Senior league: win for MCA Red

MCA Red defeated Sangli DCA on the basis of a superior first innings lead in the Senior Super League Cricket Tournament organised by the Maharashtra Cricket Association at the DY Patil Ground on Monday.

MCA Red defeated Sangli DCA on the basis of a superior first innings lead in the Senior Super League Cricket Tournament organised by the Maharashtra Cricket Association at the DY Patil Ground on Monday.

Sangli batted first and put up a total 251 runs before being bowled out in 36.1 overs. Abhijit Kadam top-scored with 62 runs,while Sumeet Chavan supported him well with 37 runs.

For MCA,Sandeep Adole picked up three crucial wickets for 103 runs while Sumit Dali supported him well with 2 wickets of his own. In reply,MCA put up a huge total of 401 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 64 overs before declaring their innings .

Naushad Shaikh and Sandeep Adole scored centuries to give their team a massive lead. Tarnjit Dhillon and Uday Patil of Sangli piced up a couple of wickets each but could not do enough to restrict the opposition.

In their second innings Sangli managed to score 238 runs for the loss of 2 wickets before bad light stopped play. Sumeet Chavan got out one run short of his century while Rakesh Ubale contributed with 63 runs.

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