Varshil Dhamecha and Saif Ali Khan’s half centuries in G Force Under-16 splendid run chase victory
By K.R. Nayar in Rajkot
Half centuries from Varshil J Dhamecha and Saif Ali
Khan provided G Force Under-16 team an impressive victory over Real Cricket
Academy at the Morbi Cricket ground on Sunday. Chasing a total of 251 set by
Real Cricket Academy in a 40 over match, G Force won in 33.2 overs. The
architects of G Force’s four wicket win were Varshil J Dhamecha who cracked 57
runs off 45 balls with nine boundaries and a six. Saif Ali Khan scored an
unbeaten 52 runs off 28 balls with three boundaries and five sixes.
Saif Ali Khan and Varshil Dhamecha
G Force Under-16 won the toss and
elected to field. Real Cricket Academy posted an impressive total of 251 in 40
overs. Darsh Desai picked an early wicket removing opener Kuldeep Sonagra for
8. This was followed by a 110 runs partnership between opener Yagnesh Pandya
and Dhyey Gadhiya.
Dhawnit Parmar ended the
partnership by dismissing Yagnesh Pandya for 63, stumped by wicketkeeper
Dhwanit for 63. His knock off 55 balls had six boundaries and five sixes.
Dhawnit Parmar then went on to dismiss Dhyey Gadhiya too for 40, caught behind
by Dhwanit for 40. His knock off 56 balls had six boundaries.
Skipper Shrey Mordiya and Rashing Kundhiya took the
score to 174 in 26.3 overs when Harsh got Shrey out for 17. Next man Jadeja
Vishvarajsinh got out for 19, clean bowled by Darsha Desai. Aditya Patel got
out for a duck to Darsh Desai giving wicketkeeper Dhwanit another catch. In the
35th over, Chauhan Karansinh got out to Aman Mughal for 7. This was followed by
run out of Aryan Patel for 3 followed by the fall of Rashing Kundhiya who had
scored 23 before being trapped leg before by Muna. Sneh Loriya then got run out
to the last ball of the innings for 13. Real Cricket Academy was thus all out
for 251.
Real Cricket Academy had a
winning total to start off. Additionally, their quick strikes to take GForce’s
four wickets for 50 runs even gave them hopes for a victory. But G Force denied
them that with a brilliant fight back. G Force lost their first wicket at the
score of 38 when opener Yash got bowled by Chauhan Karansinh for 4. Four runs
later, skipper Ayush Rao, who has done the majority of the scoring, got out
bowled by Jadeja Vishvarajsinh for 30. At the score of 50, one-drop Nishanth
got out to Chauhan Karanshinh for a duck. When Dhawanit Upadhyay too got out to
Jadeja Vishvarajsinh for 4, G Force were struggling at 50 for 4 in 7.2 overs.
Varshil J Dhamecha and Aaryan Iyer then took up the challenge and put on a 101 runs partnership for the fifth wicket to take the score to 151 in 21.3 overs. Aaryan got clean bowled to Jadeja Vishvarajsinh for 39. His knock off 46 balls had four boundaries and two sixes. Saif joined Varshil and ultimately steered the team towards the target.
At the score on 165 in the 23rd over, Varshil got caught and bowled by
Dethariya Dev for 57. Saif then took charge, and together with support from
Darsh Desai, took G Force to victory in 33.2 overs. Darsh remained unbeaten on
29 off 49 balls with four boundaries and two sixes. Saif remained unconquered
on 52 to record a creditable four wickets win.
Brief scores:
G Force Under-16 bt Real Cricket Academy by 4 wkts. Real Cricket Academy 251 in 40
overs (Yagnesh Pandya 63, Dhyey Gadhiya 40, Rashing Kundhiya 23, Darsh Desai 3
for 12, Dhwanit Parmar 2 for 25) G Force 254 for 6 iun 33.2 overs (Ayush Rao
30, Varshil J Dhamecha 57, Aaryan Iyer 39,
Saif Ali Khan 52, Darsh Desai 29n.o, Chauhan Karansinh 2 for 43, Jadeja
Vishvarajsinh 3 for 42)
Player of the Match: Darsh Desai.
Mixed luck for G Force Under-14 at the Morbi cricket ground
The G Force Under-14 team played two matches at the
Morbi ground. In the 20-over match, Real Cricket Academy defeated G Force by
four wickets. G Force had elected to bat first and got all out for 112 in 18.2
overs due to a fine spell of 5 for 15 from Sherasiya Urvesh. Opener Aaryan Iyer hit 12 runs and captain Aditya
Ramesh scored 22. This was followed by two batsmen getting out for a duck and
another for two runs. G Force crossed the 100-run mark due to Neil Sidharth’s
unbeaten 26.
G Force Under 16 boys played against Real Cricket Academy at Morbi
Real Cricket
Academy began their chase on a shaky note losing opener Patel Prajin
Hitendrabhai to Aaryan Iyer for a duck. His partner Dev Maksana, before getting
run out for 10, took the score to 49. Skipper Viral Rangpariya and Aryan Patel
steered their team to a strong position through a 54 runs partnership for the
third wicket. Though Aryan got run out for 13, Viral Rangpariya ensured his
team a victory through a knock of 63 off 61 balls with eight boundaries and a
six before getting out stumped by wicketkeeper Anirudh off Aaryan Iyer.
The match turned into a last over thriller when six runs were needed off the
last over. Aditya Ramesh bowled the first four balls tightly giving away just one run, but off the fifth ball
Pranav Joshi hit a boundary to mid-wicket and took a single off the last ball
to win the match.
Brief scores:
Real Cricket Academy bt G Force Under-14 by 4 wkts. G Force Under-14 112 in 18.2
overs (Aditya Ramesh 22, Neil Sidharth 26n.o, Sherasiya Urvesh 5 for 15) Real
Cricket Academy 113 for 6 in 20 overs (Viral Rangpariya 63, Aaryan Iyer 3 for
13)
Player of the Match: Sherasiya Urvesh
Brief scores:
G Force Under 14 bt Real Cricket Academy
by 2 wkts. Real Cricket
Academy 116 for 5 in 20 overs (Dev Makasana 59, Tanush Jain 2 for 13) G Force
Under 14 118 for 8 in 15.1 overs (Neil Sidharth 24, Anirudh Sanjiv 51, Aryan
Patel 4 for 18)
Player of the Match: Anirudh Sanjiv
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