Sanket & Meghan leads Reliance to a win in the knockout match of Thane Vaibhav Tournament
It was the crucial knockout match between Century Rayon and Reliance Group at Central Maidan in Thane. Two equally strong teams facing each other is always an exciting competition. Winning the toss first Century elected to bat first and capitalize the opportunity of batting first by posting a big target on the board.
Century Rayon managed 143/9 in 24 overs and it was a decent bowling show from the opposition. Hardly any batsman converted their 10’s into a substantial score apart from 23* by Pintu Yadav down the order. Meghan, Mayur and Mangesh were the pick of the bowlers taking 2 wickets each. However, Meghan bowled really tight and also gave 2 important breakthroughs in the game. Infact Meghan took the 1st wicket in the very first ball of the innings and Reliance could not have asked for a better start than this. He also got able support from Mayur and Mangesh too thus restricting Century Rayon to just 143 runs in 24 overs.
Chasing 143, Opener Mayuresh gave a quick start with his 28 ball 35 but it was Sanket Jadhav who played a cool and composed innings of 62 coming off just 54 balls. Sanket smashed 8 fours and did equal amount of good running between the wickets. He also looked composed and timed his shots perfectly in his 54 ball stay at the crease. With the help of a quick 35 by Mayuresh and Sanket’s solid 62, Reliance group won the match by 6 wkts chasing the score in just 17.5 overs.
It was a big win for Reliance as they advance into the tournament with this knockout win, Sanket and Meghan were adjudged ‘man of the match’ for their brilliant individual performances & they will certainly be the players to look for in the coming matches of the tournament.
