Saif bags a 10wkt haul while Ashay Sardesai smacks a classy 206 for Dadaji Konddev Thane in the U23 Madhav Mantri Tournament’19

Dadaji Konddev Thane after opting to bat first at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy were off to a brilliant start by their openers Akash Savle (30) and Omkar Rahate *43), pouncing on the good momentum, Ashay Sardesai who scored a brilliant 147 in his previous outing went on to play a marathon innings of 206 runs in 246 balls (31 fours, 5 sixes). Ashay plonked the bowlers for sixes while also played some graceful shots en-route his double hundred. What’s more the young lad reached his double century with a six! It was a brilliant knock by Ashay which pushed the team total of 385/10 in 106.5 overs. Rehan Shaikh with 4/52 was the pick of the bowlers.

Thanks to Saif Shaikh’s stunning spell of 5/47 alongwith 4/13 by Prasad Shingote, Ghatkoper Jolly Gymkhana were bundled out for 156 runs in their 1^st innings. Receiving a follow on, Ghatkopar Jolly Gymkhana again suffered a collapse thanks to left arm speedster Saif Shaikh this time bagging 5/46 in 16 overs taking his tally in the match to 10/93.

Dadaji Kondev Thane won the match outright by an innings and 71 runs while it was Ashay with the bat and Saif with the ball doing wonders.