Veterans’ cricket: Friends XI defeat CMDA

Sangham Jadhavrao and Pritam Shetty were the only notable performers for the batting side,scoring 26 and 22 respectively.

Friends XI bowlers put up a good show,picking up wickets at regular intervals. Ganesh Wagule and Satish Jawale bagged three wickets apiece,while Sunil Gaikwad finished with commendable bowling figures of 2/12. The run chase was not at all difficult for the Friends XI batsmen,as CMDA struggled to defend such a low score. Shetty took three wickets to keep them in the hunt,but in the end it was in vain as Friends cruised to 104/5 with six overs to spare. Rajesh Waghela scored 32,and was ably supported by Mustaq Shaikh,who chipped in with 26 runs.

Brief scores:

CMDA-103/10 in 20 overs (Sangram Jadhavrao 26,Pritam Shetty 22,Ganesh Wagule 3/19,Sunil Gaikwad 2/12)

Friends XI – 104/5 in 14.2 overs (Rajesh Waghela 32,Pritam Shetty 3/29). Friends’ XI won by 5 wickets.