Ankolekar’s all-round skills help MIG beat Parsee Gym

MIG CC Bandra East did incredible by earning first innings points in the Dr HD Kanga League lsquoArsquo Division on Sunday when they surpassed hostsrsquo Parsee Gymkhanarsquos 2275 declared at Marine DriveAlso Read Akash hits ton as Kanga Cricket League kicks inThe Bandra team lost their top three batsmenmdashHarsh Rane 5 Vedant Murkar 0 and Varun Lavande 6 by the fifth over when the scoreboard read 183 However No 6 Atharva Ankolekar 113 not out 78 balls 5x4 9x6 and No5 Arjun Dani 62ball 66 5x4 6x6 showed how to chase a big target and ended up with 2346 declaredSandeep PawarldquoWhen I took guard I told myself that if we bat till the end we will win this game Itrsquos a small ground and if the batsmen showed some intent the chase is not that difficult here Parseersquos bowling attack was challenging as most of the bowlers had Ranji Trophy experience But I just backed myself and played wellrdquo Ankolekar told middayRaghuvanshirsquos knock in vainPut into bat Parsee Gym amassed 2275 declared in just 235 overs with Angkrish Raghuvanshi 42ball 86 5times4 9times6 Vikrant Auti 64 off 51 balls 4times4 3times6 and Ishan Mulchandani 29ball 51 contributing quick halfcenturies For MIG leftarm spinner Ankolekar claimed 358It was Parsee Gymkhanarsquos second successive defeat in the Kanga League With the Mumbai selectors set to pick the team for the upcoming Bapuna Cup T20 tournament to be held in Nagpur the contenders played the redball Kanga League like the T20 formatIslam Gymkhanarsquos Kaustubh Pawar who scored a 100Meanwhile at Cross Maidan in the lsquoBrsquo Division hosts United Cricketers registered a convincing win over Young Comrade CC thanks to leftarm spinner Sandeep Pawarrsquos 10wicket match haulSandeep claims 10wkt haulBatting first Young Comrade were bundled out for 66 Pawar claimed 638 while offspinner Parag Ovhal took two for two before opener Sairaj Manersquos 30 helped United post 82 all out Young Comradersquos opener Karan Vasshodia scored 53 in the second innings in the teamrsquos score of 905 declared in which Pawar claimed 435 In a lsquoCrsquo Division game between Palghar Dahanu Taluka Sports Association PDTSA and Islam Gymkhana the Marine Drive team outclassed PDTSA through exMumbai cricketers Kaustubh Pawar 100 not out and Javed Khan 8 wickets in the matchPut into bat PDTSA were bowled out for a mere 55 as Javed 515 and Pawarrsquos 40 medium pace bowling was too much to cope with In reply Pawarrsquos attacking knock and Hersh Tankrsquos unbeaten 53 helped Islam Gym declare at 1642 The PalgharDahanu team showed some resistance in the second essay with Shivram Yadav scoring an unbeaten 66 to prevent an outright defeat managing 1308Pawar 32 who is the Mumbai U16 teamrsquos assistant coach wanted to prove a point too ldquoOur Mumbai U16 head coach Sandesh Kawle told me lsquoPerform well in tomorrowrsquos Sundayrsquos Kanga League game which will help you to provide an examplersquo I too felt that these boys didnrsquot see us while playing so they donrsquot believe what we did earlier So I think this will be a good lesson for them on how to play in tough conditionsrdquo Pawar remarked