Pune: Saurabh Navale’s 138 runs in 120 balls propelled Varroc Vengsarkar Cricket Academy to a 137 run win over MCA 2 in the PYC Goldfieldd Raju Bhalekar Trophy Invitation Under-19 Cricket tournament at PYC Hindu Gymkhana on Tuesday.
Batting first, Varroc Vengasarkar Cricket Academy scored 247 runs for loss of 4 wickets in 45 overs. Saurabh Navale was the star of the match scoring 138 in 120 balls. Varroc bowlers, Om Bhosale and Alan Rodrigues claimed 3 wickets each to run through the MCA 2 innings and bowl them out for 110 runs. Hosts PYC Hindu Gymkhana scored their second consecutive victory getting past Deccan Gymkhana by 15 runs.
In the third match, Poona Club managed to score 212 runs for the loss of 9 wickets against Club of Maharashtra. In reply, Rajwardhan Undre’s 90 runs in 115 ball helped Club of Maharashtra complete a victory in 42.3 overs.
Brief Scores: (League round)
Varroc Vengasarkar Cricket Academy 247 for 4 in 45overs (Saurabh Navale 138 (120b), Yash Jagdale 33* (29b), Rameshwar Daud 2-53) bt MCA 2 110 all out in 42.1 overs (Anand Vishwakarma 59*(115), Vaibhav Patil 16, Om Bhosale 3-19).
PYC Hindu Gymkhana 212 for 9 in 45 overs (Ameya Bhave 97 (109b), Sahil Madan 16* (20b), Prakhar Agarwal 4-39, Aryan Bangle 2-35) bt Deccan Gymkhana 197 all out in 44.1 overs (Suhail Shrikhande 61 (81b), Abhishek Tate 43 (51b), Sahil Churi 4-33).
Poona Club 218 for 9 in 45 overs (Chandrakant Saroj 42 (41), Sanchit Das 40 (61b), Anish Palesha 38 (40b) Monish Gokhale 3-26) lost to Club of Maharashtra 219 for 6 in 42.3 overs (Rajwardhan Undre 90 (115b), Kannayya Loddha 37 (49b), Saurabh Yadav 2-35).
