Sujay lotankar’s impressive all round performance helps Smollan clinch a 37 runs win against Loreal in Dreamz Trophy T20 2019-20

DREAMZ TROPHY T20 -Cricket Tournament 2019-20 , 28 December, 2019 : The match between Smollan India and Loreal was played at M B Union, Cross Maidan on 29th December, 2019. Smollan won the toss and elected to bat first.

The pitch was dry and slightly crumbled on the top.

Smollan’s Salim Shaikh scored 26 off 41 and Sudhur Naikdhure, middle order batsman scored a quick 29 off 24. Apart from them, others had pale scores. The team reached a score of 125 runs in 20 overs before getting bowled out. Loreal bowlers dominated the opposition and 4 of the bowlers had couple of wickets to their names. It was a great deck for fast bowlers. Siddhesh Hawaldar was the best with a figure of 2 for 7 in 1.4 overs.

The Loreal batting also succumbed to some hostile spell and  the tricky pitch. Sandeep Lahase scored a decent 27 off 23 and Siddhesh Hawaldar also tried to build a partnership with his 21 runs but all in vain. The whole match was a low scoring affair and the dominance of bowlers was inevitable. The Smollan bowlers had a great outing. Opening pair of Swapnil More and Vidhyadhar Bagul cleaned up 4 wickets in their opening spell of 8 overs. The star of the bowlers was medium pacer Sujay lotankar who had earlier scored a decent 14 off 10 balls in the batting innings also clinched a stunning figure of 4 for 12 in 3.1 overs leaving a dent in the opposition’s middle order. They bowled out team Loreal for 88 runs in 19.1 overs.

Results – Smollan won by 37 runs.

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