Viraj stars for Horizon Academy
Viraj Sonawane’s all-round performance steered Horizon Academy into the third round with an emphatic 93-run win over Ryan International, Khargar, in the Association of ICSE Schools in the Maharashtra (AISM) Regional T20 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament, organized by N.L. Dalmia High School, Mira Road, at the Oval Maidan on Thursday.
After Horizon won the toss and elected to bat in a Group B match, Sonawane slammed 73 runs that helped his team reach 149 for 6. Inspired by his half-century, Sonawane later snared four wickets for 15 runs that earned him the manof-the-match and helped skittle out Ryan for just 56 runs. In another Group B second round tie, Kapol Vidyanidhi International registered a narrow 16-run win over St. Peter’s after man of the match Krish Dalal’s impressive 70. Elect- ing to bat, Kapol scored 181 for five and survived anxious moments as St. Peter's came close but were restricted to 165 for six. Cathedral & John Connon, Gokuldham and Ryan International, Malad were second round winners in Group A. Brief Scores: Group A (2nd Rd): Presidency 101/4 in 20: (Harsh Shear 24, Harsh Sanghvi 2/16) lost to Cathedral 102/6 in 20: (Sumeir Zaveri 17, Meet Jain 2/16) by 4 wkts.. MoM: Kush Gandhi.
Jamnabai Narsee 79/7 in 20: (Mihir Kotecha 26, Aryan Shetty 3/21) lost to Gokuldham 83 for no loss in 10.5: (Arsh Krishnater 50) by 10 wkts. MoM: Arsh Krishnater.
Prime Academy 87 all out in 19.4: (Gaurav Bhave 27, Smit Dasadia 3/3) lost to Ryan Intl, Malad 91/4 in 14: (Smit Dasadia 18, Ketan Darekar 2/15) by 6 wkts.MoM: Smit Dasadia.
First round: Lilavati Poddar, Santacruz 179/4 in 20: (Harsh Chaturvedi 53, Stavan Shah 2/37) bt Activity High School 52 for 10 in 11.5: (Pratham Pawar 10, Daksh Agarwal 4/8) by 127 runs. MoM: Daksh Agarwal.
Group B (2nd Rd): Horizon Academy 149/6 in 20: (Viraj Sonawane 73, Parag Parekh 2/19) bt Ryan Intl, Khargar 56 all out: (Viraj Sonawane 4/15) by 93 runs.MoM: Viraj Sonawane.
CNM 169/5 in 20 (Vijeth Dasani 65, Aaryan Nair 2/8) bt Hiranandani Foundation, Thane 111/6 in 20 (Somil Bobade 29, Adit Shah 3/21) by 58 runs. MoM:Vijeth Dasani.
Kapol Vidyanidhi Intl 181/5 in 20: (Krish Dalal 70) bt St. Peter's 165/6 in 20: (Ali Patel 45, Devansh Pandya 3/22) by 16 runs. MoM: Krish Dalal.
HVB Academy 115/7 in 20: (Parth Kapadia 27, Anuj Talwalkar 1/11) lost to Vibgyor, Goregaon 119/3 in 17.3: (Ram Kotian 37, Yash Porwal 1/19) won by 7 wickets. MoM: Ram Kotian.