Updated On: 06 November, 2024 06:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Gordon D’Costa
Later, medium pacer Akshansh (4-2-13-5) with his hostile pace broke the backbone of the Aditya Birla innings, dismissing five of the six top-order batsmen

IRA Global School all-rounders Sai Kalan (left) and Akshansh Singh at Shivaji Park yesterday; Don Bosco Matunga’s Swanand Palav (left) and Vedang Kokate. Pics/Gordon D’Costa
All-rounders Sai Kalan and Akshansh Singh, both 15, exhibited their talent with bat and ball in great measure. Their combined effort helped IRA Global School (Dombivli) record a resounding 342-run win over Aditya Birla World Academy (Tardeo) in a first-round match of the Harris Shield inter-school cricket tournament at
Shivaji Park on Tuesday.
The tall, gangling Sai batted aggressively during his 85-ball innings of 194 runs, while Akshansh contributed a quick 22-ball 44 runs as IRA Global School posted a healthy total of 459-8 from their stipulated 45 overs. Despite the onslaught, the Aditya Birla bowlers, Anirudh Jatia (3-72) and Kiyan Vora (3-144) put up a brace fight and claimed three wickets each.