Madhav Apte XI clinch U-15 girls cricket title

Madhav Apte XI captain receives the trophy from Nutan Gavaskar-Natu (left) and Vaman Apte

Madhav Apte XI won the first Madhav Apte Cup U-15 Girls Tournament organised by Cricket Club of India at Brabourne Stadium on Wednesday. They defeated Home Ground Academy by eight wickets in the final.

Electing to bat, Home Ground Academy struggled at the start as they lost their first four wickets for 16 runs. This included three run outs.

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Akshara Singh (19) and Arya Umesh (17 not out) steadied their innings by putting on 27 runs for the fifth wicket.

However, they were restricted to 66-7 in the allotted 20 overs. While chasing, an unbeaten 49-run partnership between Shravani Patil (27 not out) and Shreeni Soni (21 not out) took Madhav Apte XI to victory.

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