Sahil Madgaonkar and Bhushan Shinde were instrumental in Nanavati securing a successive victory over RBI

Nanavati captain Sahil Madgaonkar’s all-round brilliance set up a resounding seven-wicket victory over RBI in the knockout game of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Cup at RCF Sport Club, after restricting RBI to 148 for 7 in their 20 overs. At 70 for 3 in the 9th, the RBI tail scrapped their way to 148 as Ameya grinded out a top score of 46 off 38 balls. But the paltry total was never going to be enough and Nanavati soon made a mockery of the chase.

RBI captain called correctly at the toss and opted to give his team the chance of setting a total but Sahil Madgaonkar’s 3 for 28 scuppered a good start and rattled the middle order. The spoils were shared around, with two different bowlers claiming a wicket, and medium pacer Sahil Madgaonkar claiming a brace to finish with figures of 4 for 28 including three wickets. Thakur, who opened the bowling with Sahil and Sawant, didn’t pick up a wicket but set the tone for Nanavati’s performance with four economically delivered overs conceding just 18 runs.

Player of the Match, right-handed batsman, Bhushan Shinde’s today-best knock of 64 off 44 balls, including four fours, four sixes and strike rate of 145. Nanavati were two down for 26 runs but Bhushan Shinde and Akshay added 93 runs for the 3rd wicket. Their cool finish was much needed considering RBI had removed both the openers Kusal for 11 and Pranav for 12. In the end, Nanavati won by 7 wickets with 13 balls remaining.