Tare’s 99 helps Parsee Gym post 303-8 v Karnatak SA

Parsee Gymkhana’s Aditya Tare after scoring 99 against Karnatak Sporting Association yesterday. Pic/Atul Kamble

Parsee Gymkhana carried on their fine form to pile up 303-8 in the Madhav Mantri Centenary One-Day League day-night final against Karnatak Sporting Association at the Mumbai Cricket Association's Bandra-Kurla Complex ground on Wednesday. That was before the floodlights went off at 5.24 pm due to a technical failure with Karnatak SA reaching 20-0 in five overs in reply to Parsee Gym's 303-8 in 45 overs.

Put into bat, Parsee Gym reached 50 in just 6.2 overs. In-form opener Vikrant Auti (8) failed to counter pacer Aishwarya Surve's incoming delivery which disturbed his furniture. One-drop Sachin Yadav and opener Aakarshit Gomel looked promising, but fell for an identical score of 36. However, experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Aditya Tare took on the responsibility and helped his team post a huge total.

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Tare, who got most of the runs through straight drives, cut and sweep shots, fell for 99 for which he took 74 balls to compile. His knock was embellished with 15 fours and one six before medium pacer Shivam Dube trapped him leg before wicket. For Karnatak SA, left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan, off-spinner Tanush Kotian and Surve claimed two wickets each.

In a one-sided semi-final on Sunday, Parsee Gymkhana overwhelmed CCI by 166 runs in a game that saw them score 435-6 in 44 overs at the same venue. CCI ended the match with 269-6 while Karnatak beat Police Gymkhana by eight wickets at the Brabourne Stadium.

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