted 20 overs. A. Chowala played good hands scoring 35 of 29 balls with 3 boundaries and 1 six. Rohan Timblo with 15 runs, Vidyut shah and Ferze Rokadia contributing 14 each played their part. Others just caved in.
It was good all round bowling performance by R.C. Nariman with Ravi R. the most successful bowler with 3 wickets and Mehul Gada and Mayur Maroo chipping with 2 wickets each to restrict their opponents.
R. C. Nariman Point meant business right from the word go and Pritesh Gada (38 runs ) with six boundaries and one six sent the R.C.B C bowlers on a leather hunt. At one stage with the score reading at 93 for one with only 35 runs required with 9 wickets in hand, the collapse began and R.C.N.P batting fell like nine pins. Ankit chopra Man of the Match bowled one his best spells in his career with 4 wickets for 8 runs thus proving the best of cricketers never give up till the end. The captain got into the act too with 2 wickets and one each for Hemal shah, Sunil Vasani and A. Chowala. Mayur Maroo was left stranded with 26 runs with three boundaries and a six and watched his colleagues at the other end departing one after another. R.C.N.P were all out for 118 runs in 19 overs.
In the end the victory margin for R.C. Bombay Central was 11 runs. Surely lot to ponder and think for Subhash’s team while R.C.B.C have every right to celebrate and enjoy.
Its these kind of unbelievable outcomes which takes us to the customary thought in cricket “You never know till the end”. It certainly happened on that day.
Article by Venkat Iyer
(Cricketgraph Journalist)