Match-winning half centuries from Jiju Janardhanan and Syed Haider Shah and fine spells from Muhammad Imran and Hazrat Luqman brighten Bukhatir S10 league powered by Fancode

By K.R. Nayar

Two sparkling half centuries from Brothers Gas’ Jiju Janardhanan and Future Mattress’s Syed Haider Shah steered their teams to victories, while timely spells from Fair Deal Defenders 7 District’s Muhammad Imran and InterGlobe Marine’s Hazrat Luqman gave their team’s impressive victories in the Bukhatir S10 league powered by Fancode at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.


The 13th match of the tournament was a keenly fought one. It was a low scoring match between Fair Deal Defenders 7 District and Ajman Heroes.  In fact, Ajman Heroes, after electing to field, restricted Fair Deal Defenders 7 District to 93 for 7. It was Ajman Heroes' veteran off spinner Nasir Aziz who with a two-wicket for 13 runs spell restricted Fair Brothers despite knocks from Shaizoo (28) and Syed Saqlain (28n.o). The other contributors were opener Muhammad Imran OD (10) and Muhammad Imran (11).


Although it was an achievable target for Ajman Heroes, they lost their star opener Sagar Kalyan to the first ball of the innings from Zameer Abbasi. One-drop Khalid Shah too departed to the fourth ball of the first over from Zameer Abassi for 1. Rahul Chopra and opener Adnan Arif took the score to 39 in 5.3 overs when Chopra fell to Javaid Mughal for 11. Muhammad Imran struck twice to remove Mohammad Ajman for 8 and Wajahat Rasool for 1. When Adnan Arif fell to Javid Mughal, defeat began to stare at Ajman. Nasir Aziz made a valiant effort to pull Ajman towards the target through an unbeaten 24.   After Adnan Ul Mulk too fell for 8, clean bowled by Muhammad Saghir Khan, Ajman lost by seven runs.  

The 14th match of the tournament between InterGlobe Marine and Rajkot Thunders was a one-sided contest. It was mainly because Rajkot, after electing to bat first, could muster only 82 for 8 in 10 overs. After Mohammad Zahid clean bowled opener Ameya Soman and one drop Francois Lombard for duck, Rajkot struggled for runs. Hazrat Luqman made it tougher destroying the middle order by getting out Gurdip Singh Virdi for 7 and trapping Rohit Karanjkar leg before for 1. If not for opener Banty Nandy’s 22 and a fighting 40 from Keshav Sharma down the order, Rajkot would not have managed a total of 82 for 8 in 10 overs.


The strong InterGlobe Marine found the target too easy. Opener Sandeep Singh and Hameed Khan put on 46 runs in just four overs. After Hameed Khan got stumped by wicket keeper Waqas Ilyas off Keshav Sharma for 7, Yasir Kaleem joined Sandeep Singh and took the team to the target in just 6.1 overs. Sandeep Singh cracked an unbeaten 62 off 24 balls with eight boundaries and four sixes. Yasir Kaleem remained unbeaten on 16 to ensure an emphatic nine-wicket win.

The 15th match saw Brothers Gas post a big score of 155 for 3 against Pakistan Super Market (PSM) XI. In fact, Pakistan Super Market (PSM) XI had elected to field and saw Brothers Gas openers Jiju Janardhanan and Usman Khan strike freely. They put on a partnership of 90 runs in 5.4 overs before Usman Khan fell to Zeeshan Akmal for 38. Abdullah Azhar got Laxman Manjrekar out for a duck, but Muhammad Afazal hit an unbeaten 29 along with Jiju Janardhanan to lift the score. Jiju Janardhanan scored 74 runs off 31 balls that was studded with six boundaries and six sixes before being clean bowled by Hafeez Afridi.

During the chase, Jiju Jandardhan sparkled with the ball too and got opener Rao Asfand Yar out for 4. At the score on 36, Laxman Manjrekar clean bowled Abid Ali for 4.  Zeeshan Akmal and opener Abdullah Azhar took the score to 59 before Nasir Faraz got Zeeshan out for 13. Mohammed Adnan Khan fell in the eight over to Waseem Akram for 5. Though Abdullah Azhar went on to hit an unbeaten 50 off 32 balls with five boundaries and three sixes, and Haseeb Ur Rehman remained unbeaten on 10, Pakistan Super Market got restricted to 90 for 4 and lose by 65 runs.

Future Mattress scored a big 84-runs win over Hemnet Properties in the 16th match of the tournament. Future Mattress, who were asked to bat first, posted a whopping 171 for 4 in 10 overs. Openers Ansar Khan and Amjad Gul put on an 87 runs opening partnership in just 4.3 overs. The aggressive opener Ansar Khan hit 46 runs off just 14 balls with four boundaries and four sixes. Amjad Gul and Syed Haider Shah took the score to 96 by the half way mark before Gul fell to Furqan Shafi for 37. Syed Haider Shah kept the scoreboard moving at a brisk pace and hit 55 before being caught behind by wicket keeper Haroon Altaf off Amit Negi. His knock off 16 balls had six sixes and one boundary and helped Future Mattress to the huge score.


Hemnet Properties lost their openers early on and never got going. Amjad Iqbal was out for a duck and Haroon Altaf got out for 5, both wickets taken by Amjad Gul. Then Rakesh Rawat and Rishabh Khare took the score to 43 before Rakesh Rawat got caught behind by wicket keeper Abdul Shakoor off Saif Janjua for 12. Rishabh Khare too got caught behind off Syed Haider Shah for 27.  Rajeev Dudeja and Taha Ahmed Khan remained unbeaten on 19 runs each, but in the end Hemnet Properties was restricted to 87 for 4 in 10 overs.

Brief scores:

Fair Deal Defenders 7 District bt Ajman Heroes by 7 runs. Fair Deal Defenders 7 District 93 for 7 in 10 overs (Shaizoo 28, Syed Saqlain 28n.o, Nasir Aziz 2 for 13)  Ajman Heroes 86 for 7 in 10 overs (Adnan Arif 21, Nasir Aziz 24n.o, Zameer Abbasi 2 for 6, Arslan Javaid Mughal 2 for 13, Muhammad Imran 2 for 8)
PSM Player of the Match: Muhammad Imran

InterGlobe Marine bt Rajkot Thunders by 9 wkts. Rajkot Thunders 82 for 8 in 10 overs (Banty Nandy 22, Keshav Sharma 40, Mohammad Zahid 2 for 15, Luqman 3 for 4, Asif Khan 2 for 9) InterGlobe Marine 85 for 1 in 6.1 overs (Sandeep Singh 62n.o)
PSM Player of the Match: Hazrat Luqman

Brothers Gas bt Pakistan Super Market (PSM) XI by 65 runs. Brothers Gas 155 for 3 in 10 overs (Jiju Janardhanan 74, Usman Khan 38, Muhammad Afzal 29n.o)  Pakistan Super Market (PSM) XI 90 for 4 in 10 overs (Abdullah Azhar 50n.o)
PSM Player of the Match: Jiju Janardhanan

Future Mattress bt Hemnet Properties by 84 runs. Future Mattress 171 for 4 in 10 overs (Ansar Khan 46, Amjad Gul 37, Syed Haider Shah 55)  Hemnet Properties 87 for 4 in 10 overs (Rishabh Khare 27, Amjad Gul 2 for 10)
PSM Player of the Match: Syed Haider Shah

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