Team Herald
PANJIM: Playing against VVS Laxman Cricket Academy at Srinidhi School ground the touring Goan teams, MCA and Sportsweek won their respective matches.
In the first match, batting against a disciplined bowling attack of VVS Laxman Academy bowlers, the MCA scored 196/5 in 30 overs. Tanuj (53) and Ayush (79) shared 127 second wicket partnership and after their departure Kaushal Singh (18) and Rajat Morajkar (27*) scored briskly for MCA to attain comfortable position. Harshil was a pick of the bowlers who took 2-35.
The MCA bowlers especially Saiesh Satardekar (1-15) in 5 overs and Tusar Patel (2-35) put the breaks on the VVS Laxman Academy batting inspite of Nitin (32) and Rohit (40) looking dangerous and threatening to take away the match from MCA and we’re restricted to 174/9 in 30 overs.
Ayush 2-47 and Sri Ram 2-16 bowled well. MCA won by 22 runs.
In the second match, a fine all-round performance by Subhav Borker (3-8) and (10*) enabled Sportsweek to get the better of VVS Laxman Academy in a very close encounter with one wicket and one ball to spare.
Electing to bat the VVS Laxman Academy could muster up 104 all out in 20 overs. Except for openers Yash (22) and Arjun (19), none of the batsman could counter the disciplined bowling of Sportsweek. Deven Chittam (3-12), Vismay Phalgaonkar (2-11) supported Subhav well.
Chasing a target of 105, the Sportsweek were going easy at 48-1 at end of 10 overs but after that steady fall of wickets brought them to 95-9 needing 10 runs to win in the last over. Subhav Borker swung his bat around and scored 10 runs in the partnership of 10 runs with Shantanu Nevagi (0*).
Pick of the bowlers were leg spinners Darsh (3-17) and Bhargav (3-21).
The Goan teams will be playing VVS Laxman Academy on June 1.
