Saad Khan’s 6/60 now takes him to 20 wickets in just 3 games

Mumbai’s premier inter school cricket tournament Harris Shield is now into its league stages, The match between Al Barkaat and IES VN Sule saw a well faught draw with IES taking the first inning lead.

AL Barkaat opted to bat first and put on 236/10 after playing 68.2 overs. Tanveer Chauhan 51 (103), Agney Aadi 43 (39) and Sunny Singh 35 (34) were notable performers with the bat. For IES their spinners Aayush Patil 4-66 and Arya Gaikwad 3-80 picked up the major chunk of wickets.

The 2nd innings of the match was a tough battle between the two sides looking for a few extra points on the basis of a first innings lead. IES VN Sule got the better of AL Barkaat as they managed to put on 245/10 off 59.2 overs and surpassed AL Barkaats first innings total. Aayush Patil 62 (105) and Shreyash Lad 56 (64) who were involved in a 102 runs partnership and Yash Jadhav 50 (66) helped IES surpass the first innings total. In this close game AL Barkaats captain Saad Khan again showed his brilliance and picked 6-60 making it 20 wickets in just 3 matches for him, Mehboob Alam 4-30 also bowled well.