SHUBH Rawal cracked a fine century while Soham Watkar took four wickets without conceding a run and Sangram Rathod claimed a fifer as Nagpur Cricket Academy (NCA) B thrashed Ishwar Deshmukh cricket team by 216 runs in the Inter-Academy Under-19 Cricket Tournament at Taiwade College ground, Koradi Road on Monday. NCA ‘B’ posted huge 257 for 3 in 40 overs thanks to Rawal’s 94-ball 100 which had 15 boundaries and a six. Krishna Tiwari was the second best batter for NCA with 84 from 93 deliveries (11x4; 1x6) while Sarthak Karosiya (33) and captain and wicketkeeper Saras Nerkar (23) remained unbeaten to take their total past 250-run mark. In reply, Ishwar Deshmukh were bundled out for a paltry 41 runs.

 

Watkar ran through Ishwar Deshmukh’s lower order taking the wickets of Tahur Sheikh, Naitik Khaparde and Abhilash Shende on consecutive deliveries without conceding a run in 17th over. An over earlier he had taken Ishan Gayaki’s wicket in the 15th over. This was after Rathod took five wickets including both the openers and then broke the back of middle order. Only Omkar Mude crossed the double digits for Ishwar Deshmukh with 13 runs.