‘You cannot look too much into it’
Considered one of the best players in the T20 format, Suryakumar Yadav registered three successive golden ducks against Australia, but captain Rohit Sharma hinted that the Indian team management is not looking too much into his failures in the ODI series.
The 32-year-old Suryakumar was trapped by Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc in the first two ODIs. The team management backed him and included him in the playing XI for the series-decider here on Wednesday, but he was again dismissed first ball, this time by left-arm
Agar.
"He (Suryakumar) played only three balls in the series. I don't know how much you
Bohra emerge champions
Giant-killers Bohra Cricket Club defeated Souvenir Cricket Club by 48 runs to lift the 73rd Nawab Salar Jung Invitation T20 Cricket trophy, organised by Islam Gymkhana under the auspices of the Mumbai Cricket Association. Electing to bat, Bohra CC posted substantial runs on the board as they were dismissed for 167, while Souvenir could manage 119 for eight. Opening batters Sahil Gode (43) and Japjeet Randhawa (42) put on 61 runs for the first wicket in 5.2 overs. Later Randhawa and Om Keshkamat who smashed 42while adding 42 runs for the third wicket to lift the total. Souvenir CC’s left-arm medium pacers Hussain Raza 2-18, Atif Attarwala 223 and Irfan Umair 2-42 picked up the spinner
Ashton wickets to restrict the opposition batters from amassing a huge total.
MPT record easy victory
Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) outclassed Central Railway Mumbai Division by cruising to a 41 victory in a Super Div (Corporate) match of the MFA League. David D’Souza, Hemanty Shaikh, Ranjit Singh and Ronit Nannaraj scored for the winners, Francis Hendricks netted for CR. Earlier, in a First Division match, Om Saidhan got the better of Goans Sporting Association by a fighting 3-2 margin. Roger Pereira, Tanishq Gadge and Pratik Panchal struck a goal apiece for the victors, while Goans scored through Mandar
Played
can look into it. He got three good balls," Rohit said.
"(On Wednesday) I didn't think it was that great a ball. He just chose the wrong shot.
He should have, maybe, come forward. He knows best."
Suryakumar has featured in 23 ODIs after his debut in July 2021, scoring 433 runs at a below-par average of 24.05.
Rohit said Suryakumar was initially slotted to bat at number 5 but the team management held him back to face the Australian attack in the last 15-20 overs. Suryakumar actually came out at number 7.
"He plays spin really well which is why we wanted to hold him back and give him the last 15-20 overs where he could play his game. But it's really unfortunate he could only play three balls in the series”.
Kamble and Yash Kasare.
MIG swim gala
Over 450 swimmers will vie for the top honours in the MIG Cricket Club’s annual 8th Open Swimming Gala, to be conducted at the Club’s swimming this weekend. The swimming gala, conducted after a hiatus of six years, is being organised under the auspices of the GMAAA (Greater Mumbai Amateur Aquatic Association) and is open for all swimmers registered with the association for the year. This year the competitions are expected to be exciting since there will be a large number of established swimmers who will be seen in action. The events and results will be determined on Time Trial Basis and Judge’s decisions will be final.