Pande, Sasan star in Dinshaw’s maiden win

 

 

Aniket Pande and skipper Jagjot Sasan missed centuries but helped Dinshaw’s XI to a comfortable four-wicket victory with seven deliveries to spare over Bapuna XI in the Bapuna Cup U-23 One-Day Cricket Tournament, organised by Vidarbha Cricket Association on Thursday. This was Dinshaw’s maiden victory in this edition of the tournament. At VCA’s Kalamna ground, Mohit Nachankar (61) and Ashit Singh (72) helped Bapuna XI post 279-9 in their 50 overs. Aniket Pande (90 not out) and Skipper Jagjot Sasan (91) then piloted Dinshaw’s XI to a comfortable victory. Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association posted their third consecutive win as they defeated Maharashtra Cricket Association at the Jamtha Stadium by a narrow 5-run margin to go to the top of the league table with 12 points and a net run-rate of 1.873. In another match, Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh defeated Mumbai Cricket Association by 59 runs at VCA’s Civil Lines Stadium.

 

It was also their third win on the trot and they too have 12 points from three matches but are placed second on NRR (1.382). BRIEF SCORES: Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association 262-9 in 50 overs (Aryan Deshmukh 42, Shubham Kushwah 92 NO, Chanchal Rathore 67; Vaibhav Darkande 3-40). Maharashtra Cricket Association 257-9 in 50 overs (Sachin Dhas 78, Sagar Pawar 38). Result: MPCA won by 5 runs. Bapuna XI 279-9 in 50 overs (Mohit Nachankar 61, Ashit Singh 72; Pratham Maheswari 4-69, Jagjot Sasan 2-37, Manan Agrawal 3-39). Dinshaw’s XI 280-6 in 48.5 overs (Vedant Jajoo 41, Aniket Pande 90 NO., Jagjot Sasan 91; Arjun Ingle 2-43, Tejas Soni 2-49). Result: Dinshaw’s XI won by 4 wickets. Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh 261 all out in 43.1 overs (Shobhit Sharma 70, Ambrish Kumar 49, Harsh Sahu 44, Vijay Yadav 44; Atharva Bhosale 331, Dhanit Raut 3-49, Prem Devkar 3-60). Mumbai Cricket Association 202 all out in 43.1 overs (Aryan Patni 33, Manan Bhat 46, Vedant Murkar 40; Prashant Painkra 3-40, Dev Aditya Singh 3-29). Result: Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh won by 59 runs.